Helin-Mari Arder & Andy Fite

Jazz Comic Philosopher Andy Fite teams up with Helin-Mari Arder, the great Estonian jazz singing star, for a series of duets for a boy and a girl, combining humor, sadness, sweetness, virtuosity and, occasionally, an uncomfortable truth or two. Critics have called Helin-Mari Arder the sunshine of the Estonian jazz scene, charming listeners with her musical sincerity and immediate interaction with audiences. She’s made 15 CDs under her own name, including three with Andy Fite, and featured on several others. For more info, go to http://helinmari.ee/en/Guitarist, singer and songwriter Andy Fite moved to Sweden in 1994 after ten years in New York City, where he developed a startlingly original improvising style on guitar. He has written over 800 songs and has more than 50 albums at Spotify and the rest of the streaming sites. —“Every time I hear Andy Fite in a live setting I walk away thinking I just heard the greatest jazz guitarist alive on the planet.” —Mark Weber, KUNM, Albuquerque, NM—-”The surprise of the evening for me was Andy Fite… he sang and blew me away with his singing and improvising. I was really shocked… and am still in shock….a killer…” — Sheila Jordan