Bunny Brunel
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Bunny Brunel | |
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| Born | March 2, 1950[1][2] Nice, France[1] |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1970–present[1] |
| Member of | CAB |
| Website | bunnybrunel |
Bernard "Bunny" Brunel is a French-American bass guitarist who has played with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter. He is a founding member of the jazz fusion band CAB and is involved in musical instrument design and film and television scoring.[3] He was a bass and music teacher for jazz bass player Kyle Eastwood.[4]
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
- Touch (Warner Bros., 1979)
- Ivanhoe (Inner City, 1982)
- Momentum (America, 1989)
- Dedication (Musidisc, 1992)
- For You to Play (Media 7, 1994)
- Bunny Brunel's L.A. Zoo (Tone Center, 1998)
- Led Boots (Mascot, 2000)
- Cafe Au Lait (Brunel Music, 2004)
- Touch (Nikaia, 2006)
- Invent Your Future (Nikaia, 2015)
With CAB
- CAB (Tone Center, 2000)
- CAB 2 (Tone Center, 2000)
- Live (2002)
- CAB 4 (Favored Nations, 2003)
- Theatre de Marionnettes (2009)
- Live On Sunset (Nikaia, 2011)
- "Fusion Holidays", featuring Roman Miroshnichenko, (Nikaia, 2022).
As sideman[edit]
With Allen Vizzutti
- Allen Vizzutti (Headfirst, 1981)
- Skyrocket (Overseas, 1981)
- Olympic Jazz Series (Domo, 1999)
With others
- Jan Akkerman, Jan Akkerman 3 (Atlantic, 1979)
- Sandeep Chowta, Matters of the Heart (Sony 2013)
- Chick Corea, Secret Agent (1978)
- Chick Corea, Tap Step (Warner Bros., 1980)
- Christine Delaroche, Au Feminin (Eurodisc, 1978)
- Osamu Kitajima, Dragon King (Arista, 1981)
- Didier Lockwood, Lockwood (1975)
- Kathi McDonald, Above & Beyond (Merrimack, 1999)
- Gayle Moran, I Loved You Then...I Love You Now (Warner Bros., 1979)
- Georges Moustaki, Live (Polydor, 1975)
- Georges Moustaki, Olympia (Polydor, 1978)
- Claude Nougaro, Pacifique (WEA, 1998)
- Michel Polnareff, Ze Tour (Enough/Universal 2007)
- Kazumi Watanabe, Kilowatt (Gramavision, 1989)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Wynn, Ron. "Bunny Brunel". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "Bunny Brunel @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "C.A.B. With Bunny Brunel And Tony MacAlpine Live At The Baked Potato". All About Jazz. May 29, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ "Bassist-Composer Kyle Eastwood Channels His Earliest Jazz Influences on the View from Here – March 12, 2013".
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Nice
- 20th-century American bass guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century French musicians
- 21st-century American bass guitarists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- 21st-century French musicians
- American jazz bass guitarists
- American male bass guitarists
- American male jazz musicians
- CAB (band) members
- French emigrants to the United States
- French jazz bass guitarists
- French male guitarists
- The Tony Williams Lifetime members
- Jazz fusion bass guitarists