Bruce Katz
He also toured in 2009 with the Allman Brothers, playing piano. This reconnected him with his love of Blues music, which has been his main musical genre since that time.While in this band, Bruce had the opportunity to tour all over Europe and the U.S., playing clubs, festivals and making television appearances. From Barrence Whitfield and the Savages Bruce moved on to playing Organ and piano as well as writing and co-writing material for Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. From that band, Bruce moved on to play with Barrence Whitfield and the Savages.
After playing jazz in Boston, he got the opportunity to play bass guitar for Big Mama Thornton. In 2009 he also released a CD that he co-lead with saxophonist Joel Frahm called Project A , an instrumental tribute to Aretha Franklin, featuring a 9 piece band, including Aretha s original bassist and current Gregg Allman Band bassist Jerry Jemmott. http://www.browndogmusic.com http://www.oceansidetalent.com .
After leaving the Broadcasters in 1997 to concentrate on the Bruce Katz Band, Bruce has maintained his own touring schedule, and released a total of six CDs, while also recording and touring with many other artists, such as Duke Robillard, Joe Louis Walker, Debbie Davies, David Fathead Newman, John Hammond and others. Currently, in 2009, Bruce is a regular member of Gregg Allman and Friends, the John Hammond Quartet and continues to tour with his own group, The Bruce Katz Band. He is a 2009 Blues Music Award Nominee (formerly called the W.C.
Since 1996, he has been on the faculty at the Berklee College of Music in Boston as an Associate Professor. Bruce Katz commenced his musical career playing piano and bass guitar with various bands in Baltimore. By this time, Bruce had been on several different recording sessions with the bands he had played with as well as special guesting on sessions for other artists. While with Ronnie Earl, Bruce had not only formed his own band and began recording on the AudioQuest label but was still maintaining the touring schedule with the Broadcasters.
He then decided to concentrate on piano and Hammond organ, and in particular, jazz and blues music. Handy Award) for Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year , an award he was nominated for in 2008 as well.
Disambiguation: for the urban planner, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_J._Katz Bruce Katz (born August 19, 1952) is a musician, playing piano, organ and bass guitar.
