JazzrockTV #96 Kevin “Brandino” Brandon
June 26th, 2015
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Kevin “Brandino” Brandon at the Warwick BASS CAMP 2014
Interview with the 7 times Grammy awarded Producer, Composer, Arranger, and Bassist Kevin “Brandino” Brandon. He talks about his passion, teaching bass, his roots and being a professional bass player.
We also have a sneak preview in his latest release “The Many Faces of Brandino” that was just released a few months ago and is a great momentum of Brandino’s outstanding performance on acoustic and electric bass.
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“Brandino is one of the few bassists who are equally proficient on both electric and acoustic. His new record shows off his skills wonderfully.” (Victor Wooten)
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Here is Katja’s Livingston Translation of the German part of the interview:
“There is one bass player who played on half of all records. That’s Leland Sklar. And then Kevin Brandon played bass on the other half of all records in the world. If you look at his discography, you get goosebumps.
Then they talk about who he played with and talks about the Grammies won.
“Unbelievable. He is really a grandiose bassist. And the great thing was, I was lucky enough to witness him play live and to interview him. It’s hard to comprehend how he played with Aretha and all those “older” artists, but then also plays with Outcast, JT and Beyoncé. I don’t k is how old he is….150 maybe? 😂 There are not many that make that big jump. His feature/signature is that he is just at home on acoustic bass as in electric. That was also one of the comments Victor Wooten made about him. And it also doesn’t matter to him how many strings the bass has on..he plays everything he can get. This guy is the shit (they say Knaller, which literally translates to banger). And when you listen to his new album, you really hear he’s “a banger”. You also feel all the influences from previous decades that he brought to these songs. The title of the album is also very fitting. You really hear what bandwidth this mastermind has to offer. ”
Then they briefly summarize what is being touched on in the interview.
Thanks Katja’s