Andy Milne

Andy Milne (born January 30, 1969) is a Canadian jazz pianist, who records and performs both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ensemble Dapp Theory. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Kincardine and Toronto. One of ten siblings, he studied music at York University, where he was a student of Oscar Peterson.

In 1990 Milne graduated and received a grant from the Canada Council to study at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. He met saxophonist Steve Coleman and later joined Coleman's band, Five Elements. In 1998, Milne formed the band Cosmic Dapp Theory.

He has toured and recorded with Ravi Coltrane, Grégoire Maret, Sean Rickman, and Ralph Alessi.

His 2018 album The Seasons of Being won the Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2019.

Awards and honors

 * Voted Rising Star Keyboardist, Down Beat magazine, 2004
 * New Works Commission grant and French-America Jazz Exchange grant, Chamber Music America, 2006

Discography
With Ralph Alessi With Bruce Cockburn With Steve Coleman With Ravi Coltrane With Carla Cook With Ranee Lee With Hugh Marsh With M-Base Collective With Diederik Rijpstra With Carlos Ward With Jeremy Warren
 * Look (Between the Lines, 2006)
 * Cognitive Dissonance (CAM Jazz, 2010)
 * Wiry Strong (Clean Feed, 2011)
 * Imaginary Friends (ECM, 2019)
 * You've Never Seen Everything (True North/Rounder, 2003)
 * Drop Kick (Novus, 1992)
 * The Tao of Mad Phat (Novus, 1993)
 * A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus, 1994)
 * Curves of Life (BMG France, 1995)
 * Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm) (BMG France, 1995)
 * Myths, Modes and Means (BMG France, 1995)
 * The Way of the Cipher (BMG France, 1995)
 * The Sign and the Seal (BMG France, 1996)
 * Genesis / The Opening of the Way (BMG France/RCA Victor, 1997)
 * Resistance Is Futile (Label Bleu, 2001)
 * From the Round Box (BMG France, 2000)
 * Mad 6 (Eighty-Eight's/Columbia, 2002)
 * It's All About Love (Maxjazz, 1999)
 * Jazz on Broadway (Justin Time, 1992)
 * Hugmars (Cool Papa, 2007)
 * Anatomy of a Groove (DIW, 1992)
 * The Living City (TryTone, 2013)
 * Set for 2 Dons – Vol. 1 (Peull, 1999)
 * I Can Do All Things