Will Bernard - Ancient Grains (June 25, 2021 Posi-Tone Records)

Will Bernard offers up a hearty meal of tastes and styles from his own harvest of ”Ancient Grains” on this 2021 album. With a modern jazz sensibility and elegantly lyrical compositional focus, the crux of this brilliantly evocative musical program remains focused upon the fingers and strings of the expressive guitarist himself. Meanwhile the masterful contributions of B-3 organist extraordinaire Sam Yahel and the explosive metrics of drummer Donald Edwards provide several melodic highlights in addition to the rhythmic support  necessary to keep the session deeply in the pocket.

Some of our fans may already be familiar with his earlier work, but we think now is definitely the time for a new generation to discover the bold guitar mastery of Will Bernard! To this end, we strongly believe a steady diet of “Ancient Grains,” with its balanced menu of straight ahead performances from the funky and soulful to the edgy and original, will surely leave jazz enthusiasts everywhere feeling better inside and excited for another serving!

1. Dry Land Tourist

2. Ancient Grains

3. Five Finger Discount

4. Pleasure Seekers

5. Stone Valley

6. Trilobite

7. Boo Boo's Birthday

8. Mazurka Tree

9. Temescal

10. Right As Rain

11. Wake Up Call

Will Bernard - guitar

Sam Yahel - organ

Donald Edwards - drums

Marc Free - producer

Nick O’Toole - engineer

recorded September 21, 2019 at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, NY

mixed & mastered at Woodland Studio, Lake Oswego, OR

photography by Sibila Savage

cover art by Joaquin Spengemann

package design by Jamie Brunson

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Will Bernard - Out & About (2016)

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Tune in to the tasteful stylings of guitarist Will Bernard on his latest effort "Out & About." Employing a wide palette of genres and sounds, this gifted instrumentalist makes a bold statement of purpose with both his stunning musicianship and his new program of original compositions. Bernard's melodicism shines throughout the session with able assistance of some of the heaviest cats on the scene today, including the collective genius of bassist Ben Allison, organist Brian Charette, drummer Allison Miller, and tenor saxophone sensation John Ellis. While the session is definitely straight ahead and features some hard swinging highlights, the music is also elegantly lyrical and brilliantly evocative of a more modern jazz sensibility. 

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