Hello. This is the page for Andrew Lion, a Bass Player/Composer and occasional Podcaster.
Thanks for visiting. When he is not co-leading Negative Press Project, Andrew performs as a freelance bassist in Jazz, Pop and Rock settings.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
- Friedrich Nietzche
An Oakland, CA native, Andrew Lion, a freelance Acoustic and Electric bass player, relocated to Bend, OR in 2021 as his base of operations to wherever performing and recording in experimental, jazz, pop, rock, and Brazilian traditions takes him (the latter with recent semi-regular performances accompanying Marcos Silva [Flora Purim/Airto], and separately, Tom Bergeron [Vianna/Bergeron]).
Occasionally a touring sideman with travels across West Coast and East Coast venues, Andrew Lion is a member of Jeff Campbell's namesake band (Jeff Campbell, Static and Surrender, Wisher, Pack of Larks), with a featured performance on national television, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
He has recently accompanied celebrated Central Oregon singer-songwriter, Joel Chadd, in support of his 2022 release, ‘Ghost of You’.
Along with Ruthie Dineen, much of Andrew’s artistic energy is occupied co-leading Oakland, CA established group, Negative Press Project- a Downbeat four star review recipient for its Ridgeway Records recording, ‘Eternal Life’.
Negative Press Project, as well as related configurations, Dineen/Lion (D/L Quartet, Quintet, Sextet), Andrew Lion’s līder|lāder, among others, periodically perform throughout West Coast (Northern CA, PNW, and beyond). Each configuration remains active writing, arranging, and recording with releases slated on Envelopmental Music Records.
Lion has had the privilege of being mentored under the guidance of Glenn Richman (Bobby Hutcherson Quintet), Ted Moore at UC Jazz, Berkeley, CA, and Jeff Denson (Lee Konitz, Minsarah, San Francisco String Trio, Jeff Denson Quartet). With an emphasis in Jazz Studies and Performance, Lion is a graduate of Berkeley's California Jazz Conservatory with a Bachelor of Arts.