Setting the tone for your next

event with top quality classic

and popular live jazz music

light jazz / funk / Sinatra / pop / vocal / instrumental

Andy Black

Andy Black is a graduate from Malone University

with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education

with an emphasis on piano and voice. Andy

has extensive performance experience in a wide

variety of musical styles, from jazz piano and vocals

to performing with Opera Cleveland and the Akron

Symphony Orchestra.  He has also seen the stage in

other capacities, serving as an emcee in several campus

and community events. Several times a year, Andy assists

GlenOak High School’s vocal jazz ensembles by leading

their rhythm section, and traveling with them to perform in

Western Michigan University’s vocal jazz invitational every

spring. He is currently the director of music and worship at

First Friends Church in Salem, OH.

noAhSimionideSNoah, a senior at GlenOak High School, is involved in

the strings program as a bassist and in the band as a

trombonist. Noah plays electric and upright bass for

the Andy Black Trio and has wide-ranging experience,

both with the GlenOak vocal jazz ensembles and

as a member of The Brighter Side Band, where

he performed regularly in the Canton/Akron

area, as well as on the historic Beale Street

in Memphis, TN. Noah also plays in the

worship band at his church, The Chapel in

North Canton, and is currently preparing

for a missions trip to the Dominican

Republic through his youth group.

Keith WilSonKeith, a junior at the University of Mount Union, is pursuing his

bachelor’s of Music Education degree with a focus on percussion.

Keith has had much experience performing with the Alliance

Symphony Orchestra, as well as playing piano for Mt. Union’s

jazz band in and around the Akron/Canton area. He recently

enjoyed playing blues with the Brighter Side Band in the Canton/

Akron area, and highlighted with a performance on the renowned

Beale St. in Memphis, TN. Keith currently teaches at Kent State Stark

Campus for the local Blues in Schools program. He enjoys being

part of the jazz rhythm section at GlenOak High School, and

accompanying their vocals jazz ensembles at Western

Michigan University’s invitational each spring.

Listen to our music here or for booking information in northeast ohio, contact us by email at andyblacktrio@gmail.com.