Andrew Murray is a Melbourne-based composer, arranger and bandleader working across contemporary jazz, big band music and collaborative song projects. After graduating in composition from WAAPA in 2006, he spent formative years in Graz, Austria studying with Bob Brookmeyer, Ed Partyka and Ed Neumeister, shaping his love of large ensembles, strong melodies and composing that draws upon the individual sounds of each musician.

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Back in Australia, Andrew formed projects including the big band ATM15 and funk group The Randy Anderson. Over the past 15 years, ATM15 have released seven albums, received Music Victoria and Jazz Bell Award nominations, and won both Sweden’s International Composition Contest and Australia’s National Big Band Composing Competition. His collaboration Trombone Song Cycle (with vocalist Josh Kyle) won the 2019 APRA Art Music Award and the Jazz Bell Award for Vocal Album of the Year.

 

In 2025, The Andrew Murray Big Band made its debut at Big Jazz Day Out, presented by Monash University and Chelsea Wilson, performing with Emma Donovan, Fem Belling, Joshua Tavares and Rebecca Bone.

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As a performer and collaborator, Murray has worked with a wide range of artists across jazz, pop and contemporary music, including Fred Wesley, Sarah Blasko, The Teskey Brothers, Missy Higgins, Jade MacRae, Gary Pinto, Ali Barter, C.W. Stoneking, Linda May Han Oh, Georgie Darvidis, Mace Francis, Chelsea Wilson, The Johannes Luebbers Dectet, Nina Ferro, Sally Cameron, Jono McNeil, It’s (no) Drama, Troy McMillin, Benny Yarram, James Franklin, Bec’s Bonny Boners, and Deep South Brass 8.

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Murray has performed at the Sydney International Jazz Festival, directing the Sydney Con Jazz Orchestra who presented his 50-minute work New Works, released on David Theak’s 54 Records. Murray has arranged music for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and worked as musical director for projects including 7 Songs To Leave Behind, the Birds Basement Big Band, the Victoria Police Bands, and the opening night galas of the 2015 and 2017 Stonnington Jazz Festival.