Brandon Seabrook
Brandon Seabrook (* around 1984) is an American jazz guitarist and banjo player .
Live and act
Seabrook, who studied at the New England Conservatory in Boston, has worked with Paul Brody ( Beyond Babylon ), Peter Evans , Ben Allison , Eivind Opsvik , in Gerald Cleaver's band Black Host and with the formation Mostly Other People Do the Killing since the 2000s .
In the Seabrook Power Plant trio , he plays tenor banjo with his brother Jared and bassist Tom Blancarte . In 2014 New Atlantis Records released its first solo album entitled Sylphid Vitalizers . In 2017 he released the debut album of his trio Needle Driver with Allison Miller on drums and Johnny DeBlase on bass.
He also worked with Anthony Braxton , Elliott Sharp , Tomas Fujiwara ( Triple Double , 2016), Harris Eisenstadt ( Recent Developments , 2017) and Joey Arias and was on a European tour with The Jazz Passengers . In 2013 he was a member of Gerald Cleaver's quintet Black Host . In the field of jazz he was involved in 70 recording sessions between 2003 and 2020. Village Voice voted him "New York's Best Guitarist" in 2012.
Discography (selection)
- Seabrook Power Plant (Loyal Label, 2009)
- Seabrook Power Plant II (Loyal Label, 2011)
- Sylphid Vitalizers (New Atlantis, 2014)
- The Drum Fatale (New Atlantis, 2017, with Eivind Opsvik , Chuck Bettis , Dave Treut , Sam Ospovat , Marika Hughes )
- Needle Driver (Nefarious Industries, 2017, with Allison Miller, Johnny DeBlase)
- Brandon Seabrook Trio: Convulsionaries (Astral Spirits, 2018, with Daniel Levin, Henry Fraser)
- Exultations (Astral Spirits, 2020, with Gerald Cleaver , Cooper-Moore )
Web links
- Web presence
- Brandon Seabrook at Allmusic (English)
- Brandon Seabrook at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography
- ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2012/award/best-guitarist-3757605/
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seabrook, Brandon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist and banjo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1984 |