sgcim Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 This guy led a rock band in 1965 that released two LPs on Vanguard, but he was also into some other stuff. http://www.freewebs.com/superdreamer/ Quote
robertoart Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 I'm too scared to open the link. Quote
sgcim Posted October 17, 2012 Author Report Posted October 17, 2012 I'm too scared to open the link. Don't be afraid, my little friend, it will only hurt for a minute... Quote
Stereojack Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 His band was Circus Maximus. Their song "The Wind", composed and sung by Bruno, was an FM staple in the late 60's-early 70's. Quote
sgcim Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Posted October 18, 2012 His band was Circus Maximus. Their song "The Wind", composed and sung by Bruno, was an FM staple in the late 60's-early 70's. We have a winner! He also played the guitar solo, the piano solo, and was one of the first to bring elements of jazz into rock and/or roll. Bruno was actually a jazz pianist/brass player/upright bass player/composer/vocalist who played piano in Noah Howard's free jazz group (featuring Rashied Ali) on the live LP they recorded in the early 70s at The Vanguard. He also used to jam with Jimi Hendrix and Larry Young at the studio they both recorded at in the late 60s. Check out his web site(s); there is enough of his music and painting there to keep you busy for the next few weeks! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 18, 2012 Report Posted October 18, 2012 He's also done some artwork for Kendra Steiner Editions CD-Rs (the label has some interesting stuff). I only knew him from Noah's record otherwise, and will definitely seek out the Circus Maximus stuff (I like a lot of those oddball Vanguard jazz-rock-psych LPs). Quote
robertoart Posted October 18, 2012 Report Posted October 18, 2012 I'm too scared to open the link. Don't be afraid, my little friend, it will only hurt for a minute... I don't know what I want. Quote
sgcim Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Posted October 18, 2012 I'm too scared to open the link. Don't be afraid, my little friend, it will only hurt for a minute... I don't know what I want. Don't worry, we have ways of treating things like that... As for Circus Maximus' psych influences, Bruno has stories of tripping while being the house band at The Electric Circus, and "seeing" all kinds of strange things. OTOH, he also has stories of tripping while playing upright bass for famous, mainstream swing players back in the 60s. "Neverland Revisited", CM's second LP, has more psych/free jazz influences than the first one. The first one had a folk-rock, jangly guitars, early Byrds type of sound; probably because Jerry Jeff Walker was one of the founding members. Circus Maximus(primarily Bruno) also became known for collaborating with composer Morton Subotnik in a concert in NYC that bridged 20th Cent. classical music with rock. Quote
robertoart Posted October 19, 2012 Report Posted October 19, 2012 It would be great to hear his reminiscences about playing Free Jazz in the early Seventies. Very interesting life. Quote
sgcim Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Posted November 9, 2020 I recently emailed Bob Bruno about the recent death of his old buddy, Jerry Jeff Walker, fellow member of the band they were in, Circus Maximus. He wrote back with stories about their road trip together from Texas to NYC, which entailed three flat tires and other unpredictable events. He sent me a link to a recent thing he put up on you tube featuring him playing an electronic piano that he found in the garbage, and repaired himself. There's a lot of clicking noise coming from either the keys or the keyboard stand, but i guess It was Just One of Those Things: Quote
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