BRUCE DUDLEY Pianist, composer, and music educatoR.
Steinway artist. Visit artist page: Steinway Concert Artist
Associate Professor of Music, Belmont University
Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Piano at Vanderbilt University
Now available! a book of piano etudes for pianists of all backgrounds (intermediate to advanced):
25 piano etudes in idiomatic styles
Published by Keuka Waters Music, this book is available for purchase:
Digital download - click "BUY" menu tab at the top of this page.
For hard copies - email Bruce at: bruce@brucedudley.com
Recordings of 25 Piano Etudes in Idiomatic Styles can be heard at: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-dudley-466906118/sets/25-piano-etudes-in-idiomatic
Bruce has recorded four albums as a leader. CD's are available directly from him.
To Purchase Recordings by Bruce Dudley email request to: bruce@brucedudley.com
DPSW Quartet Live - Released in 2019 and recorded in 2014 at Nashville Jazz Workshop, this album features tenor saxophonist Jesus Santandreu (Valencia, Spain), bassist/composer Jonathan Wires (Nashville), drummer Derrek Phillips (Nashville), and pianist/composer Bruce Dudley performing extended renderings of compositions by Dudley and Wires. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOs4_CgLqNY5xx7eYGABndbyTrgs2ustY
The Solo Sessions - Released in 2012 by Jazz Music City, this album of solo piano features Bruce Dudley playing 7 original compositions and works by John Lennon, Jimmy Van Heusen, Dominique Borker, and Arthur Schwartz. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar80JoceT6E&list=OLAK5uy_n3MKFkGiUq_yFg8bm9FzCPQlRiyshoQoc
Mostly Monk - Released 2010, this album features a Double Quartet consisting of a string quartet with piano (Bruce Dudley), bass (Jim Ferguson and Roger Spencer), drums (Jim White), and tenor saxophone (Don Aliquo.) Along with 7 compositions by Thelonious Monk, music by Dudley, Orneete Coleman, Billy Strayhorn, and Jimmy Rowles is featured. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=791eJWp0zZA&list=OLAK5uy_m4FBmTV1BzT8GbWXT2ygnJLIoAUbjVClU
Semblance - Released in 1997, this album was recorded in Houston, Texas and features drummer Sebastian Whittaker and bassists David Craig and Eric Late. Standards, jazz classics, and originals are featured on this album, which was nominated for best jazz instrumental album for the Nashville Music Awards in 1998. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar80JoceT6E&list=OLAK5uy_n3MKFkGiUq_yFg8bm9FzCPQlRiyshoQoc
MEDIA to hear Bruce Dudley in performance:
Audio:
DPSW Quartet live at Turner Hall, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University Feb. 10, 2014:
BRUCE DUDLEY DOUBLE QUARTET plays Mostly Monk live at Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University Jan. 19, 2012:
Video:
"C Jam Blues" (Ellington) with Rahsaan Barber (duo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxD-wJzC1Js
"Free" (Coleman) with Bruce Dudley Double Quartet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ILS1FUVMxE
"Single Petal of a Rose" (Ellington) solo piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzWtzfsMxY
"Black and Tan Fantasy" (Ellington) with Barber Brothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_MjMXhTpY
"Isfahan" (Strayhorn) with Bruce Dudley Septet (strings):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkXeXvEEqA
Transcriptions of jazz piano master Phineas Newborn Jr. transcribed by Dr. Bruce Dudley available at:
An article of mine called "Reharmonization Techniques of the Masters" in DOWNBEAT - Sept. 2018 (pages 86-87):
http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2018/DB1809/_art/DB1809.pdf
Doctoral Dissertation (2010):
https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/1831ck14s