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Artist
Brian Lynch
12+ albums
jazztrumpetlatinHard Boplatin jazz
about
Born September 12, 1956 in Urbana, Illinois, Lynch grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he apprenticed on a high level with such local residents as pianist Buddy Montgomery and organist Mel Rhyne, while earning a degree from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Located in San Diego in 1980-81, he gained further valuable experience in the group of alto master Charles McPherson. A respected insider within both the straight-ahead jazz and Latin communities, Brian Lynch is as comfortable negotiating the complexities of clave with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as he is swinging through advanced harmony with bebop maestro Phil Woods. He's worked in recent years with Buena Vista Social Club alumnus Barbarito Torres, remix artist Joe Clausell, and the critically-acclaimed Latin alternative group Yerba Buena. Brian arranges for Japanese pop star Mika Nakashima and producer Shinichi Osawa, has written string charts for Phil Woods, and has played with such pop luminaries as Maxwell, Prince, and Sheila E. Towards the end of 1981, Lynch moved to New York, and soon found himself playing with the likes of Horace Silver and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Simultaneously, he played and recorded on the Latin scene with salsa bandleaders Angel Canales and the late Hector LaVoe (on whose forthcoming biopic "El Cantante," starring Marc Anthony, Lynch played trumpet and did brass arrangements). Lynch began his association with Eddie Palmieri in 1987. At the end of 1988, he joined what turned out
