Jimmy Bruno

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Stella By Starlight 00:00 Tools
Night And Day 00:00 Tools
Joy Spring 00:00 Tools
Darn That Dream 00:00 Tools
The Toffelmire Band 00:00 Tools
Benny's Tune 00:00 Tools
Just Friends 00:00 Tools
Satin Doll 03:49 Tools
There Is No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
Giant Steps 00:00 Tools
I'm In The Mood For Love 00:00 Tools
Central Park West 00:00 Tools
Moonlight In Vermont 00:00 Tools
Have You Met Miss Jones? 00:00 Tools
Witchcraft 00:00 Tools
Misty 00:00 Tools
That's All 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 00:00 Tools
Summertime 00:00 Tools
Pastel 00:00 Tools
I Want To Be Happy (Live) 00:00 Tools
Shades Of Grey 00:00 Tools
Chesapeake Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
One For Amos 00:00 Tools
Burnin' 00:00 Tools
Love Is Here To Stay 00:00 Tools
All the Things You Are 00:00 Tools
Eternal Triangle 00:00 Tools
A Rose For Peg 00:00 Tools
On The Sunny Side Of The Street 00:00 Tools
The Way You Look Tonight 00:00 Tools
Stars Fell On Alabama 00:00 Tools
Eleanor Rigby 00:00 Tools
Night Dreamer 00:00 Tools
Waltz For Nancy 00:00 Tools
How Long Has This Been Going On 00:00 Tools
Raezer's Edge 00:00 Tools
E.V. 00:00 Tools
Joy spring (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Iguana's Uncle 00:00 Tools
Pat's House 00:00 Tools
Into The Blue Light 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Secret Love 00:00 Tools
Unit Seven 00:00 Tools
Midnight Blue 00:00 Tools
Fat Tuesday 00:00 Tools
Funk 'n Benny 00:00 Tools
Polarity 00:00 Tools
Body And Soul 00:00 Tools
Lazy Afternoon 00:00 Tools
Egg Plant Pizza 00:00 Tools
Big Shoes 00:00 Tools
Hypertension 00:00 Tools
Estaté 00:00 Tools
Carioca Blue 00:00 Tools
Like That 00:00 Tools
Cherokee 00:00 Tools
Tenderly 00:00 Tools
Impressions 00:00 Tools
Night Mist 00:00 Tools
Emily 00:00 Tools
Poem For #15 00:00 Tools
Philly Joe 00:00 Tools
First Dance 00:00 Tools
Here's That Rainy Day 00:00 Tools
Stompin' at the Savoy 00:00 Tools
Manha de Carnaval 00:00 Tools
I Don't Stand A Gost Of A Chance With You 00:00 Tools
Wheat Thins 00:00 Tools
Reticulation 05:03 Tools
Perdido 00:00 Tools
Grooveyard 00:00 Tools
Lionel's Hat 00:00 Tools
Au Privave 00:00 Tools
Song for Jimmy and Susanna 00:00 Tools
Anthropology 09:24 Tools
F 8 00:00 Tools
Estate 00:00 Tools
Valse Hot 04:42 Tools
Move 05:25 Tools
Chesapeake Blues 06:16 Tools
Segment 00:00 Tools
My One and Only Love 05:11 Tools
Poinciana 00:00 Tools
Broadway 00:00 Tools
Lover Man 00:00 Tools
For J.T. 00:00 Tools
Egg Plant Pizza - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I Hear a Rhapsody 00:00 Tools
I Want to Be Happy 00:00 Tools
Body And Soul - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
How Long Has This Been Goin' On 00:00 Tools
Chesapeake Blues - Live 00:00 Tools
Joy Spring - Live 00:00 Tools
Reticulation - Live 00:00 Tools
Stompin' At The Savoy - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Tenderly - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I Can't Give You Anything But Love 00:00 Tools
The Left Handed Blues 00:00 Tools
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 04:09 Tools
Wheat Thins - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Night Mist - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Poinciana - Live 00:00 Tools
Maplewood Avenue 00:00 Tools
(I Can't Give You) Anything but Love 00:00 Tools
These Foolish Things 00:00 Tools
Stars Fell On Alabama (with Joey DeFrancesco, trumpet) 00:00 Tools
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Live 00:00 Tools
Big Shoes - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Lionel's Hat - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Darn That Dream - Live 00:00 Tools
Unit Seven (with Joey DeFrancesco) 00:00 Tools
Miss Jones 00:00 Tools
You Stepped Out of a Dream 00:00 Tools
All The Things You Are (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
There Is No Greater Love (With Joey DeFrancesco) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 00:00 Tools
Song For Jimmy and Susanna - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Lover Man - Live 00:00 Tools
Raezer's Edge (with Joey DeFrancesco) 00:00 Tools
Dolphin Dance 00:00 Tools
Milestones 00:00 Tools
Here's That Rainy Day - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Ornithology 00:00 Tools
She's A Fox 00:00 Tools
EV (with Joey DeFrancesco) 00:00 Tools
When Sunny Gets Blue 00:00 Tools
Manha De Carnaval - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
The Way You Look Tonight (with Joey DeFrancesco) 00:00 Tools
Broadway - Live 00:00 Tools
Blue Bossa 00:00 Tools
I Want To Be Happy - Live 00:00 Tools
Donna Lee 00:00 Tools
I Hear A Rhapsody - Live 00:00 Tools
Easton Street Bossa 00:00 Tools
Bach Sonata Trio 00:00 Tools
Song D'Autumne 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's House 00:00 Tools
PA Turnpike 00:00 Tools
Nostalgia in Times Square 00:00 Tools
Song For Meg 00:00 Tools
Route 611 00:00 Tools
Reticulation (Live) 00:00 Tools
Darn That Dream (Live) 00:00 Tools
Bittersweet 00:00 Tools
Upstairs For Coffee 00:00 Tools
Stompin' At The Savoy (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Swing 39 00:00 Tools
Manege 00:00 Tools
On The Sunny Side Of The Stree 00:00 Tools
Four Brothers 00:00 Tools
Those Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 00:00 Tools
Poinciana (Live) 00:00 Tools
I Hear A Rhapsody (Live) 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' at the Woodside 03:21 Tools
Body And Soul (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Live) 00:00 Tools
Broadway (Live) 00:00 Tools
Wheat Thins (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Eggplant Pizza 00:00 Tools
Two for the Road 00:00 Tools
Lionel's Hat (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Here's That Rainy Day (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Song For Jimmy and Susanna (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Strictly Confidential 00:00 Tools
-Pastel 00:00 Tools
I've Grown Accustomed To Her F 00:00 Tools
F8 00:00 Tools
Egg Plant Pizza (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Night Mist (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Nightmist 00:00 Tools
I hear rhapsody 00:00 Tools
String Thing 00:00 Tools
Big Shoes (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Giant Steps (1994) 00:00 Tools
Mating Call 00:00 Tools
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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bruno started playing at the age of 7. He began his professional career at the age of 19, touring with Buddy Rich.[1] Among his many credits, he is the only guitarist to have ever led Frank Sinatra's band. He played for many years in Los Angeles before returning to the Philadelphia area. He counts Johnny Smith, Hank Garland, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, and Pat Martino amongst his influences (2) One of the finest jazz guitarists in Philadelphia, Jimmy Bruno is a passionate hard bopper who loves to swing aggressively but can be a very sensitive ballad player when he puts his mind to it. The Italian-American was raised in South Philly, where he fell in love with jazz as a kid and took up the guitar at the age of seven. Growing up, he was influenced by such bop guitar greats as Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel and Jimmy Raney but also admired the pre-bop work of Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart. At 19, Bruno hit the road as a sideman for The Buddy Rich Big Band before ended up spending much of his youth living in the West--where he did a lot of non-jazz gigs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Although those live and studio pursuits paid the bills for Bruno, he never gave up hard bop and hoped to eventually be a full-time jazz musician. Returning to Philly in 1988, a 35-year-old Bruno was determined to do exactly that even it meant being poor for awhile. An article in the Philadelphia Weekly quoted Bruno as saying that he went from earning several thousand dollars a week in the West to working for minimum wage at "a real dive" in Philly's Fairmount section--but that he was happy and fulfilled because he was playing live jazz five nights a week. Eventually, Bruno was able to give up part-time bartending and concentrate on nothing but playing and teaching jazz. In the early 1990s, he came to the attention of the late Concord Jazz founder/president Carl Jefferson, who was impressed with his playing and signed him to the label. Bruno's first album as a leader, Sleight of Hand, was recorded in 1991, followed by other bop-oriented Concord dates like Burnin' in 1994 and Like That (which featured organist Joey DeFrancesco) in 1995. The late 1990s found Bruno continuing to record for Concord while playing and teaching extensively around Philly. His first Live at Birdland recording appeared in 1997; its sequel, a collaboration with tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, followed two years later. Bruno next resurfaced in the spring of 2000 with Polarity. ~ Alex Henderson Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.