| Biography: Gary creates music. He's written several hundred tunes, from instrumental pop to jazz, to country to classical.
Upon hearing Gary's first release, Just a Word, Patrick MacDonald, Seattle Times music critic, summed it up: Exceptional piano work!"
In 2004 he released two CDs of instrumental music; 'Take Home Music' and 'All of Us.'
Gary's 2005 release, 'Imaginary Piano', a high-energy collection of jazz flavored fusion, was released in May of 2005. He also released a short collection of original and classic Christmas solo piano music. 'Midnight Clear', was released in October of 2005.
In May of 2006, he release a film short 'A World Away' featuring the orchestral music of the same name.
In September of 2006, he released 'Legacy', a twenty song CD which includes 5 new compositions and his best work from several previous releases.
Big World released in 2007.
Gary's influences include almost everyone in music, particularly Thelonious Monk, Danny, Elfman, Queen, the Beatles, and Yes: his music has been compared to Vanjelis, Michael Kamen and Danny Elfman.
He is a member of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). |
Press
Release:
Bryant's 'Big World' Makes a Big Noise
When does jazz become rock? When does rock become pop? Big World, Gary Paul Bryant's 9th CD is a genre-defying jazz fusion gem.
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Gary Paul Bryant (www.garypaulbryant.com) has just released Big World, his 9th CD, and it certainly is big. Bryant is a unique talent of melding power rock with jazz and classical music shines on this latest project. While a few tracks like 'Closing In On You' and 'Anybody Anywhere' show off a cinematic soft side, most of these tracks are big productions, with dense jazz/rock sound beds vying for a place behind complex piano leads and several manic sax riffs. As jazz, this CD rocks!
It's just so much better without all of those annoying lyrics!
Bryant has seen some success from previous releases. Imaginary Piano, released in May of 2005 included several tracks that still get considerable airplay. Flipside, from Imaginary Piano, went to #3 on the Jazz charts in Australia, while Deliberate Love went to the top 25 on the New Age charts. The World in A-Minor from Legacy, was the number one power pop tune for nearly two months at music mega site SoundClick.com and received considerable airplay in Europe. More than 100 internet stations regularly play his music including an impressive 50 stations from web casting server live365.com. In it's first week of release, Big World's Monkey Jammed was already the number one jazz instrumental at Soundclick.com.
Another thing that makes Bryant unique is the fact that he started his professional music career less than five years ago, in mid-life, abandoning a career in Web publishing. "I don't know how many times I've heard that sage advice 'do what you love.' Well you don't have to hit me over the head more than five or six times. Writing and recording music - that's what I love, so now, that's pretty much all I do," he said.
Most of Gary's music is available on CD from a number of outlets including his own web site, GaryPaulBryant.com (www.garypaulbryant.com), CDBaby.com and others. Additionally, nearly all of his tracks are available for iPod and MP3 downloading from his website and other sites including iTunes.com, eMusic.com and Rhapsody.
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