Blair Bryant

Professional Contemporary Jazz show with original music written and released by the performer, some R&B classics like EWF and GAP band, along with some bass -centric songs from Stanley Clarke & Marcus Miller. Depending on the event, we have a Motown component and singer, so we are able to perform some classic tracks from Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Etta James, Otis Redding and Teddy Pendergrass.

Blair Bryant is a 23 year old emerging contemporary-jazz artist, currently signed to the Innervision Records Label. He is a musical prodigy, plays over 14 instruments and is a prolific, writer and producer. A product of the UMKC Conservatory of Music and the Grammy Music Experience, his first release “New Colours” was ranked one of the top 10 best Jazz CDs of 2015 (link hidden)) and yielded a national Top 10 hit single “Lightning Bug.” (Groove Jazz Music) You can hear Blair on Smooth Jazz radio stations across the country, including Pandora, Spotify, CDBaby, Amazon and Itunes. His upcoming second release “Gold” is due the summer of 2016.
Blair Bryant started out like most kids playing drums, congas and bongos. He picked up playing the bass at age 13, and after mastering that, incorporated lead guitar, lead bass and keyboards into his repertoire. He has been writing and recording since the age of 16, and has amassed hundreds of original jazz compositions where he plays all instruments.
Blair is a fierce bassist who plays the upright double bass and electronic fretless, 7 String Conklin, 6 string ESP and 5 string Fender Jazz basses. He also plays Yamaha Stage Custom drums, Korg, Kurzweil and Yamaha Motif Keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organs, B3 and XK1. Blair’s “sound” (writing and playing style) is upbeat, very layered, lush and evocative of many different tonal colors and moods. He has been favorably compared to Stanley Clarke, Joe Sample and Wayman Tisdale.
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6 piece band that consists of: Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Saxophone, and Lead Bassist. We have a rider that stipulates backline support and other technical specs dependent on the size of the venue.