ALAN BROADBENT
Genres: Post Bop, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Third Stream, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Exotica, Big Band • New Zealand

Alan Broadbent has long been a major force behind the scenes in jazz, whether it was accompanying Irene Kral on some of the most exquisite vocal albums ever recorded, contributing arrangements to Natalie Cole or playing piano with Charlie Haden's Quartet West. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Alan Broadbent remembers two key moments in his early musical development. "When I was seven or eight, a few years into playing the piano, I looked forward to the Sunday morning Children's Radio Program hoping to hear if Sparky and his Magic Piano was on. Sparky, who did not practice, had a piano that came to life. He goes on a concert tour with his magic piano that plays whatever he wants. I remember he performed Chopin's Etude #4 in C Sharp Minor Op. 10,' a very fast technical piece that is compact and intense. For the first time, I felt the power read more...