Over the years, saxophonist David Brandom has made a career of working with a wide range of recording artists. Besides having toured with Frank Sinatra for many years, David has worked with many great artists including: Tony Bennett, Randy Brecker, Bobby Caldwell, Bill Charlap, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Jon Faddis, Billy Joel, Elton John, Melissa Manchester, David Matthew's Super Latin Jazz Orchestra, Johnny Mathis, Maria Scheider's Big Band, Doc Severinson, Sting, James Taylor, They Might Be Giants, The Spinners, The Temptations, and The Four Tops. David has also played in many Broadway shows including: “Ain't Misbehavin,†“Annie,†“Annie Get Your Gun,â€â€œCats,†“Chicago,â€â€œFosse,†“Grease,†and“The Wild Party.â€
Originally from Kansas City Mo., David moved to New York in 1984 and has lived in Westchester County since 1989. David earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education at The University of North Texas and currently teaches at Purchase College in New York where he received a Master's Degree in Studio Composition and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Since moving to New York, David has studied composition with Edgar Grana, and saxophone with Joe Allard, Michael Brecker, George Coleman, Eddie Daniels, Dave Tofani, and Walt Weiskoff.
Excerpts From a Review by R. Cohn:
"Home is the title of the latest CD from Saxophonist/Composer David Brandom.
Brandom plays with mind boggling technique and seasoned assurance. On Tenor Sax, (He adds bass clarinet for color on two of the selections on “Homeâ€] he's in complete command of a bold rich sound that he adjusts and shapes to suit every setting. His solos swing and soar with purpose and clarity, and he never plays a note that isn't meaningful or compelling. Yet what makes Brandom most remarkable is that he plays and composes the kind of music that will satisfy the most demanding jazz lover while pleasing and perhaps even thrilling those who couldn't tell the difference between Monk and Mantovanni.
Excepting Wes Montgomery's Full House, every selection on Home is a Brandom composition. And with each he breathes new life into a style that harkens back to the work of such artists as Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock and others whose recordings from the fifties and sixties these tracks seem to re-conjure in the minds' ear. I found myself smiling when the first 7 notes of the melody on a track entitled Gusano Loco paid homage to Horace Silver and then took off on it's own fresh path to something entirely new and original. And like many of the classic Blue Note records that combined superior artistry with accessible forms and rhythms, this music digs a groove deep enough to lie in for hours.
Brandom's music on Home offers a feast of pleasures over the course of nine distinctly different compositions--each with their own richly developed character. The up-tempo tunes, especially one entitled Flat Out, come at you like hot peppers in a smooth sauce-- the tempo is blazing but it never feels breathless or hasty. The ballads, including the title cut are graceful and serene but never sentimental or maudlin. This is mature music with a youthful spirit. It's willing and able to go exploring and take risks, yet too experienced to get lost and too wise to flirt with disaster."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.davidbrandom.com
Track List:
1. Wintergreen
2. Home
3. Gusano Loco
4. Hide Your Tears
5. Flat Out
6. Belize
7. MOB
8. When I Hold You
9. Full House*
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
Originally from Kansas City Mo., David moved to New York in 1984 and has lived in Westchester County since 1989. David earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education at The University of North Texas and currently teaches at Purchase College in New York where he received a Master's Degree in Studio Composition and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Since moving to New York, David has studied composition with Edgar Grana, and saxophone with Joe Allard, Michael Brecker, George Coleman, Eddie Daniels, Dave Tofani, and Walt Weiskoff.
Excerpts From a Review by R. Cohn:
"Home is the title of the latest CD from Saxophonist/Composer David Brandom.
Brandom plays with mind boggling technique and seasoned assurance. On Tenor Sax, (He adds bass clarinet for color on two of the selections on “Homeâ€] he's in complete command of a bold rich sound that he adjusts and shapes to suit every setting. His solos swing and soar with purpose and clarity, and he never plays a note that isn't meaningful or compelling. Yet what makes Brandom most remarkable is that he plays and composes the kind of music that will satisfy the most demanding jazz lover while pleasing and perhaps even thrilling those who couldn't tell the difference between Monk and Mantovanni.
Excepting Wes Montgomery's Full House, every selection on Home is a Brandom composition. And with each he breathes new life into a style that harkens back to the work of such artists as Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock and others whose recordings from the fifties and sixties these tracks seem to re-conjure in the minds' ear. I found myself smiling when the first 7 notes of the melody on a track entitled Gusano Loco paid homage to Horace Silver and then took off on it's own fresh path to something entirely new and original. And like many of the classic Blue Note records that combined superior artistry with accessible forms and rhythms, this music digs a groove deep enough to lie in for hours.
Brandom's music on Home offers a feast of pleasures over the course of nine distinctly different compositions--each with their own richly developed character. The up-tempo tunes, especially one entitled Flat Out, come at you like hot peppers in a smooth sauce-- the tempo is blazing but it never feels breathless or hasty. The ballads, including the title cut are graceful and serene but never sentimental or maudlin. This is mature music with a youthful spirit. It's willing and able to go exploring and take risks, yet too experienced to get lost and too wise to flirt with disaster."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.davidbrandom.com
Track List:
1. Wintergreen
2. Home
3. Gusano Loco
4. Hide Your Tears
5. Flat Out
6. Belize
7. MOB
8. When I Hold You
9. Full House*
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo
- JAZZ: Bossa Nova
- FEATURING SAXOPHONE