Will Bernard

Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area,now living in Brooklyn NY. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug.

Will Bernard
Wiil Bernard at the d.b.a. with Stanton Moore Trio, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2007
Background information
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1990s–present
LabelsWarner Bros, Verve, Ropeadope, Dreck to Disk Palmetto, Posi-Tone
Associated actsT.J. Kirk, Motherbug, Mad Skillet, Stanton Moore, Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Websitewillbernard.com

Bernard's first got national attention performing with Peter Apfelbaum's Hieroglyphics Ensemble. In the mid-1990s he joined guitarists Charlie Hunter and John Schott as T.J. Kirk. The band's name "James T. Kirk" combined the names James Brown, Thelonious Monk, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.[1] If Four Was One received a 1997 Grammy Award nomination.[2] Bernard also received a Grammy Award nomination for his album Party Hats in 2007.

Bernard has worked with Jai Uttal, The Coup, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Frequinox, Idris Muhammad, Lonnie Smith, Zigaboo Modeliste, Groundation, and the Stanton Moore Trio.[2][3] In January 2008 he recorded Blue Plate Special with John Medeski on keyboards, Stanton Moore on drums, and Andy Hess on bass guitar.[4]

Discography

As leader
  • Medicine Hat (Antilles, 1998)
  • Motherbug (Dreck to Disk, 2000)
  • Directions to My House (Dreck to Disk, 2005)
  • Party Hats (Palmetto, 2007)
  • Blue Plate Special (Palmetto, 2008)
  • Night for Day (Bju, 2008)
  • Outdoor Living (Dreck to Disk, 2012)
  • Just Like Downtown (Posi-Tone, 2013 )
  • Out and About (Posi-Tone, 2016)
  • Freelance Subversives (Ropeadope, 2020)

With T.J. Kirk

  • T.J. Kirk (Warner Bros., 1995)
  • If Four Was One (Warner Bros., 1996)
  • Talking Only Makes It Worse (Ropeadope, 2003)

As sideman

With Peter Apfelbaum

  • Signs of Life ([Antilles, 1991)
  • Jodoji Brightness (Antilles, 1992)
  • Luminous Charms (Gramavision, 1996)
  • It Is Written (ACT, 2005)

With Stanton Moore

With Ben Sidran

With Jai Uttal

  • Beggars and Saints (Triloka, 1994)
  • Shiva Station (Triloka, 1997)

With others

References
  1. Interview, Guitar Player Magazine, October 2007.
  2. Michael Ricci, Biography, AllAboutJazz.com Retrieved September 6, 2007.
  3. Biography Matt Collar, AllMusic.com. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
  4. Will Bernard Official Site - news. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
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