New York’s Best jazz guitarist - Bruce Edwards
For many years now, Bruce Edwards has been a " first call" guitarist in New York’s diverse music community. His chamelionic ability to change his style and sound to suit the demands of the moment has taken him from doing bluesy rock with G.E. Smith and Lenny Pickett of the Saturday Night Live band in one moment, to the frenetic avant-garde space music of jazz visionary Sun Ra in the next,as well as accompanying artists as diverse as R&B/HipHop group Fatty Koo.
As a composer, arranger and musical director, Edwards has also worked in musical theater as part of the development team for the hit Broadway musical, Swing!, as well as on plays by Diane Macintyre, Keith Glover, and others. Other recent projects include composing television and radio jingles for such products as ATT Japan, Johnson & Johnson , Sears, Fuji Film, and a PSA for Action Against Hunger, which earned him a Telly Award in 2006. He has also composed and produced several spots for the TVLAND network, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, and in 2003 produced much of the underscore for MTV’s’ March Madness Uncensored", and the "CRIBS" DVD". Bruce also contributed music and sound design to the recently aired PBS documentary- "This Far by Faith" , which aired in April of 2003.In addition, in his own creative projects he has composed and arranged for various ensembles which have encompassed rock, funk, jazz, hip hop, and free improvisational elements.
RECORDINGS
1986 - Phil Alvin - Un "Sung Stories" 1988 - Sun Ra - Live at Pitt-In, Tokyo 1989 - Sun Ra - Blue Delight 1989 - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films - W/Sun Ra 1992 - Second Star to the Right: Salute to Walt Disney - W/Sun Ra 1993 - Sun RaDestination Unknown 1995- Sun Ra - Somewhere Else - 1996 - Sun Ra - Night in East Berlin/My Brothers the Wind and the Sun - Guitar 1998 - Subplay: Subway Musicians of New York -Various Artists - Guitar, Composer 1999 - Art of the Saxophone - Various Artists( W/Michael Marcus Sun Ra Arkestra - Song for the Sun 2000 - Sun Ra- Stardust from Tomorrow - Guitar (Electric) 2000 - Sun Ra - Friendly Galaxy - Guitar (Electric) 2003 - Sun Ra - At the Village Vanguard
2006 - Ron Sunshine - Candy - Arranger, Guitar
2011 - Sherman Irby - Organ Starter - Guitar
2012 - James Carter - At the Crossroads - Guitar
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For many years now, Bruce Edwards has been a " first call" guitarist in New York’s diverse music community. His chamelionic ability to change his style and sound to suit the demands of the moment has taken him from doing bluesy rock with G.E. Smith and Lenny Pickett of the Saturday Night Live band in one moment, to the frenetic avant-garde space music of jazz visionary Sun Ra in the next,as well as accompanying artists as diverse as R&B/HipHop group Fatty Koo.
As a composer, arranger and musical director, Edwards has also worked in musical theater as part of the development team for the hit Broadway musical, Swing!, as well as on plays by Diane Macintyre, Keith Glover, and others. Other recent projects include composing television and radio jingles for such products as ATT Japan, Johnson & Johnson , Sears, Fuji Film, and a PSA for Action Against Hunger, which earned him a Telly Award in 2006. He has also composed and produced several spots for the TVLAND network, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, and in 2003 produced much of the underscore for MTV’s’ March Madness Uncensored", and the "CRIBS" DVD". Bruce also contributed music and sound design to the recently aired PBS documentary- "This Far by Faith" , which aired in April of 2003.In addition, in his own creative projects he has composed and arranged for various ensembles which have encompassed rock, funk, jazz, hip hop, and free improvisational elements.
RECORDINGS
1986 - Phil Alvin - Un "Sung Stories" 1988 - Sun Ra - Live at Pitt-In, Tokyo 1989 - Sun Ra - Blue Delight 1989 - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films - W/Sun Ra 1992 - Second Star to the Right: Salute to Walt Disney - W/Sun Ra 1993 - Sun RaDestination Unknown 1995- Sun Ra - Somewhere Else - 1996 - Sun Ra - Night in East Berlin/My Brothers the Wind and the Sun - Guitar 1998 - Subplay: Subway Musicians of New York -Various Artists - Guitar, Composer 1999 - Art of the Saxophone - Various Artists( W/Michael Marcus Sun Ra Arkestra - Song for the Sun 2000 - Sun Ra- Stardust from Tomorrow - Guitar (Electric) 2000 - Sun Ra - Friendly Galaxy - Guitar (Electric) 2003 - Sun Ra - At the Village Vanguard
2006 - Ron Sunshine - Candy - Arranger, Guitar
2011 - Sherman Irby - Organ Starter - Guitar
2012 - James Carter - At the Crossroads - Guitar