About the music
“Beverly Heights” and “Sunrise” These tunes were inspired by the area I grew up in Limerick, Ireland. The title “Beverly Heights” is actually the name of the street I lived on for a period of time. But overall, it is inspired by my childhood in Ireland and touring as a kid, taking road trips all around to play clubs and festivals around Ireland. “Sunrise” reminds me of early mornings of school but also early mornings of hitting the road.
“Steps” is inspired by my journey as an artist. Having some difficult times dealing with my past being a child prodigy and taking my steps in my career and building on myself as an artist now. It’s about my Steps along my journey as an artist.
“U-Train” Inspired by my time spent on the public transport in Vienna and the rush of people. Spending hours recording voice memos of ideas and rhythms I think of. A lot of my music started by humming or recording snippets of ideas that came to me on the U- Bahn.
Andreas Varady
Andreas Varady started his ascent to mastering jazz guitar at a very young age. Born of Hungarian Gypsy descent, Varady was raised in a small town in Slovakia where he first began to play the guitar at age four, tutored by his father, Bandi. His family moved to Limerick, Ireland and, after two years of busking in Limerick and Cork, he met Irish drummer and producer David Lyttle after writing to him on Youtube.
Lyttle began featuring him in his band and, in 2010, produced Varady’s debut album Questions for Lyte Records. The release of Questions and Varady’s growing presence on YouTube brought him to the attention of Martin Taylor, Louis Stewart, Tommy Emmanuel, and later, Quincy Jones.
In 2011, at 13 years old, he became the youngest headlining artist at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London. The same year, he featured in shows with Martin Taylor, Tommy Emmanuel and Louis Stewart, and appeared on the front cover of Guitar Player magazine. In the summer of 2012, he had the opportunity to play at the world famous International Montreux Jazz Festival, where he performed in front of festival founder Claude Nobs and record producer and music legend Quincy Jones. A few months after the festival, Quincy Jones signed Varady to his management company.
After signing a record deal with Verve Music under David Foster, Varady made his major label debut in January 2014, working in Los Angeles with producer David Paich. The self-titled album featured Gregory Porter, Roy Hargrove, Nathan East, Brian Bromberg, Harvey Mason, Steve Lukhater, Dave Weckl and many others. He promoted the album globally, through headline shows and guest appearances with Quincy Jones, appearing at the Blue Note in New York and Tokyo and at the O2 in London. Andreas also caught the interest of Bob Zievers, agent of George Benson’s, one of Varady’s first heroes. Zievers signed him for exclusive representation and introduced him to George Benson, who hired Varady as his support act for several tours in the US and Europe.
In 2018, Varady returned to acoustic jazz with his fourth album, ‘The Quest’. Released on Resonance Records, it demonstrated his growing voice as a contemporary jazz composer and featured pianist Benito Gonzales.
Having toured throughout Europe with his trio and quartet over the past five years, playing key clubs such as Pizza Express, London, A- Trane, Berlin and Ducs Des Lombard, Paris, 2023 will see the release of Andreas’ fifth album. Showcasing him as a composer and contemporary jazz guitarist, it will feature his star-on-the-rise drummer brother Adrian Varady, now 20, and contemporary piano player Danny Grisset.
To date, Andreas Varady has worked with a collection of world class musicians, including Gregory Porter, Roy Hargroove, Casey Benjamin, Terell Stafford, Dirty Loops, Lee Ritenour, Stochelo Rosemberg, Bireli Lagrene, Louis Stewart, Soweto Kinch and Mary J Blige who featured Varady on her album “A Mary Christmas”.
Varady is a Benedetto artist and plays his own signature variation of the Bambino model guitar. He is also endorsed by D’Addario strings.
TEL: +436767822478
MAIL: andreasvarady7@gmail.com
