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Musician

Brad Myers

Born: December 25, 1975

Playing music since the age of 6, the remarkable composer/guitarist Brad Myers decided to pursue transcendence through jazz expression at the age of 13. A highly eclectic musician, Brad has continued to perform in a wide variety of contexts, but his primary commitment to jazz is vividly demonstrated by the 2015 release of his album Prime Numbers, the first album released on his own label, Colloquy Records, and a stunning showcase for his brilliant talents as both composer and guitarist. Prime Numbers earned worldwide praise from critics and jazz radio alike, including “4 Stars” from Downbeat Magazine and rotation on PRI's Jazz After Hours program

Album

The Nutcracker Remix

By Eric Lechliter

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Overture; The Pistachio March; Sugar Rush; Everybody Digs Flowers; Caipiroska; Camel Capery; General Tso’s Gumbo; The Pine Forest; Toot Toot Toot-Tutti; Christmas Time Is Here; Merry Christmas Baby; Christmas This Year.

Article: Album Review

Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra: The Nutcracker Remix

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 ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

String Players: Steve Swallow, Charles Mingus and More

by Jerome Wilson
July 12, 2023

This program showcases string players, mostly guitarists and bassists, as bandleaders, composers, and soloists. The featured players include Steve Swallow, Charles Mingus, Avishai Cohen, Joe Venuti, and Chris Lightcap. (Please excuse the brief pause after the first track.) Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...

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Sanguinaria (Hopeful Songs)

By Brad Myers

Label: Colloquy Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sanguinaria (Hopefulsong); In From Somewhere; Line For Lyons; Waltz New; New Moon; Norm’s Ridge; Country; Falling Grace; A Feeling Inspired By Maria; Bentley’s Blues; Great Pumpkin Waltz; In Your Own Sweet Way.

Album

Sanguinaria (Hopefulsongs)

By Brad Myers

Label: Colloquy Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sanguinaria (Hopefulsong) (B. Myers); In From Somewhere (B. Myers); Line for Lyons (G. Mulligan); Waltz New (J. Hall); New Moon (S. Cardenas); Norm’s Ridge (B. Myers); Country (K. Jarrett); Falling Grace (S. Swallow); A Feeling Inspired by Maria (P. Bollenback); Bentley’s Blues (B. Myers); Great Pumpkin Waltz (V. Guaraldi); In Your Own Sweet Way (D. Brubeck).

Song of the Day

In From Somewhere

March 1, 2017

Album: Sanguinaria (Hopefulsongs)
By Brad Myers
Label: Colloquy Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 5:36

Article: Album Review

Brad Myers & Michael Sharfe: Sanguinaria (Hopeful Songs)

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 ...

Video

Samba de Orfeu

Featuring the music of Brad Myers
Duration: 4:45
January 24, 2017

Brad Myers and Michael Sharfe's bubbly take on "Samba de Orfeu" by Luiz Bonfá was shot live in one take by photographer Michael Wilson at The Carnegie Theater in Covington, KY. Though this track isn't included on their 2017 release, Sanguinaria (Hopefulsongs), is a prime example of the intimate dialogue and interplay at work in the duo and trio performances which are the focal point of the new CD.

Album

Great Pumpkin Waltz

By Brad Myers

Label: Colloquy Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Great Pumpkin Waltz (feat. Marc Wolfley).