ABOUT
Andrew Gutauskas is a Grammy Award winning saxophonist, film composer, music director,
arranger and educator. He has recorded on over 40 albums and has performed on Broadway,
television, film and live around the world with a variety of artists ranging from jazz to rock to
hip-hop to Bollywood. He is music director, arranger and saxophonist for Brass Against, and is
a member of several projects including; Charlie Rosen’s Broadway Big Band & 8-Bit Big Band,
the Dan Pugach Nonet, Kyle Saulnier’s Awakening Orchestra, Lucas Pino’s No-Net Nonet,
Manuel Valera's New Cuban Express Big Band, Miho Hazama’s M_Unit, the Terraza Big Band,
the Uptown Jazz Tentet, the Steven Feifke Big Band, the Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band,
Tim & the Space Cadets, The Skivvies and many others.
Recently, his arrangement of Rage Against the Machine's "Wake Up" performed by
Brass Against, was featured in Matrix Resurrections. He has scored music for two award winning
short films written and directed by Christopher Piazza, Baby Won't You Please Come Home (2018)
and Still Together (2021). His original soundtrack, Longing, can also be heard on the
award winning short film, Hermit (2020), written and directed by Aimiende Negbenebor Sela.
Andrew has been an adjunct faculty member at the New School since 2020.
He is a graduate of The Juilliard School where he studied with the great
Joe Temperley. His first EP, Look Up! (Outside in Music) was released
in 2017 and his second album, Look Out! (Outside in Music)
was released 2020.