Arabic Beats CD - Import

A little about Bradley:Bradley's talent as a musician was evident at an early age; he was always enamored by his parent's old Hobart player piano in the family room. He was in grade school when he started piano lessons. When he entered high school near Seattle, he wanted to be in the band and his mother asked what he wanted to play - the flute was the lightest item to carry on his long walk to school so she endeavored to find him one. He was classically trained at first but before graduation became interested in the sounds of the big bands and that of Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman but also took a liking to the R&B sounds of Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire and the Brecker Brothers. He gained a fondness for the after hours clubs in Seattle. It was in these clubs where African American players would laugh at his showing up and wanting to play but were surprised and pleased at how "the skinny white boy can play."Immediately after high school he played in the Army's 9th Infantry Division band at Ft. Lewis, Washington where he served for a time as musical director of the jazz ensemble. A tour with the 8th Army band in Seoul, Korea followed. Upon finishing his tour in the service, Bradley remained in Seoul for a time teaching and playing jazz in the country's (at that time) only jazz bar. Missing the States and family he returned to Seattle where he spent the next 15 years playing in a wide variety of groups... mostly rhythm and blues bands, hammond organ trios, funky dance bands and some jazz. His career has included shows with international stars such as Bobby McFerrin, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and Patti Kim. His career found him in San Diego in 2001 and in 2003 he recorded and released his first solo CD, "Groove Yard" and continues on his musical path. "Groove Yard" is now getting ...