David Braid | |
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 David Braid in Aarhus, Denmark (2017) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 25 March 1975 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Classical, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Pianist, Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | K52 Music |
| Website | davidbraid |
David Braid (born 25 March 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian composer and pianist. [1]
Canadian composer and jazz pianist, David Braid, is "considered one of his country's true renaissance men when it comes to music." (The Ottawa Citizen) [2]
After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1998, Steinway Artist David Braid [3] focused his career performing original music. [4] He formed the "David Braid Sextet" in 1999 with John MacLeod on trumpet; Mike Murley on saxophone; Gene Smith on trombone, Steve Wallace on bass, and Terry Clarke on drums. [5] This band made three albums, with the second one, " Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live" winning the Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2005. [6] His albums Mnemosyne's March , Zhen: The David Braid Sextet Live Vol II, Brubeck Braid , Spirit Dance , Flow, have also been nominated for Juno Awards. In 2017, Braid won two Screen Awards, "Best Original Score" and "Best Original Song" for his work on the flm, Born to Be Blue. [7] In 2018, his album "The North" won a Juno Award for Best Jazz Album (Group). His first classical work, Corona Divinae Misericordiae, was nominated for a 2019 Juno Award for Best Classical Album (Choral or Vocal.)
Although Braid developed a reputation as one of the country's most celebrated jazz players, he began moving in a different direction with a solo piano album of original compositions called, "Verge." [8] Braid's 2011 solo piano album, Verge , also won a Juno award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year.
In 2014, Braid became a Special Associate Artist of Sinfonia UK Collective [9] In summer 2015 he toured with the group in the UK and Canada as part of a project funded by Arts Council England / National Lottery and University of Hull. Braid's approach to work with Sinfonia UK Collective was the focus of a paper on democratic authorship that was presented at the Reflective Conservatoire Conference in February 2015 (Guildhall School of Music and Drama). In that paper, Dr Lee Tsang offered models of democratic authorship and used Braid's work as an example of one of a number of approaches that the Sinfonia UK Collective (formerly Hull Sinfonietta) had undertaken since 2004.
In addition to his collaboration with Sinfonia UK Collective, Braid moved further afield from his jazz roots [10] with his 2016 release "FLOW: David Braid + Epoque String Quartet" on the Steinway & Sons record label. [11] David Braid is also the recipient of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry (2016) [12]
Tsang has been a close collaborator, as conductor, baritone and writer of original texts. His involvement with Braid's work includes writing liner notes for the FLOW album, and developing original texts for songs such as Red Hero Cantata, 'Air', 'Nirvana.Lumiere.' 'The Hand' (as featured on the Twisting Ways album). He wrote the words for the semi-dramatic work 'Nine Dragons Fantasy'. He was also a producer on Braid's Corona Divinae Misericordiae album, having been involved as conductor during the work's developmental process. He conducted Resolute Bay which Braid wrote for him and his orchestra, which can be seen here at Braid's Steinway Artist launch concert in Toronto 2015.
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes | |
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| 2001 | The David Braid Sextet | Sextet, with John MacLeod (flugelhorn, cornet), Mike Murley (tenor sax, soprano sax), Gene Smith (trombone), Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke (drums) | ||
| 2003 | Vivid: The David Braid Sextet Live | Sextet, with John MacLeod (flugelhorn, cornet), Mike Murley (tenor sax, soprano sax), Gene Smith (trombone), Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke (drums); in concert | ||
| 2004 | Beginnings: Nimmons'n'Braid | Duo, with Phil Nimmons (clarinet); in concert | ||
| 2005 | Mnemosyne's March | Cornerstone | Quartet, with Mike Murley (tenor sax, soprano sax), Jim Vivian (bass), Ian Froman (drums); in concert | |
| 2005 | Zhen: The David Braid Sextet Live, Vol. II | David Braid | Sextet, with John MacLeod (flugelhorn, cornet), Mike Murley (tenor sax, soprano sax), Gene Smith (trombone), Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke (drums); in concert | |
| 2006 | DMBQ Live | Quintet, with Mike Murley (sax), Tara Davidson (sax), Jim Vivian (bass), Ian Froman (drums); in concert | ||
| 2007? | Twotet/Deuxtet | Brubeck/Braid | Duo, with Matt Brubeck (cello) | |
| 2010? | Spirit Dance | Opening Day | With Canadian Brass | |
| 2011 | Verge | David Braid | Solo piano | |
| 2012 | Suite St.John's Falling Through | Some tracks solo piano; some tracks duo, with Phil Nimmons (clarinet); in concert | ||
| 2016 | Flow: David Braid + Epoque String Quartet | Steinway & Sons | With the Epoque String Quartet | |
| 2018 | The North | Addo | Quartet, with Mike Murley (sax), Johnny Åman (bass), Anders Mogensen (drums) | |
| 2018 | Corona Divinae Misericordiae | K52 Music | An Oratorio for Soprano, Choir and Chamber Orchestra | |
| 2019 | Sunday Drive: Hideaki Tokunaga - David Braid | K52 Music | with Hideaki Tokunaga, guitar; David Braid, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Albert Heath, drums | |
| 2019 | The North Plays Kenny Wheeler | Believe Digital | Quintet with Percy Pursglove, trumpet; Mike Murley, saxophone, David Braid, piano; Johnny Aman, bass, and Anders Mogensen, drums | |
| 2022 | Dark Butterflies: David Braid - Patricia O'Callaghan - Epoque Orchestra | Forthcoming | with Prague Epoque Chamber Orchestra. Music by David Braid, Words and vocal performances by Patricia O'Callaghan |
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