Will Bernard | |
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 Wiil Bernard at the d.b.a. with Stanton Moore Trio at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Berkeley, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Antilles, Palmetto, Posi-Tone |
| Website | willbernard |
Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug.
In the 1980s Bernard was a member of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble led by Peter Apfelbaum. [1] In the 1990s he formed the band T. J. Kirk in San Francisco with Charlie Hunter and John Schott. The band's name "James T. Kirk" was taken from James Brown, Thelonious Monk, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. [2] [3] Palmetto released his debut solo album, Blue Plate Special, in 2008. [1] He has also worked with The Coup, John Ellis, John Medeski, Stanton Moore, and Jai Uttal. [1]
Grammy Award nomination, If Four Was One, 1997 [4]
With T.J. Kirk
With Peter Apfelbaum
With Stanton Moore
With Ben Sidran
With Jai Uttal
With others
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