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Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady - Drummer/Produce/Composerr
About Me
KEVIN BRADY
“Brady is worth keeping an eye on” Downbeat
U.S.
“Brady is an impressive drummer with strong
chops, impeccable taste, creative & most
notably, terrific tone” All About Jazz U.S.
Kevin Brady is a professional musician from
Dublin, Ireland with over thirty years
experience performing and recording both
nationally and Internationally.
He started his musical studies from an early age
performing on both piano and trumpet. His
interest in drumkit studies in Dublin and later
attended the Drummers Collective in New York,
where his teachers included Kim Plainfield,
Bobby Sanabrias and Gene Jackson. Other
notable tutors have included Ralph Peterson,
Keith Copeland, Jeff Ballard, Matt Wilson & Ben
Perowsky.
Kevin received first class honours in his MA in
Music from The Cork School of Music, CIT, Cork.
He received a Licentiate Diploma in Drumkit
Performance the London
Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Kevin has
researched and studied many different ethnic
drumming styles and this has led to extensive
study periods in Havana, Cuba with World
reknowned percussionists Jose Eladio Amat &
Luis Papine. He became a founding member of
the Hammond Organ trio Organics in 1997,
thereafter they became the first recipients of The
Young Musicwide Award in Ireland. In Ireland,
Kevin performs regularly with many of the
country’s leading jazz musicians.
Kevin has performed both at home and abroad
with International artists such as: Lage Lund
(Guitar), Jason Rebello (Piano),Brian Charette
(Hammond Organ), Peter Bernstein (Guitar),
Seamus Blake (Sax), Norma Winstone (Vocals),
Pee Wee Ellis (Sax), Bill Carrothers (Piano), Larry
Coryell (Guitar), Nir Felder (Guitar), Perico
Sambeat (Sax), Ian Shaw (Vocals), John Ruocco
(Clarinet), Ronnie Cuber (Sax), Guy Barker
(Trumpet), Bobby Watson (Sax), Randy Ingram
(Piano) Ulf Wakenius (Guitar) and Anders
Bergcrantz (Trumpet).
In Ireland, Kevin has performed and recorded
with artists & groups such as Van Morrison, Luka
Bloom, Jimmy McCarthy, Grada, Louis Stewart,
Dave Geraghty.
He has recorded on numerous recording sessions
with established Irish and International
artists, and has played on numerous TV & radio
shows for companies.
Kevin is The Head of the Jazz Department at the
Newpark Academy of Music in Dublin,He also
lectures in advanced rhythm studies & ensemble
techniques on the BA Degree in Jazz &
Contemporary Music at Dublin City University.
He has conducted numerous workshops &
masterclasses worldwide. Kevin is an endorsed
artist for Evans Drumheads and Zildjian Cymbals
and Vic Firth Drumsticks
Kevin has performed throughout the World at
music festivals & venues such as: Copenhagen
Jazz Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, London Jazz
Festival, Kento – Shanghai, Euro Jazz Fest –
Mexico, Angra Jazz Fest – Azores, Dubai Jazz
Festival, Jazz Utsav Festival in India, Splash
Festival in South Africa, Glasgow Jazz Fest, Mai
Jazz & Silda Jazz Fests in Norway, Paris Jazz
Festival & Cork International Jazz Festival. He has
performed at many of the World’s most
prestigious venues such as The Sydney Opera
House, London jazz clubs Ronnie Scotts & Pizza
Express.
He has also supported and performed on double-
bill concerts with acts such as: Kurt Elling, Herbie
Hancock’s Headhunters, Andrew Hill, Swedish
piano trio EST, Norwegian Composer Bugge
Wesseltoft & Soul legend Gil-Scott Heron.
In 2006 Kevin began to lead his own piano trio
featuring the U.S. pianist/composer Bill
Carrothers and bassist Dave Redmond. Their aim
was to create and produce compositions by all
members of the trio. The group have travelled
widely and won the appreciation of discerning
jazz audiences as far afield as the USA, Europe,
China and the Azores. To date they have
released three critically acclaimed studio albums
entitled Common Ground & Zeitgeist. Their latest
album features ECM recording artist Norma
Winstone and is entitled Ensam. This recording
was made possible by funding from The Arts
Council of Ireland and The Music Network and
features new compositions & arrangements
penned by Brady.
His latest studio album ‘Plan B’ was released by
London based Record Label Ubuntu Music and
features Brady's new original compositions
performed by Saxophonist Seamus Blake, Bill
Carrothers on Fender Rhodes and Dave Redmond
on Electric Bass. The album was critically
acclaimed i ternationally and was selected as one
of the album releases of the year by the iconic
U.S. jazz magazine ‘Downbeat’.
