Full Circle Brian Bromberg

• 1 Jazz Me Blues (Mono 44.1kHz) 02:22
• 2 Full Circle 08:47
• 3 Sneaky Pete 07:02
• 4 Saturday Night in the Village 05:26
• 5 Boomerang 09:54
• 6 Havana Nights (aka Havana Nagila) 08:34
• 7 Bernie's Bop 08:10
• 8 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 05:57
• 9 Naw'lins! 08:22
• 10 Susumu's Blues 05:49
• 11 Washington and Lee Swing 02:18
• Total Runtime 01:12:41

Info for Full Circle

World-renowned acoustic and electric bassist Brian Bromberg hasn’t released an album in the U.S. since 2012, a fact that might not have been cause for concern if you know that at one point he released three albums in one year. Every man deserves a break. However, once you realize that this chameleon with over 20 projects in his catalog recently had reason to believe that he might never play music again, you understand the gravity of his latest acoustic jazz project, Full Circle - one he says may well be “the most important record of my career.”

“This album is just a swinging, in-your-face traditional jazz album with simple tunes that are easy to sing along with and remember, but have a foundation in hardcore ‘real’ jazz.”

Brian Bromberg, acoustic bass, drums, nylon piccolo bass, electric piccolo bass
Howard Bromberg, drums (1, 11)
Alex Acuña, congas, percussion (3, 6, 8)
Charles Bisharat, violin (9)
Mitch Forman, accordion (9), Hammond B3 (3, 9), piano (2, 3)
Craig Fundyga, vibraphone (6, 10)
Nick Lane, trombone (3, 6, 8, 9)
Otmaro Ruíz, piano (6)
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet (6)
Jimmy Saunders, trumpet (1, 11)
Bob Sheppard, tenor saxophone (2)
Lee Thornburg, trumpet (3, 6, 8, 9)
Randy Waldman, piano (1, 4, 5, 7-9, 11)
Phil Washburn, trombone (1, 11)
Doug Webb, alto, tenor, soprano saxophones (3, 5-9)
Kirk Whalum, tenor saxophone (9)

Brian Bromberg
was born in Tucson Arizona. He grew up in a family of musicians and artists. His father and brother played the drums. With all that music around the house and drums all over the place, it was natural for Brian to start playing the drums as well. Brian was two and a half years old, beating up the furniture and banging on anything that didn't move.

After some years of playing and practicing, Brian began his professional career as a drummer at the age of thirteen. In elementary and Jr.high School, Brian also played the cello. That was one instrument that Brian did not feel very comfortable playing. One day in orchestra class at jr. high, the orchestra director came over to Brian and said, hey Brian, you see that big bass over there in the corner? You know that nobody is playing it. Don't you want to play that big cool bass over there? You see, the orchestra director had a plan. He thought that having one bad bass player was better than not having one at all. That was his way of getting Brian to stop trying to saw his cello in half!

That day was a blessing in disguise. Brian didn't realize that he had the gift for melody as well as rhythm. With his drumming background and all this new melody available to him from the bass, Brian knew that this was going to be his path.

From ages fourteen to eighteen, Brian locked himself up in a room and practiced day and night. While Brian was a junior in High School he was already taking many music classes at the University Of Arizona. At the U of A Brian played in the Lab Band, orchestra, and jazz combos. All that led him to test out of high school early and devote all his time to the music. For the next few years, Brian played every type of gig imaginable. Quite often Brian would play five to seven nights a week with several different bands.

Brian's first big break came in 1979 when Marc Johnson, the wonderful bassist with the great jazz pianist Bill Evans, heard Brian play while on the road in Tucson. Several months later while on tour, Marc ran into legendary jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. Stan was looking for a new bass player and asked Marc if he knew any new young players. Marc told Stan about Brian. Brian auditioned for Stan and joined the Stan Getz quintet in December of 1979. Brian had just turned 19 and spent nearly a year touring the world with Stan and his band.

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