Jazz Articles about Brad Myers

About Brad Myers

Album Review

Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra: The Nutcracker Remix

Read "The Nutcracker Remix" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 10, 2025

For those who assumed that Duke Ellington may have had the last word when it came to jazz interpretations of Peter Tchaikovsky's memorable Nutcracker Suite, welcome to The Nutcracker Remix, an awesome new portrayal of Tchaikovsky's enduring work by the stellar Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. This is Tchaikovsky for the 21st century, saluting and appreciating the Ellington orchestra's legacy and using that as a stepping-stone on which to create a fresh and exhilarating narration of one of ...

Album Review

Brad Myers & Michael Sharfe: Sanguinaria (Hopeful Songs)

Read "Sanguinaria (Hopeful Songs)" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
January 24, 2017

Cincinnati-based Brad Myers's follow-up recording to his 2015 quintet album “Prime Numbers" is essentially a duo record with his bassist colleague Michael Sharfe. The qualification “essentially" is deployed because there is additional percussion on most tracks but it's used as decorative augmentation rather than a vital rhythm unit. The opener, “Sanguinaria (Hopefulsong)" is atypical of successive numbers, with Sharfe initially playing arco bass and Dan Karlsberg on melodica. Both this number and its successor “In From Somewhere" are ...

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Take Five with Brad Myers

by AAJ Staff
January 5, 2015

Meet Brad Myers: Brad Myers has spent his life in the pursuit of making music that is tasteful and driven by a deep connection to the soul, regardless of stylish trends or prognosis for financial success. Currently residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, he is an ever evolving improvising musician who has played the guitar since he was 10 years old. Along the way he has picked up considerable skills on electric bass, mandolin and vocals to help diversify his palate ...