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Will Bernard Trio

one of the most potent, if under recognized, guitarists on the post-Frisell/post-Scofield scene. - Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times

"Will Bernard is one of the best-kept jazz-guitar secrets on the planet." - Dan Ouellette, Billboard

An alumnus of the jazz studies program at Berkeley High School that included Peter Apfelbaum, Josh Redman, Charlie Hunter, Craig Handy and Steven Bernstein and Lenny Pickett, Bay Area guitarist/composer Will Bernard first began playing and recording on an international level during his membership in Peter Apfelbaums Hieroglyphics Ensemble, whose first recording was on Don Cherrys MultiKulti (A&M 1989).

Since then Will has been involved with a host of boundary stretching groups, ranging from jazz, hip hop and world music to experimental music, with many stops in between. He has performed and recorded with Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra, Peter Apfelbaums various band incarnations, Beth Custer, The Coup, and Pothole to name a few. The most successful of these projects was the group T.J. Kirk (with Charlie Hunter) whose 2nd record for Warner Bros. If Four Was One was nominated for a Grammy in 1997. Shortly thereafter Will Bernard released his debut CD as a leader, Medicine Hat, in 1998 on Verve/Antilles.