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It's a Brian Bromberg Smorgasbord

March 30, 2005 - It's like Christmas for Brian Bromberg fans. The bassist has four albums set for release this year. The first "Metal," his thirteenth solo album was just released on Artistry Music record label. The others "Choices," "It's About Time," and "Brian Bromberg" are scheduled for re-release over the next few months. Bromberg has a reputation at being well versed in many different genre's of Jazz including Smooth Jazz in fact he calls his "Choices" album the best Smooth Jazz album he's ever recorded. His partnership in the new Artistry Music label has provided him the rare opportunity to explore his creative muse in new musical directions as well as give a second chance to some of his previous releases, which warrant another listen. "Choices," set for release May 24 was entirely re-mastered and half of the song remixed. The title track, featuring Bromberg on his guitar-sounding piccolo bass accompanied by keyboardist Jeff Lorber, will be serviced to smooth jazz radio. One song on the original album was replaced with "Relentless," a Smooth Jazz radio hit featuring sax star Richard Elliot. The track originally appeared on the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards CD and was never before released on a Bromberg album. Earlier this year, Bromberg earned his first gold record for the production work he did on Chris Botti's "When I Fall in Love" album. Bromberg is a much in demand producer after the success he's had producing Jeff Kashiwa, Richard Smith, Kim Waters , Alan Broadbent, and Jeff Berlin, amongst others. Bromberg, along with soul singer-songwriter Rahsaan Patterson, their long-time manager Lucille Hunt and veteran marketing executive Denny Stilwell launched Artistry Music earlier this year with the release of Patterson's third album, After Hours. Based in Los Angeles, the label is distributed in the United States by Ryko Distribution. - by John Beaudin

Brian Bromberg Returns To Smooth Jazz

April 15, 2004 - Brian Bromberg has returned to the world of Smooth Jazz for the first time since his 1998 album "You Know That Feeling." The new CD "Choices" on the A440 label is themed on the hills and valleys of life. Bromberg says, "Most of the songs are brand new and in some way reflect issues and hurdles in life that we all go through. The music that ended up on "Choices" is all very special to me and I think that if you listen to the CD with open ears and an open heart, you can truly feel some of the tough "Choices" we all have to make in life." The bassist re-recorded a few older tunes like the funky "Bass Face" and "Hear Our Cry." The latter first appeared on "Basses Loaded" from 1988 but Bromberg says back then "I didn't have much experience in making records so for the last several years I've wanted to re-record this track." His single "Bobblehead" is currently #27 on the Canadian Smooth Jazz chart.