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Similar Artists:

Charlie Hunter, John Scofield, Balancing Act, Galactic, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Pat Metheny

Influenced By:

The Meters, Sun Ra, Maceo Parker, John McLaughlin, Funkadelic

Worked With:

Rinde Eckert, Jai Uttal, Lee Townsend, Christian Jones, Jeff Cressman, Peter Apfelbaum

Formal Connection With:

Wil Blades, Paul Spina, Stanton Moore, Peter Apfelbaum & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Jai Uttal, Peter Apfelbaum
  • Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Guitar
  • Representative Albums: "Medicine Hat," "Will Bernard and Motherbug," "Party Hats"

Biography

An expansive guitarist with a bent toward funk and avant-garde jazz, Will Bernard first came to prominence as a member of Peter Apfelbaum's world music and jazz-oriented Hieroglyphics Ensemble in the late '80s. Although Bernard has continued to record with Apfelbaum, the ever-reaching guitarist has also found himself working with artists from a variety of genres, including the hip-hop group the Coup, New Orleans funkster drummer Stanton Moore, and world/new age bandleader Jai Uttal. On his own, Bernard has released four albums, including Medicine Hat in 1998, Will Bernard and Motherbug in 2000, Directions to My House in 2004, and Party Hats in 2007. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
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Wiil Bernard at the d.b.a. with Stanton Moore Trio during Jazz Fest, New Orleans 2007.
photo by Jason McCord
Background information
Instruments Guitar
Labels Palmetto
Associated acts The Will Bernard Band
4tet
Motherbug
Fully Loaded
Stanton Moore Trio
Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Website http://www.willbernard.com/

Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn, New York. His music is self-described as soul jazz and he has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug.

Bernard's first major touring and recording was with Peter Apfelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble. In the mid 1990s he joined guitarists Charlie Hunter and John Schott as T.J. Kirk. The band's name originally "James T. Kirk" tributed James Brown, Thelonious Monk and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. [1]Their second release, If Four Was One, received a 1997 Grammy Award nomination.[2] Bernard also received a Grammy Award nomination for his own Party Hats in 2007.

Bernard has played with many musicians including Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, The Coup, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, MG5 (formerly Frequinox), Idris Muhammad, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Zigaboo Modeliste, Groundation and the Stanton Moore Trio.[2] [3] In January 2008 Bernard recorded his second album with the Palmetto label including John Medeski on keyboards, Stanton Moore on drums and Andy Hess on bass which was released as Blue Plate Special.[4]

Selected discography

  • If Four Was One - T.J. Kirk (1997)
  • Medicine Hat - Will Bernard Quartet (1998)
  • Motherbug (2000)
  • Directions To My House - Will Bernard Trio (2004)
  • III - Stanton Moore (2006)
  • Party Hats - Will Bernard (2007)
  • Sketchy - Wil Blades (2007)
  • Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) - Stanton Moore (2008)
  • Night for Day - Bernard Emer Lackner Ferber (2008)
  • Rockamovya (2008)
  • Blue Plate Special - Will Bernard (2008)

References

  1. ^ Interview, Guitar Player Magazine, October 2007
  2. ^ a b Biography Michael Ricci, AllAboutJazz.com Retrieved September 6, 2007
  3. ^ Biography Matt Collar, AllMusic.com, Retrieved September 6, 2007
  4. ^ Will Bernard Official Site - news Retrieved September 14, 2008

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