Philadelphia » Calendar » Jimmy Bruno Quartet at South Jazz Club

Jimmy Bruno Quartet at South Jazz Club

Courtesy of Wendy Wolf | Posted on October 8, 2019

Where

South Jazz Club
600 North Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 600-0220

When

Sun, October 27, 2019
7:00 pm

Get Ticket

Musicians

Jimmy Bruno
guitar

About

Jimmy Bruno, born July 22, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a master jazz guitarist and jazz educator. One of the most critically acclaimed jazz guitarists performing today, Jimmy Bruno came to prominence as a jazz musician in the 1990's, after a successful twenty-year career as a sought-after commercial guitarist and session musician.

Get on the bus; we leave tonight.
Those were the words that began Jimmy Bruno's professional career as a guitarist. Most of the other guitarists auditioning for Buddy Rich's band that day in 1973 were getting drumsticks thrown at them, Buddy's not-so-subtle way of showing disapproval. But not 19 year-old Jimmy; he got the gig. A Philadelphia native, he was born into a family no strangers to the music world. Jimmy's father played guitar on the 1959 hit "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" with Frank Virtue. Jimmy's mom was a gifted singer. Living in such a musical household, playing guitar eight to ten hours a day was normal for this south Philly kid. He studied jazz improvisation with local Philly bass legend Al Stauffer and to develop technique, taught himself to play the rigorous and exacting classical violin etudes of Wohlfahrt and Paganini. Although he briefly considered leveraging his perfect SAT scores into medical school, a summer guitar gig in Wildwood NJ changed the direction of Jimmy's life forever, putting him into the path of Buddy Rich. ...

read more

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.