Bruce Barth
Bruce Barth ( born September 7, 1958 in Pasadena, California) is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist.
Life and work
Bruce Barth moved in 1988 to Brooklyn, went with Nat Adderley on a tour of Japan and in the mid- 1980s known for his role in shooting among others at Orange than Blue and Vincent Herring, played in the 1990s in the bands of Terence Blanchard, Steve Davis, Ingrid Jensen, Randy Johnston, Sam Newsome, Dick Oatts, Perico Sambeat, Dave Stryker, Jerry Weldon and Steve Wilson. In the early 1990s he created his first two albums In Focus and Morning Call for the label Enja; In 1997, he took with bassist Ed Howard and Billy Drummond on the trio album Do not Blame Me for the label Double Time; Followed in 1999 on Fresh Sound Where Eagles Fly with Perico Sambeat. In March 2000, Barth played the solo album American Landscape; The end of 2000 he took on in an enlarged configuration, with Terell Stafford and Steve Wilson East and West. 2002, he joined in a trio with bassist Ugonna on Okegwo and drummer Al Foster in New York Village Vangard. Finally, the DVD Live at Café del Theatre appeared with Doug Weiss ( bass) and Montez Coleman (drums), with original compositions and interpretations of Monk, Mingus and Lennon / McCartney songs.
Barth taught at Berklee College of Music at Temple University in Philadelphia and at Queens College. In addition, Barth has worked as a producer, most notably of albums by René Marie, Terell Stafford, Carla Cook and Laurent Coq.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Do not Blame Me ( Double Time, 1997)
- Somehow It's True ( Double Time, 2000) with Terell Stafford, Billy Hart
- East and West ( Max Jazz, 2000)
Swell
- Bielefeld catalog. 1988 & 2002.
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 8th Edition, Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9.