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been critically acclaimed as a "musical original." While
playing marimba on the streets of New York City to finance his
scholarship
studies at the Juilliard
School, Brian was discovered by Mikie Harris, assistant
to legendary Columbia Records producer and talent scout John
Hammond. "Bach
on Wood", Slawson's
debut album on the CBS/Sony label, earned him a Grammy nomination
for "Best New Classical Artist" and remained on
the Billboard charts for over a year. Slawson has since cut
solo
albums XClassics, Boomer, Bach Beat and Distant Drums, which
features cameos by late blues great Stevie
Ray Vaughan,
jazz trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard and
drummer Michael Shrieve of Santana fame.
Slawson has performed with Leonard Bernstein,
Aaron Copland,
Isaac Stern, John Cage, Robert Shaw and opera great Jessye
Norman. Some of Brian's numerous pop credits as drummer & percussionist
include: Regis Philbin, Pat Benetar, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis,
Bob Newhart, Marie Osmond, Savion Glover, Steve Lawrence & Eydie
Gorme, The Mamas and Papas, Xavier Cugat , Barbara Eden, Mary
Wilson (Supremes) and Bond.
Slawson has punctuated jokes on
stage for Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Don Rickles, Bill
Maher, David
Brenner and Eddie Murphy.
Brian's talents have been featured on "The
Tonight Show,"
"Entertainment Tonight," "The
CBS Morning News," and
National
Public Radio's "All
Things Considered." He has made
national
television appearances in Europe, South America and Japan.
A veteran studio musician, Brian has performed on 200 + jingles
(IBM, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, McDonald's) and various movie
scores.
Currently, Brian is the voice of "Gusto the Bulldog",
in Warner
Brother's new educational series, "Music Expressions"
and performs as principal timpanist with the Brevard
Symphony Orchestra (2001 Music Director's Award). He has
received Golden Reel, Addy and Tele awards ("Best Musical
Score") for film scores and jingles produced for Century
III at Universal
Studios, Florida. His debut children's recording, "Boomer",
is generating national attention and being developed for television.
Brian's eagerly awaited CD, "X
Classics" is scheduled for release in October. Music
from Brian's brand new XClassics cd is currently being slated
to wake the astronauts on the upcoming STS-114 Atlantis shuttle
mission.
No wonder Lionel Hampton called Brian Slawson...
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