Bilbo Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Not got any details but I have just heard that US bassist Jeff Andrews has passed away after a long illness. Can't find anything on line so any news would be helpful. A great player who gigged with Brecker, Mike Stern, Vital Information and a host of others. http://www.jeffandrews.biz/index.html Edited March 15, 2019 by Bilbo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Noticed this earlier on a friends Facebook page. Yes, a great player. It seems he had been unwell recently (judging by his Facebook postings). He also stopped posting a couple of weeks back. One of my favourite solos from Jeff Andrews. Edited September 28, 2019 by lowdown 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 RIP amazing bassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezyorkshire Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I have been hearing him over many years not realising who he was until last week and was shocked to learn this morning about his death, what an outstanding musician,very sad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Very sad to hear this today..he was a fantastic musician. I heard he recently had pneumonia, but thought he’d recovered 😳 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Extremely sad news. He was an extremely accomplished player to say the least! Shocking! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Very sad, I loved Jeff's playing. Saw him in the 90s with Mike Stern; shockingly good playing by the whole band, and inspiring for a simple bass plunker like me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Really sad to hear about this, Jeff Andrews was the best. One of those rare players who could play 100% legit jazz on electric bass effortlessly. He was only 59. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandraphenia Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Jeff was not only an incredible musician and bass virtuoso, but an absolute gentleman. I am so proud to say he was a dear friend of mine. Taking a lesson from him was so surreal. He had such a serious and caring way about him. I will forever miss him. He was an extremely intelligent, articulate and worldly individual. There’s no one like Jeff. ❤️ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Satlin Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Hello my name is Ari Satlin. I was Jeff Andrews neighbor in WestBeth an artist residency, where I grew up, Jeff moved into WestBeth around 2000 & moved to my floor in 2012. We became fast friends one day when I asked him if he could help me fix my bass. I’m a Guitarist, Producer, Songwriter. I didn’t know Jeff was a famous bass player all I heard was he was a jazz bass teacher. He wound up fixing my bass & thanked me cause he said, it helped him come out of a dark place he was in. Well I could totally relate to that. So we wound up hanging out a lot & just kicking it. At this point I had watched a YouTube clip of Jeff and I was blown away! I think it was around March 2013 he wanted me to help him get back on line, he had been MIA for quite a few years, so I administered a new Jeff Andrews facebook page. There’s a lot more to tell I have a lot of information that nobody else knows, regarding Jeff’s life etc. I’m not gonna go into that right now but I wanted to introduce myself and also invite you to the original Jeff Andrew facebook page he had me create for him. Hopefully my picture will upload of Jeff & me & I’m gonna try posting the link to the page. https://www.facebook.com/jeffandrewsbait/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Very sad. Never really heard him,will deffo check him out as he sounds like joe pass on bass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Satlin Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Here is a new edit I made for Jeff of Bait Tone Blues, he really loved it at the time. We used it to promote our new FB page. Chris Gisi renowned bass journalist responded to this to write an article for Jeff & we got offered a contract from Apple they were going to make a new app for bass lessons with Jeff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Satlin Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Well I’m sorry to be the bringer of bad news, I really am but Jeff didn’t die from double pneumonia, he had that because well, first of all if you didn’t know, Jeff had been going to the methadone clinic for many years, every day. Around 2014 he wound up in rehab. I don’t know exactly when but after quitting the methadone clinic he relapsed on heroin. Well that’s what actually caught up to him cause Jeff died of a heroin overdose probably due to all the fentanyl out there & probably after being a return user, people typically can’t adjust that well & it kills them. I tried to warn some of his friends out there back in 2013 but they wanted to help Jeff cover up the truth of what was really happening, I guess to keep his career from getting tarnished. & Jeff did a very good job of hiding everything from the bass community. Well as you can see now that wasn’t a very good idea cause now Jeff is dead. Sorry guys. R.I.P. Jeff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Ari Satlin said: Well I’m sorry to be the bringer of bad news, I really am but Jeff didn’t die from double pneumonia, he had that because well, first of all if you didn’t know, Jeff had been going to the methadone clinic for many years, every day. Around 2014 he wound up in rehab. I don’t know exactly when but after quitting the methadone clinic he relapsed on heroin. Well that’s what actually caught up to him cause Jeff died of a heroin overdose probably due to all the fentanyl out there & probably after being a return user, people typically can’t adjust that well & it kills them. I tried to warn some of his friends out there back in 2013 but they wanted to help Jeff cover up the truth of what was really happening, I guess to keep his career from getting tarnished. & Jeff did a very good job of hiding everything from the bass community. Well as you can see now that wasn’t a very good idea cause now Jeff is dead. Sorry guys. R.I.P. Jeff Real shame he was such a gifted Bassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Satlin Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 He was! It was very sad & unfortunate what he was really going through. 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Very sad. So gifted. Heroin and Jazz musicians seem to be synonymous with each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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