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06/09 Monday
7:00 PM Bryan Baker and the Glass Diplomats
Lead by ground-breaking, innovative guitarist Bryan Baker, "Bryan Baker and the Glass Diplomats" features the kenetic improvisational freedom that lies at the heart of jazz, but with the rebelious mentality and approch to musicianship that is at the core of rock and punk.
Never partial to accepted conventions or idiomatic cliches, "Bryan Baker and the Glass Diplomats" delivers an experiance that excites both the brain and the body.
Here is what Bill Milkowski of Jazz Times Magazine had to say about Bryan's debut solo record, "Aphotic":
"A player of jaw-dropping technique and ferocious intensity with a darkly alluring musical vision, guitarist Bryan Baker is a leading light among a new breed of six-string renegades who are tearing it up with reckless abandon while pushing stylistic boundaries with impunity. His (debut record) Aphotic is the most startlingly original debut by a guitarist since Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life."
--Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times magazine
Bryan Baker's Bio:
Bryan Baker was born into a creatively fertile environment, with his grandfather being an accordionist, his father being a professional guitarist, and his mother being a designer and artist.
This early immersion in the creative way of life lead Bryan to begin playing the guitar at age four, under the direction of his father.
Nine years later, at age thirteen, Bryan was awarded a full tuition scholarship to attend the Los Angeles Music Academy.
Bryan spent the next four years attending the academy and enveloping himself in the musical and cultural climate of Los Angeles, as well as playing with some of the most legendary performers and musicians within the Los Angeles scene.
At age seventeen, Bryan was awarded a full tuition scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music is Boston, Massachusetts.
While at Berklee, Bryan honed his instrumental abilities to a finite point, as well as delved deeply into the art of creating and programming electronic music.
After graduating Berklee with a degree in Professional Music and Music Synthesis, Bryan moved to New York City, where he was soon hired as the guitarist in legendary jazz/rock super group, "Steps Ahead".
Bryan has toured nearly every continent and numerous countries throughout the world with Steps Ahead.
Bryan's main band, Bryan Baker's Door in the Dark is currently recording their debut record for Schott Music/birdJAM Records, which will be released December, 2008.
This band will be touring the world extensively to promote this record.
Bryan is currently living in New York City.
Bryan Baker and the Glass Diplomats are:
Bryan Baker Guitar/FX
George Garzone Saxes
Hogyu Hwag Bass
Lee Fish Drums