Dan Andersen is an Austin, Texas based guitarist and composer. Some of the Austin venues which he has worked include The Elephant Room, Brass House, One-2-One Bar, and Central Market North. Additionally, he has performed at the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival, and Houston’s premier jazz club, Cezanne.

As a leader, he recorded the album The Spark and appears as co-leader with trombonist Marco Katz on the EP entitled In New Orleans, the 2022 Composer’s Collective’s The Heights Life, and as a side musician on Julia LaShae’s album Introducing… which was voted the #3 album of 2003 in New Orleans by the Times-Picayune. As part of the New Orleans music scene he performed at the city’s premier jazz club Snug Harbor as well as The Bombay Club, The Spotted Cat Music Club, The Blue Nile , Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar, and Rock ‘n’ Bowl. On the festival circuit, Dan appeared in Northern California at Center Arts, Bebop and Brew, and the Redwood Coast Jazz Festival. In 1995 his quintet was the featured musical performance at the Dell’ Arte International Mad River Festival. He holds a doctorate in studio/jazz guitar from the University of Southern California Thornton School Of Music.