Bob Brozman
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Bob Brozman | |
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 Bob Brozman (May 2007) | |
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| Born | March 8, 1954 New York, United States |
| Died | April 23, 2013 (aged 59) Ben Lomond, California |
| Genres | Blues, country blues, electric blues, folk, gypsy jazz, calypso, ragtime, Hawaiian and Caribbean music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist, ethnomusicologist, linguist, anthropologist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, slide guitar |
| Website | http://www.bobbrozman.com |
Bob Brozman (March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013) was an American guitarist and ethnomusicologist.
He performed in a number of styles such as gypsy jazz, calypso, blues, ragtime, Hawaiian and Caribbean music. Brozman also collaborated with musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds such as India, Africa, Japan, Papua New Guinea and Reunion Island. He has been called "an instrumental wizard" and "a walking archive of 20th Century American music." Brozman maintained a steady schedule throughout the year, touring constantly throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. He recorded numerous albums and has won the Guitar Player Readers' Poll three times in the best blues, best world and best slide guitarist categories. In 1999, Brozman and Woody Mann founded International Guitar Seminars, which hosts over 120 students annually at sites in California, New York, and Canada. From 2000 to 2005 his collaborations landed in the European Top 10 for World Music five times.
He was formerly an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Brozman was well known for his use of National resonator instruments from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as National Resophonic resonator instruments. He also used Weissenborn style hollow neck acoustic steel guitars. Among his National instruments were a baritone version of the tricone guitar, which was designed in conjunction with him in the mid to late 1990s. This instrument is now part of National's actual range of products.
Brozman took his own life on April 23, 2013, as the long-term effects of a serious automobile accident hampered his ability to play guitar. [1]
Discography
- Blue Hula Stomp (1981)
- Snapping the Strings (1983)
- Hello Central...Give Me Dr. Jazz (1985)
- Devil's Slide (1988)
- A Truckload of Blues (1992)
- Slide A Go-Go (1994)
- Blues 'Round the Bend (1995)
- Golden Slide (1997)
- Kika Kila Meets Ki Ho'Alu (with Ledward Kaapana (1997)
- Kosmik Blues & Groove' (1998)
- The Running Man (1999)
- Four Hands Sweet & Hot" (with Cyril Pahinui) (1999)
- Get Together (2000)
- Live Now (2001)
- Digdig" (with René Lacaille) (2002)
- Rolling Through This World (collaboration with Jeff Lang, 2002)
- Mahima (collaboration with Debashish Bhattacharya, 2003)
- Metric Time (2003)
- Songs of the Volcano (2005)
- Blues Reflex (2006)
- Lumiere (2007)
- Post-Industrial Blues (2007)
- Six Days in Down (collaboration with Dónal O'Connor & John McSherry 2010)
- Fire in the Mind (2012)
References
- Douse, Cliff. The Guitarist Book of Guitar Players, Music Maker Books, 1994.
- Gregory, Hugh. 1000 Great Guitarists. Rock, Jazz, Country, Funk ..., Balafon Books, 1994.
- Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Third edition, Macmillan, 1998.
External links
- Bob Brozman at IMDb
- Bob Brozman biography - from his website.
- Santa Cruz Weekly article on his death
- Bear Creek Guitars
- Homespuntapes.com
- The Department of Contemporary Music Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- 2006 Interview
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