The Bernd Brothers

Hard Driven Fusion

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02/08/2012

The Bernd Brothers is a blend of instrumental jazz, funk, rock and latin grooves, this integration of styles features smooth as well as sizzling guitars played by Stephen Bernd, serious funk and smooth growling fretless bass lines played by Bill Bernd, outstanding drums and percussion by seasoned performer Jeff Geyer and red hot keyboards By David Hicks. Bill and Stephen reunited in March of 2000 to record their first cd ON FIRE Consisting of six original compostions, all instrumentals, with a variety of jazz genres from hard driven fusion to smooth jazz. The title track, Permanent Solution, went all the way up to #1 on MP3.com on the Jazz fusion charts approx twenty days and stayed on the top forty about six months. Funk-A-Tash selected to be one of the songs preloaded on a popular mp3 player, Eastech, a company based out of Japan and hand chosen by Javamusic.com professionals. The second cd, RISK FACTOR was recorded the following year in July of 2001. This cd consist of seven original compositions and also of many jazz styles, Skyline Drive is a smooth instrumental guitar piece with a keyboard intro and outtro, this song was selected by Judivor productions for a compilation cd The Jazz Room Jazz Mix Volume 1. along with other accomplished artist like Carmine D'Amico Ensemble, Morris Code , Daniel Martina, Triad to name just a few. The third cd, PERMANENT SOLUTION is the best songs picked from both cd's remastered and professionally produced !! The Bernd Brothers music have been listened to by more than 140,000 listeners on MP3.com and are very grateful for the recognition they have recieved since uploading their terrific music on the internet musical highway! Artist Description: The Bernd Brothers is a blend of instrumental jazz, funk, rock and latin grooves, this integration of styles features smooth as well as sizzling guitars played by Stephen Bernd, serious funk and smooth growling fretless bass lines played by Bill Bernd, outstanding drums and percussion by seasoned performer Jeff Geyer and red hot keyboards By David Hicks.

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CIM RADIO Smooth Jazz from New York! What a unique way to enter the smooth jazz fusion format with an album that musically rocks. The Bernd Brothers is one brave duo with the courage to try something that's more related to the rock than the smooth jazz genre. Nevertheless, "Permanent Solution" is a great addition to the evolving format that might as well be introducing some "heavier" stuff. Some of the more recommended smooth jazz radio-ready tracks are "Sweet Dreams", "Skyline Drive" and "A Night In Tunisia". Better backing would make this album sound more professional. If you're a rock listener preferring a little jazz in the mix, give this album a try. Guitar Noise Great musicianship, on guitars and bass make for a cozy album of Rock, Jazz and Fusion. With a lot of blending in genres, the Bernd Brothers show their licks in a variety of styles. Funk-A-Tash, for example is generally fusion, but has guitar licks toward the end that are very reminiscent of Rush’s Alex Lifeson. Some songs, however, are less blended and, I think, better interpreted, like the very beautiful Skyline Drive. As musicians go, the Bernd brothers certainly excell on guitar and bass, I’d watch out for them as they are more than capable musicians. A-J Charron 2003-12-21 Guitar Noise.com Showcase for New Talent Mike Varney: Guitar player Magazine Says," An extremely versatile musician, Steve plays in a variety of styles, and displays an excellent vocabulary of Hot licks in his material that ranges from Fusion to Funk and Rock, with many intricate rhythm arrangements and strong melodic themes. --Guitar Player magazine March Issue 1984

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