Bruce Eisenbeil

Bio:

BRUCE EISENBEIL - electric and acoustic guitars



"Remarkable” • "A distinctive voice" • "About as revolutionary as music can actually get."
~ The Wire

"Exquisite”
~ SIGNAL TO NOISE

"Gripping”
~ Francis Davis

"Strikingly original."
~ Downbeat

"A prophetic voice”
~ Jazz Improv Magazine

" Powerful” • “Breathtaking” • “Dynamic Masterwork” •“ Astonishing” • “Gifted”
~ DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY

"Beautifully odd” • “Aggressive brilliance” • “Rhythmic firestorms”
~ Stuart Broomer, POINT OF DEPARTURE

"Torrid” • “Supercharged” • “Soaring” • “Punishing asymmetrical forays” • “A continual sonic assault”
~ Glenn Astarita, ejazznews

"Impressive” • “Amazing” • “Like Fernyhough-drank-too-much-coffee” • “I was floored”
~ Jay Batzner, SEQUENZA

"Eisenbeil is one of the most unique jazz guitarists to emerge in decades."
~Harvey Pekar, JazzTimes


Each of Eisenbeil's cd's has received critical acclaim. He has toured extensively throughout the USA and Japan and performed in Canada, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Brazil.

Eisenbeil has collaborated with many fine musicians including:
Cecil Taylor, David Murray, Milford Graves, Evan Parker, Jeff Buckley, The Boredoms, Ellery Eskelin, Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Katsuyuki Itakura, Paul Gilbert, Micheal Manring, Lukas Ligeti, Klaus Kugel, Shiro Onuma, Lisle Ellis and many others.

Eisenbeil has performed at these festivals:

2009 Hells Kitchen Festival (NYC)
2008 New Languages Festival (NYC)
2008 Boise Experimental Music Festival
2007 EDGEFEST (Ann Arbor)
2006 Montreal Jazz Festival
2006 Silent Art Festival(Bochum, Germany)
2005 Silent Art Festival(Bochum, Germany)
2001 Vision Festival
1998 CMJ Music Conference
1997 Texaco New York Jazz Festival
1997 Buffalo Interprov Festival
1997 Philadelphia Mellon Jazz Festival
1997 Trenton Avant-garde Festival
1997 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
1997 CMJ Music Conference, NYC
1996 Philadelphia PSFS-Mellon Jazz Festival

With stellar reviews, Eisenbeil's work has been featured in many magazines. He has been featured with cover story’s in All About Jazz (west coast - November 2007) and CADENCE. He has been interviewed in AVANT(England). The readers and writers of Cadence Jazz Magazine voted his third CD, OPIUM, one of the top 10 new jazz releases of 2002.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:

Tom Hamilton/Bruce Eisenbeil: SHADOW MACHINE (Pogus21051-2)
THE DAVE FOX GROUP: HOME AGAIN (Konnex KCD 5215)
TOTEM>(Eisenbeil, Blancarte, Drury): SOLAR FORGE (ESP)
BRUCE EISENBEIL SEXTET: INNER CONSTELLATION (Nemu 007)
THE NABOBS: NIXON IS DEAD? (Konnex KCD 5190)
EISENBEIL / KUGEL PROJECT: CARNIVAL SKIN (Nemu 003)
BRUCE EISENBEIL QUARTET: OPIUM (CIMP 241)
BRUCE EISENBEIL'S CROSSCURRENT TRIO: MURAL (CIMP 194)
BRUCE EISENBEIL TRIO: NINE WINGS (CIMP 144)
STEPHEN FLINN TRIO: KEEP THE METER RUNNING (Nine Winds 0246)
STEVE SWELL'S PARTICLE DATA GROUP (Cadence 1139)
STATE OF THE UNION 2001 - Compiled by Elliott Sharp

Member Since:

December 12, 2006

Members:

CURRENT PROJECTS INCLUDE:

TOTEM>
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Tom Blancarte - acoustic bass
Andrew Drury - drums

HAMILTON / EISENBEIL
Tom Hamilton - electronics
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars

DAVE FOX QUARTET
Dave Fox - piano, keyboards
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Pat Lawrence - bass
Jon Marc Ryan Dale - drums

DEEP END ENSEMBLE
Ian Ash - vibes, marimba
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Wilbo Wright - acoustic bass

EISENBEIL SEXTET
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Jean Cook - violin
Nate Wooley - trumpet
Aaron Ali Shaikh - alto sax
Tom Abbs - acoustic bass
Nasheet Waits - drums

CARNIVAL SKIN
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Klaus Kugel - drums, percussion
Perry Robinson - clarinet
Peter Evans - trumpet
Hill Greene - double bass

Producing a cutting edge, high energy art form, CARNIVAL SKIN explores original melodic themes and rhythms found not only in the traditions of free jazz and contemporary improvisation but also in the new complexity of modern composition.

PAST PROJECTS INCLUDE:

UNKNOWN TONGUE - electro-acoustic ensemble
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Tom Hamilton - electronics
Drew Gress - acoustic bass
Andrew Drury - drums

VREE
Biggi Vinkeloe - alto sax, flute
Donald Robinson - drums
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
Lisle Ellis - bass

OPIUM
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitars
David Taylor - bass trombone
Michael Attias - baritone sax, alto sax
Jay Rosen - drums

CROSSCURRENT TRIO
Bruce Eisenbeil (gtr)
J Brunka (b)
Ryan Sawyer (d)

NINE WINGS TRIO
Bruce Eisenbeil (gtr)
Rob Brown (as,fl)
Lou Grassi (d)

V I C E V E R S A
bruce eisenbeil : electric and acoustic guitars
charles cohen : buchla music easel
michael lopez : drums
SKFL : live video improvisation

This multi-media event, rich in texture, mood and color, explores the cutting edge intersection of startling unconventional sounds and subatomic landscapes with the juxtaposition of historical and abstract images.

CONCIOUSNESS
Bruce Eisenbeil: guitar
Rosi Hertlein: violin, voice
Charles Cohen: Buchla Music Easel

The unique instrumentation of this ensemble explores the many facets of John Coltrane's compositions; ballads, blues and groove oriented songs.

ON POINT
Bruce Eisenbeil (gtr)
Leon Dorsey (b)
special guest Andrew Cyrille (d)

IT WILL HAVE BEEN SAID
Bruce Eisenbeil - guitar
Wolfgang Fuchs - contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, sopraninosax
Damon Smith - double bass
Michael Wimberly - drums, percussion

BELLY OF THE BEAST
Bruce Eisenbeil (gtr)
Roy Campbell (tpt)
Daniel Carter (as, ts)
Steve Swell (tbn)
Jackson Krall (d)

Influences:

The Sun

Sounds Like:

"About as revolutionary as music can actually get." ~ The Wire

"One of the most unique jazz guitarists to emerge in decades."
~ Harvey Pekar, JazzTimes

"Strikingly original." ~ Downbeat

"Outrageously exciting." ~ Ben Watson

"Disarmingly hypnotic." ~ Derek Taylor

"a matchless voice" ~ Jazzreview.com

"This guitarist often sounds as if he's disassembling the instrument. He isn't; he's breaking down preconceived notions of harmony, melody, rhythm, and sound itself - and the effort can be as exhilarating as the results."
~ FRANCIS DAVIS, VILLAGE VOICE 2006

"Eisenbeil's prophetic voice comes like a streak of light out of nowhere surprising us with his range of intensity and extensive vocabulary of sounds that quickly develop into torrid dialogues with Evans and Robinson building into a fiercely collective conversation."
~ Jazz Improv Magazine, Winter 2007

Record Label:

ESP, Pogus, Nemu, Konnex, CIMP, Cadence, 9 Winds