Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent , MNZM (born April 23, 1947 in Auckland , New Zealand ) is a jazz pianist , arranger and composer .
life and work
He first studied piano and music theory in New Zealand, but came to the USA in 1966 to study at Berklee College of Music . He was also a student of Lennie Tristano . From 1969 to 1972 he arranged and composed for Woody Herman (including 1975 Variations on a scene ), in which he also played as a soloist. After this time he settled in Los Angeles . In the 1970s he worked both in the classical field (where he also wrote classical chamber music) and as a jazz musician: in 1975 in the John Klemmer Band, from 1979 in a trio with Bud Shank and as a sideman for Warne Marsh , Chet Baker and Gary Foster and Companion of the singer Irene Kral . In the eighties he began to participate in Charlie Haden's Quartet West , which made him known to a wider audience. In the 1990s he received two Grammies for his arrangements with Natalie Cole and Shirley Horn , accompanied singers such as Kenny Rankin and Sheila Jordan and released recordings with his trio under his own name. In his jazz piano playing, the classical training can sometimes be heard clearly. As a conductor he also worked for Kerem Görsev ( Therapy ).
Discographic notes
- Quartet West (Verve, 1986) with Charlie Haden
- Pacific Standard Time (Concord, 1995) with Putter Smith (b), Frank Gibson Jr (dr)
- Personal Standards (Concord, 1996) with Joe LaBarbera
- Haunted Heart (Verve), with Charlie Haden Quartet West
- Every Time I Think of You (2006)
- Bigs (2001, with David Sills , Larry Koonse, and Darek Oles )
- Where is love? (2004, with Irene Kral )
- You & the Night & the Music (2004)
- The Music of Eric Von Essen (2005, with Alan Pasqua and Alex Cline )
- Alan Broadbent and NDR Bigband : America the Beautiful (Jan Matthies Records, 2014)
- Songbook by Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent (Roomspin Records, 2017)
- Developing Story , Alan Broadbent with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road (Eden River Records, 2017)
- New York Notes (Svant, 2019), with Harvie Swartz , Billy Mintz
Web links
- Works by and about Alan Broadbent in the catalog of the German National Library
- official homepage
- Alan Broadbent at Allmusic (English)
- Alan Broadbent at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Broadbent, Alan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand jazz pianist, arranger and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |