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Bunny Brunel

When Chick Corea watched Bernard “Bunny” Brunel play one night at an upscale London jazz club in 1978, Bunny was unaware of the ultimate significance Corea would play in his future success as a bassist. A few weeks after that visit to London, Chic called Bunny on the telephone and asked him to pack up and join him on a worldwide tour. Bunny quickly accepted and went on to record the classics “Tap Step” and “Secret Agent” with the legendary jazz fusionist.

The roster of artists Bunny went on to record and perform with is practically a who’s who of music industry giants. Notables include Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Al Jarreau, Natalie Cole, Stanley Clarke, Larry Coryell, Al DiMeola, Mike Stern, Joe Farrell, and a list too numerous to mention here. Bunny was the musical director for the 2007 comeback tour for Michel Polnareff.

Besides his work as a performer, he is equally at home in the roles of composer, arranger, producer, and designer. As a soundtrack composer, Bunny collaborated with Clint Eastwood in creating the main theme, “Claudia’s Theme,” for the award-winning film, Unforgiven. He also worked on several TV shows, including the popular series Highlander. As a designer, Bunny created a line of electric bass guitars for Carvin and an electric upright bass.

Bunny has released eight wonderful solo albums: Touch, Ivanhoe, Momentum, Dedication, For You to Play, L.A. Zoo, and his latest, Cafe Au Lait. He has also produced and performed with the group CAB. They released CAB and the Grammy-nominated CAB 2, and CAB 4, with Tony MacAlpine, Brian Auger, Patrice Rushen, and Dennis Chambers, as well as CAB Live and the latest release, Theatre De Marionnettes, with Virgil Donati on drums and guest star Chick Corea. These projects highlights his beautiful compositions and melodic solos and show off breathtaking basslines.

Taking an active interest in helping bass players, Brunel regularly gives seminars on his unique approach to the instrument. He has written several books available through Mel Bay Publications, Hal Leonard Publications, and Backstreet Books Publications as well as three instructional videos.

Bunny Brunel

https://www.bunnybrunel.com/

Bunny Brunel’s Signature Bass

https://www.espguitars.com/products?categories=bunny-brunel

Bunny Brunel New CD Release 2017

https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/bunny-brunel-announces-new-album-bass-ball-with-guests-stanley-clarke-victor-wooten-billy-sheehan-steve-bailey-and-more/61634

Bunny Brunel’s newest CD ‘CAB’, you can hear the strong influence that Return to Forever’s 1976 seminal album ‘Romantic Warrior’ has had upon Bunny. For years held by many to be one of the finest examples of jazz/rock/fusion, ‘Romantic Warrior’ was equaled at that time only by the likes of Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’ or Mahavishnu Orchestra’s `Birds of Fire’.

Now Bunny teams up with powerhouse rock & neo-classical guitarist and keyboardist Tony McAlpine and percussionist/drummer Dennis Chambers to produce an album containing all the strengths of those monster recordings from an earlier age. In spite of this seeming look backwards in time for inspiration, Brunel’s ‘CAB’ holds up extremely well. Fusion music is at its best in this newest foray by Brunel.

Perhaps it is true that everything in fashion comes into fashion again, if you wait long enough. These days many of us feel starved for ‘player’ albums, releases that balance both strong songwriting and stunning technical prowess. It is no surprise to anyone who knows what Bunny is all about as a player, that he is more than capable of holding his own, even with the brilliant and often mind boggling speed and articulation of McAlpine. As McAlpine himself is known for his powerful & anthemic songwriting, it was also no surprise to see his name on two of the songs on this release.

Bunny expands the palate of sounds he can draw from by using a midi-triggered Yamaha B1-D synth pickup on his bass guitar. Used frugally and intelligently in the closing cut ‘Bernard’, (Bunny’s actual first name), the polyphonic intro opens up the imagination as to what sounds a bassist might achieve if they were to decide upon a course of using midi controllers themselves.

Otherwise, throughout the balance of the album, he opts for more of a mid to bottom-end sound while still achieving surprising clarity. This clarity of technique compounded with Brunel’s custom-built Carvin bass is key to Brunel’s aural success, who’s great dexterity on the instrument would be totally sacrificed without it.

Another aspect of the Brunel Philosophy or way of doing things, is his understanding of the need for a proper marketing plan. Fusion music will not be picked up by any of the major labels anytime soon, so an artist of this genre must know how to get his message out there, virtually on their own. This bring us to the well developed web site developed for the promotion and sales of his releases both new and previous, as well as what is known as his Cyber-bass lessons. For the fee of $6.95 you can purchase a complete lesson in any of the styles and techniques currently in demand for today’s music. Taking into account the cost of a face-to-face lesson, ranging anywhere from $25 to $250+, Brunel offers a low cost way of doing things.

Bunny Brunel CD BASS BALL Review

https://perfectmusictoday.com/index.php/2017/02/11/bunny-brunel-and-stanley-clarke-play-base-ball-a-new-cd/

Bunny Brunel International Musical Teacher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TypbI_9DDPg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-SPyHntww0

Thanks Michael! Hope all going well with you (and the new website!)

Best Always

Michael