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Brian Derek
United States, Indiana, Northeast IN
Brian Derek
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Brian Derek

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About Brian Derek

Bassist/composer/bandleader Brian Derek started gigging professionally in high school working
5 nights a week, 5 hours a night. On graduating from high school, Brian
moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he studied all
aspects of music, arranging, composition, orchestration and performance.
In his teens at Berklee, Brian began working with several faculty
ensembles. At this time, he also worked in the New England area with the
Brubeck Brothers and jazz guitarist Mike Stern. Brian has performed
throughout the east coast, Midwest as well as Florida. He has recorded
many record/cd projects as a leader and sideman in various musical styles.
Brian has won two awards from Billboard Magazine for composition. He has
also worked cruise ships, off-Broadway shows, concerts, nightclubs, and
radio shows. Brian earned respect in every jazz community he has lived:
Boston, New York, Florida, Chicago (Brian lived and worked there for 10
years) and Northeast Indiana. Some musicians Brian has worked are Stephen
Stills (Crosby, Stills and Nash), Joe Beck (Jazz Guitarist), Jay McShann
(Changed jazz history by hiring Charlie Parker for his first professional
gigs in New York City) Pat Metheny and Peter Erskine (Performed benefit
for Jaco Pastorius in 1987). He has also played concerts with the Fort
Wayne Philharmonic performing with Neil Sedaka, the Fifth Dimension and
the Platters.
Currently Brian is teaching private electric bass lessons,
jazz harmony/theory and improvisation, composing orchestral music and
performing and is the Big Band and Jazz Combo director at Trine University. He also has many cd's available on the internet and videos on
YouTube that have well over 100,000 plays. While jazz is at the heart of
whom Brian Derek is musically, he also performs Latin, Reggae, World
Fusion, Afro Pop, Funk and about any style of music.

Plays Today: 155

Total Plays: 2,659,324

Profile Views: 3,418,250

Subscribers: 4,262

Followers: 6,945

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