Dan Bruce
guitar
“...a generous, accessible sound with an exploratory edge, Bruce brings a finely-polished technique that is at the same time subtly discontent, searching for new expressions and willing to take some chances along the way”.
-Troy Dostert, All About Jazz
“A better illustration of the marvelous balance Bruce and company strike between improvisation and compositional form would be hard to conceive”
-Ron Schepper, Textura
"Bruce has continued to turn heads with his original music and prowess as a powerful improviser"
-C. Andrew Hovan, All About Jazz
“Dan Bruce is a lyrical musician with a thoroughly modern bent, based on a firm grasp of the tradition.”
- ‐Bassist Lynn Seaton
“A skilled, seasoned player, one capable of filling the space left by an accompanying harmonic instrument with aplomb and finesse.”
-Martin Gladu, All About Jazz
A recent transplant to Ohio after spending a decade as an
important member of Chicago’s vibrant jazz scene, Bruce is active throughout the Midwest and nationally as a performer, recording artist, composer and educator. He has performed on more than forty albums as a sideman and has released four albums as a leader. Dan has worked with several eminent
musicians including Seamus Blake, Ali Jackson, Dan Wall, Lynn Seaton, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Daniel Lippel, Rose Colella, Marc Mommaas, and Marquis Hill
Bruce’s groups have been featured in The Chi-Town Jazz Festival, The Chicago Composers Collective series at the Green Mill, The Chicago Cultural Center Chamber Music Series, The Jazz Institute of Chicago NextGen Jazz Series, South by Southwest, The Toledo Jazz Festival, The Rubber City Jazz
Festival, and The Ohio City Summer Festival. He has been profiled in Fingerstyle Guitar, on WDCB 90.9 FM Chicago, WCPN 90.3 FM Cleveland, WYSO 91.3 FM Yellow Springs, WKSU 104.9 Cleveland, coolcleveland.com, Chicago Jazz Magazine, and The South Bend Tribune
Upcoming Performances
1.26 7pm The Third Law Collective
The Bop Stop
Cleveland, OH
1.28 8pm Sam Blakeslee Large Ensemble
Blu Jazz
Akron, OH
2.2 7pm CSU Jazz Faculty
The Bop Stop
Cleveland, OH
2.3 7pm Bassel and The Supernaturals
Cleveland Art Museum
Cleveland, OH
2.9 7:30pm. Bassel and The Supernaturals
Midland Center for the Arts
Midland, MI
2.11 7pm. Alla Boara
Kent State Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center
New Philadelphia, OH
2.18. 8pm. :beta collective
Blu Jazz
Akron, OH
2.23 Alla Boara Trio
Kent State Stark
Canton, OH
2.25 7pm. Alla Boara
Gala Concert
OH
2.27-3.3 Alla Boara
Residency at Quad City Arts
Public Performances TBA
Quad Cities Iowa
3.4 7pm. Alla Boara
Constellation
Chicago, IL
3.17 8pm. :beta collective feat. Alyssa Boyd
Lakeland Jazz Festival
Kirtland, OH
3.24 and 3.25 8pm. Alla Boara
Stocker Arts Center
Elyria, OH
3.30 7pm The Third Law Collective
The Bop Stop
Cleveland, OH
3.31 8pm. Alla Boara Trio
The Bop Shop
Rochester, NY
4.1 8pm. Alla Boara
City Gallery
Erie, PA
4.14 8pm. Alla Boara
Monroe, MI
4.15 7pm. Alla Boara
Monroe, MI
4.26 7pm. Alla Boara
Happy Days Lodge
Peninsula, OH
4.28 7pm. Bassel and The Supernaturals
Levitt Ampitheater
Ocala, FL
4.29 8pm. Bassel and The Supernaturals
Arts Garage
Delray Beach, FL
5.4-5.6 Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet
Performances TBA
MD
5.17 7pm. Alla Boara
Old Town School of Folk
Chicago, IL
5.18 8pm. Alla Boara
Merrimans' Playhouse
South Bend, IN
5.25-5.27 Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet
Performances TBA
NYC
6.16-6.23 Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet
Midwest Tour -Performances TBA
6.24 8pm. Alla Boara
Blu Jazz
Akron, OH
6.25 6pm. Alla Boara
Dunham Tavern Museum
Cleveland, OH
6.29 7pm The Third Law Collective
The Bop Stop
Cleveland, OH
7.3-7.9 Bassel and The Supernaturals
East Coast Tour
Performances TBA
NH, VT, MA