Biography

Brian was born December 5th, 1960 in Tucson Arizona. He grew up in a family of musicians and artists. Brian started to play the bass at thirteen years old. From ages fourteen to eighteen, Brian locked himself up in a room and practiced day and night. Testing out of high school early and devoting all his time to music. For the next few years Brian played every type of gig imaginable. Quite often Brian would play five to seven nights a week with several different bands. Brian's first big break came in 1979 when Marc Johnson, the wonderful bassist with the great jazz pianist Bill Evans, heard Brian play. Several months later while on tour, Marc ran into legendary jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. Stan was looking for a new bass player and asked Marc if he knew any new young players. Marc told Stan about Brian. Brian auditioned for Stan and joined the Stan Getz quintet in December of 1979. Brian had just turned 19 and spent nearly a year touring the world with Stan and his band. Since then, as a session bassist Brian has performed on many major Hollywood movie soundtracks and television shows, and has toured, performed and or recorded with some of the greatest artists of our time