Andrew Jackman
Andrew Bryce-Jackman was born in 1946. In 1965 he joined a band, The Selfs, with Chris Squire, then a year later, he went on with Chris Squire and Pete Banks to form The Syn, which played Tamla Motown covers. Chris and Pete went on to form Yes in 1967, and Andrew turned his attentions to more orchestral work, though he continued to collaborate with his old friends, for example on Chris Squire’s 1974 solo album ‘A Fish Out Of Water’. He also started a long and fruitful collaboration with Peter Skellern, with whom he worked on 3 albums.
Andrew contributed to the 1978 Yes album, ‘Tormato’, and in the same year, he became conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. It was perhaps inevitable that the orchestra should release an album of rock classics shortly after, which went to Number 3 in the UK charts. It was the first of ten.
Just before working for Rush in 1985, Andrew worked with Elkie Brooks, on her album ‘Screen Gems’. For ‘Power Windows’ he arranged tracks including ‘Marathon’ for a choir, which was recorded at Angel Studios, London. Then, he arranged and conducted The William Faerey Engineering Brass Band’s contribution to the ‘Hold Your Fire’ track ‘Mission’, recorded at Mirage Studio, Oldham. Additional ‘Hold Your Fire’ arrangements were by Steve Margoshes. After Rush, Andrew worked on Barclay James Harvest’s album ‘Face to Face’.
Andrew later turned his attention to film scores, working on both ‘American Werewolf in London’ and ‘The Great Rock and Roll Swindle’. Andrew Jackman died in late 2003 of a heart attack, shortly after featuring on ‘Elements’ by Steve Howe’s Remedy.