Bruce Eisenbeil: Jazz Guitarist

BRUCE EISENBEIL - electric and acoustic guitars

CARNIVAL SKIN (Nemu 03):

TOP 10 NEW RELEASES IN 2006 ~ Time Out NY, Hank Shteamer

2006 WNUR Top 50 Records DJ Picks

2006 WNUR Top 50 Albums - Based on Airplay

"Eisenbeil is one of the most unique jazz guitarists to emerge in decades." ~ Harvey Pekar, JazzTimes

"A distinctive voice. About as revolutionary as music can actually get." ~ The Wire

"Strikingly original."~ Downbeat

Each of Eisenbeil's cd's has received critical acclaim. He has toured extensively throughout the USA and Japan and performed in Germany and Brazil.

Eisenbeil has collaborated with many fine musicians including:
Cecil Taylor, David Murray, Milford Graves, Evan Parker, Wolfgang Fuchs, Ellery Eskelin, Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Katsuyuki Itakura, Micheal Manring, Blaise Siwula, Lukas Ligeti, Klaus Kugel, Shiro Onuma and many others.

Eisenbeil has performed at these festivals:

2006 Montreal Jazz Festival
2006 Silent Art Festival(Cologne)
2005 Cologne Jazz Festival
2001 Vision Festival
1998 CMJ Music Conference
1997 Texaco New York Jazz Festival
1997 Buffalo Interprov Festival
1997 Philadelphia Mellon Jazz Festival
1997 Trenton Avant-garde Festival
1997 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
1997 CMJ Music Conference, NYC
1996 Philadelphia PSFS-Mellon Jazz Festival

The readers and writers of Cadence Jazz Magazine voted OPIUM one of the top 10 new jazz releases of 2002. His work has been featured in many magazines. Eisenbeil has been interviewed in AVANT(England) and featured in CADENCE with a cover story.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:

BRUCE EISENBEIL SEXTET - INNER CONSTELLATION (Nemu 007 due 9.18.07)
EISENBEIL / KUGEL PROJECT - CARNIVAL SKIN (Nemu 003)
BRUCE EISENBEIL QUARTET - OPIUM (CIMP 241)
BRUCE EISENBEIL'S CROSSCURRENT TRIO - MURAL (CIMP 194)
BRUCE EISENBEIL TRIO - NINE WINGS (CIMP 144)
STEPHEN FLINN TRIO - KEEP THE METER RUNNING (Nine Winds 0246)
STEVE SWELL'S PARTICLE DATA GROUP (Cadence 1139)
STATE OF THE UNION 2001 - Compiled by Elliott Sharp