Guitarist Will Bernard began playing and recording as a member of Peter Apfelbaum’ss Hieroglyphics Ensemble who made their recorded debut with Don Cherry on Multikulti (A&M 1989). Since then, Bernard has participated in a host of boundary stretching groups, ranging from jazz, hip-hop and world music to experimental music, with many stops in between. Bernards albums include Just Like Downtown (Posi-Tone 2013) which features John Ellis, Brian Charette and Rudy Royston and About (2016) which features Ben Allison, Allison Miller, Brian Charette and John Ellis. Will has performed and or recorded with Dr Lonnie Smith,Tom Waits, Ben Sidran, Dr John, Booker T.Jones, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Butler/ Bernstein and the Hot Nine, Medeski, Martin and Wood and others.
He is bringing us his organ trio.
“Will Bernard is one of the best-kept jazz-guitar secrets on the planet.” – Dan Ouellette, Billboard