Brian Bromberg - Compared To That - Behind the Album

Amazon | iTunes The first of three musical offerings to be released in 2012, Compared To That, showcases Grammy-nominated Brian Bromberg on the finely aged acoustic instrument with more than 70 minutes of music. Performing on the record that was recorded live over two days followed by three months of meticulous production work are Alex Acuña, Gannin Arnold, Charlie Bisharat, Randy Brecker, Vinnie Colaiuta, George Duke, Bela Fleck, Mitch Forman, Larry Goldings, Jeff Lorber, Gary Meek and Tom Zink. “Surround yourself with excellence and you’ll get excellence,“ Bromberg declares. “Compared To That is a jazz record. It’s live and you hear that energy. It’s the mentality, spirit and artistry of a spontaneous jazz record meets the highly produced production of a big pop record like David Foster would make. I have no idea what the reaction to it will be, but I love using state of the art [recording] technology. I tried to make Co