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Pianist, composer and producer Warren Bernhardt performs solo and leads his own
bands (with whom he's recorded eight DMP albums). He was Steely Dan's
pianist (1993-94) and musical director (1994), co-leader of Steps Ahead (1985-88)
and is also renowned as an accompanist. As a studio musician, Warren has
recorded countless jazz/pop albums and more than 50 feature film soundtracks.
He has recorded numerous educational videos, cassettes, CDs and DVDs for Homespun
Tapes. Recently, Hal Leonard published a volume of Warren Bernhardt
transcriptions. He edited the English translation of Dance of the Infidels,
a biography of Bud Powell, and recorded a 3-cd set of jazz and classical
piano music. He recently played on vocalist Linda Ronstadt's new CD of
jazz standards. Warren has just finished touring with Paul Simon & Art
Garfunkel on their "Old Friends" tour of the United States and Europe,
playing piano, Fender Rhodes and clavinet. This spring and summer Warren
will be playing some solo concerts of classical music.
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WELCOME......
Apologies for neglecting updates to the website. I get very busy working on
music and tend to space out about anything else.
My excuse is that the music is great, and so satisfying to work on. Right now
I'm practicing for several concerts of beautiful classical music. Works by Beethoven,
Debussy, Scarlatti, Rachmaninoff.....pretty intense practice going
on here. Fairly recently I played on an album by singer/songwriter/friend Marc Black,
entitled "Stroke of Genius". It'll be coming out later this Spring.
I love playing on Marc's albums, and especially this particular one since my
old friend Steve Gadd plays drums on it. A real musical treat. I hope to have
it available for sale here at warrenbernhardt.com. in the near future.
Here's something new. My educational series of videos, 'You Can Play Jazz Piano' is now available on DVD. All three volumes are still 90 minutes each, and can be purchased individually for $29.95, or the complete set for only $79.95. See the 'Educational Materials' section, or go to 'Online Orders' to get yours right away. Note that Donald Fagen's video, 'Concepts for Jazz/Rock Piano' (on which I play and interview Donald) is also now on DVD.
My most recent CD is with a jazz trio. It's called 'Amelia's Song'. This is a state-of-the-art recording which is available as both a regular CD and as a hybrid SACD (which will play -- according to your sound system -- either the regular CD sound, or a stereo DSDTM [Direct Stream DigitalTM] version and even a 5.1 Surround SoundTM version. They're all great sounding, but the 5.1 is SPECTACULAR! Even your pets will react to it. There are some stellar performances here by both Jay Anderson on acoustic bass and Peter Erskine on drums. Recorded and mastered by the great Tom Jung, and dedicated to my paternal Grandmother Amelia, 'Amelia's Song' feels to me like a very special set of performances.
Don't forget that the same trio appears on my previous release, 'So Real' (also available in both CD and SACD), although the two albums are distinctly different in sound, content and mood.
Sorry to report that my CDs "Family Album" and "Reflections" are sold out for
now, though I am hopeful of finding a few more copies eventually. If you MUST
have these albums, I'll be happy to burn you one. Contact me at the address below
and we'll discuss it.
I certainly hope that you'll find something of interest here on the website. As of now, this is the only place you will be able to purchase my CD's other than DMPrecords.com , and they only stock the two newest releases. Please sign in on my Guestbook page if you feel like it. I love hearing from you all.
Enjoy the music and stay in touch.
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Warren Bernhardt
with Jay Anderson
and Peter Erskine
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Recordings and Publications |
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The DMP Series: An 8-CD set of digital recordings from DMP (Digital Music Products), including the newest CD Amelia's Song |
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The BGS Series: Three solo CDs by Warren Bernhardt on Warrens own label - Big Guy Sounds |
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Educational Materials: Warren teaches Jazz Piano on DVDs, videos, CDs and cassettes from Homespun Tapes, and using Hal Leonard's transcription folio Warren Bernhardt Collection |
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Other Recordings: These include a CD by Marc Black, produced by Warren, and a Mike DeMicco album on which Warren plays. |
Performance Schedule (All schedules subject to change) |
New performance dates to be announced ...
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Interested in booking Warren? Contact him:
Mail: PO Box 36 - Bearsville, NY 12409
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