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I Carry Your Heart With Me

Album: Urban Nomad

Released: Jul 22, 2008

Label: Origin Records

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I Carry Your Heart With Me
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General Info

Genre: Jazz
Location CHICAGO, Illinois, US
Profile Views: 30952
Last Login: 8/3/2011
Member Since 8/5/2006
Website http://www.geofbradfield.com
Record Label Origin Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. I'm a saxophonist (tenor and soprano mostly) from Houston, TX originally- and yes, I went to the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, like so many other musicians from Houston. I moved to Chicago to go to school at DePaul, then to LA to finish school at CalArts, and then to Brooklyn to live and play music. I had a few different groups in NY, mainly a trio with Joe Martin and Owen Howard, sometimes a quartet with Ben Monder added. I also played in and wrote for a collective called Ilinx that included saxophonist John O'Gallagher and Owen. Both those groups played numerous venues around NYC and made recordings that are completely unavailable in any form anywhere now, except maybe in the back of my mom's closet somewhere. After 3 years there, Amy (my wife) and I moved back to Chicago, then to Washington state, then back to Chicago again (that's the condensed version- move forward several years). Lately, I've been playing in several bands as a sideman- with the Ryan Cohan Quartet/Sextet, the Dana Hall Quartet, the Mike Allemana Quartet, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, and pianists Dan Cray and Jordan Baskin, as well as the occasional gig with guitarists Jeff Parker and Kyle Asche. I also lead my own quartet with Clark Sommers, Ron Perrillo, and George Fludas. Our new cd, Urban Nomad, came out on Origin Records in July 2008. Currently, I live in Chicago with Amy and our daughter, Esme- that's her pool in the picture. Selected Discography: Rule of Three (Liberated Zone, 2003) Ryan Cohan, One Sky (Motema 2007) Collage(2007) John Moulder, Trinity (Origin, 2006) Mike Allemana Quartet, Inner Rhythm (2006) Ted Sirotas Rebel Souls, Breeding Resistance (Delmark 2004) Vs. the forces of evil (Naim 2001) Ryan Cohan, Here and Now (Sirocco 2001) Godspeed You Black Emperor, Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation 2002) Tuey Connell, Under the Influence (Minor Music 2003) Songs for Joy and Sadness (Minor Music 2004) Vance Thompson, Among Friends (Shadestreet, 1999) .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Members
Current groups include: Geof Bradfield Quartet w/ George Fludas (drums), Clark Sommers (bass), and Ron Perillo (piano) ; Ryan Cohan Sextet w/Ryan Cohan(piano), Lorin Cohen (bass), Kobie Watkins (drums), Tito Carillo (trumpet), and Bob Sheppard (saxophone/flute); Mike Allemana Quartet w/ Mike Allemana (guitar), Ted Sirota (drums), Matt Ferguson (bass); Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls w/Ted (drums), Hyosub Kim (bass), Greg Ward (alto sax), and Dave Miller (guitar); Dana Hall Quartet w/ Wojo, Clark, and Dana; Collage w/Sam Macy(guitar), Hyosub Kim(bass), and John Smillie(drums); and Dan Cray duo w/ Dan on piano.
Influences
Current favorites: Complete In a Silent Way sessions, Guillermo Kline- Los Gauchos III, Milton Nascimento - Courage, Alice Waters- Chez Panisse Vegetables, Trout with capers and brown butter, that new Austrian red made by Umathum- really good and cheap, so of course I can't remember the name...
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