Andrew Kastner

COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE

Musician Born in Boston Mass. Piano, Violin and Trumpet, Guitar Andrews bio/ discography

College: Berklee School of Music - Boston, Mass.

Guitarist: Andrew toured extensively worldwide after joining Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra, continuing with Natalie Cole his college bands lead singer.

He founded the Los Angeles based group, Jack Mack And The Heart Attack and also performed and/or recorded with the following artists; Michael Bolton, Amy Grant, Jeffrey Osborne, Peter Wolf, Chaka Kahn, Nicolette Larson, James Brown, Bobby Womack, Benny King, The Young Rascals, Steve Stills, Joe Walsh, Robin Ford, Lee Greenwood, Mickey Gilley, Ginger Baker, Mery Clayton, Shaunice Wilson, The Drifters, Billy Preston, Mavis Staples, Atlantic Star, Cameo, Sam Moore, Brenda Holloway, Freda Payne, Jay & The Technics, Player, Mick Fleetwood, Jimmy Buffet, Paddy Moloney and many more.

Television: Preformed live on; Tonight Show, David Brenner, Mike Douglass, The Late show house band, Merv Griffen, Midnight Express, MTV New Years Eve Special, Dick Clarks Specials, Laverne & Shirley, Rock and Roll Tonight, Pop and Rocker Show, Easter Seals, Beach Boys "Endless Summer" and more.

Composer: Staff Composer for Geffan - Kaye Music Warner Music, Has been recorded by many top name artists as well as having many TV, movie and misc. credits.

Engineer: Co-recorded tracks for Music Bridges in Cuba march 1999. Worked with Bonnie Raitt, Joanne Osborne, members of the band, The Police, Andy Summers & Stewart Copeland , R.E.M. and many more.

Production: Feature Film music, television source and themes. Styles range from; R&B, Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, latin, standard, reggae, hip hop and Blues.

Musical Director: Scott Hamilton’s NBC TV Special, “Scott Hamilton & Friends, Natalie Cole House of Blues benefit concert.

Producer: Partnering with hit songwriter, performer and producer, Andrew just completed the Love Ride 24 & 25 compilation CD entitled, Born To Ride & Love Ride 25. This is the release on the new Indie label,

No Borders Records.

Studio: Use of digital & analog technologies.

MIDI-based equipment and acoustic instruments. Able to provide top quality professional sound recordings. and Engineer for Music Bridges recordings in Cuba 1999.

Affiliations: A.F. of M. #47, Los Angeles, A.F.T.R.A., S.A.G., ASCAP. Publishing Companies, Warner Bros. Music, BMG, Sony Music, Middleson Music, Lata Music (BMI), Drewness Music, Bug Music (Foreign collection)

Song Credits

RECORDS:

Jennifer Warnes "The Hunter"

Aaron Neville "Warm Your Heart". Gold Record,

#1 single Adult Contemporary charts,

Somewhere Somebody" "Seahorns Soulfarm"

Jack Mack & The Heart Attack "Cardiac party"

"Jack It Up, Arrhythmia,

Tease, "Tease"

Larry John Mcnally "Sleep On It"

Nicolette Larson "Nick Of Time", "Radioland"

Chaka Kahn "Too Much Love"(Gold Record), "Chaka"

Barry White "Bring It On Up"

Tuff Turf" Soundtrack "So Tuff"

Megatrax Sound Source CD Library Blues and R&B CD's

MOVIES:

Guardian Angel

Wishman

Police Academy

Tuff Turf

Doin' Time

Vamp

Hard To Hold

18 Again

TELEVISION:

Melrose Place

The Kissing Place

Police Academy (On HBO and various networks)

Heat of the night (movie of the week)

Heat of the night (20 episodes)

The Late show (140 performances)

Various movies of the week

General Hospital

David Letterman

Arsenio Hall

Nashville Now

CBS Good Morning

All My Children

Entertainment Tonight

Thirty Something

Various network cues and background music

COMMISSIONED WORKS & MISCELLANEOUS:

EFX (Las Vegas Show)

Ice Capades

1991 Stars On Ice

Jazzersize

Muzak

Megatrax CD library

Heat Of The Night DVD release

1987 Prototype Eric Clapton Strat above was stolen from me on the set of The Late Show in 1988. In 2009 I received an anonymous phone call from someone who said their friend had stolen it and gave it to him and that he would like to return it to me. Unbelievable. The guitar is in exactly the same condition I last saw it. A small miracle.

Vinnie Vento Gave me this 1958 Gibson Amp. One of the sweetest Amps I ever heard, 1-15” speaker

MY 1959 Fender Strat. This was a gift from Glenn Frey. He bought everyone in the band an instrument in 1982 when he produced our Cardiac party record. A very generous man.

Vinnie Vento Gave me his Uncles 1938 custom Regal acoustic guitar, Check out the mother of pearl inlay on the headstock

I bought this 1958 4-10 Tweed Fender Bassman in 1973 for $200. There is no amp that sounds better. The first person I heard play one was in 1969 - Mick Taylor playing with john Mayalls Bluesbreaker

59 Strat, 78 Epiphone, 58 Danelctro

Andrew has been involved in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years as a performer, creator, producer and manager. His accomplishments have spanned the music, television and film industries, having worked with major name stars in those fields.

Growing up in Boston, Andrew felt the pull of California and the Los Angeles music scene, where he landed a gig as guitarist in Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra, later re-joining the lead singer from his Berklee College of Music band, Natalie Cole, for her world tour.

As an actor, he has performed in both television (Laverne & Shirley) and film (Tuff Turf) and as a guitarist on The Tonight Show and The Fox Late Show. His music career expanded to include working with Bonnie Raitt, Michael Bolton, James Brown, R.E.M., The Young Rascals, and members of Police.

A long-time fan of the Jack Mack band, Olympic skating hero Scott Hamilton, recruited Andrew to work with IMG and NBC on a series of live televised shows across the country. Always interested in expanding his knowledge and skills, Andrew became an accomplished video editor, recording engineer and graphic designer, so that he could readily “jump in” as needed on critical projects. Andrew’s new design company is ADK Design and he designed and built this website.

Andrew’s talents as a composer led music publishing giant Warner Chappel Music to lure him from the stage to create music for their hit projects in both television and film. His music was heard in the films Police Academy and In The Heat of The Night. Andrew also wrote Gold Record songs for the likes of Barry White, Chaka Kahn, Nicolette Larson, and Aaron Neville.

This picture was taken in 1972. I paid $500 for the 58 Sunburst Les Paul, unfotuneatley I sold it in 1981 for $5,500. Today it is worth approximately $400,000. The resonator guitar on the left and the 57 Strat belonged to Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac, The Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty was a 59 and belonged to my friend Eliot Kaplan, Today these 4 guitars are worth a total of $550,000. If we only knew.