Alan Broadbent is a jazz pianist born April 23, 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand. He studied piano and music theory in his own country, but in the 1960s came to the US to study at the Berklee College of Music. In the 1970s he did both classical and jazz work, but from the eighties on he became noted for accompanying singers on piano. Later he gained note as an arranger of music and won two Grammies for arrangements he did with Natalie Cole and Shirley Horn. Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Natalie Cole (born February 6, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. ... Shirley Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. ...
Bio: An unsung hero of the acoustic piano, AlanBroadbent is a highly lyrical and melodic bebopper/post-bopper who has cited Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Nat "King" Cole, and Red Garland as some of his favorite pianists.
Broadbent went on to work as a sideman for Chet Baker, tenor saxmen Warne Marsh and Gary Foster, and the late singer Irene Kral in the '70s, and with Bud Shank and arranger Nelson Riddle in the '80s.
Broadbent's excellent trio albums for Discovery in the '80s and Concord in the '90s make it clear that he deserves to be much better known as a soloist.
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