Ed Baran - Male - United States - Maryland

TURN ON'S

Meeting old musician friends from past gigs. Learning new ideas, guitar licks, from the masters of the genre.

TURN OFF'S

Rude people. Ignorance. Suffering and sickness of any kind.

ABOUT ME

A 59 y.o. "boomer" who has an A.A. degree in music, with guitar and bass being my major instruments. I began my music in the Cardinal Gibbons High School stage band playing upright bass/continued my jazz/music theory classes at the Community College of Baltimore where I also studied piano, trumpet, and clarinet.Graduated there along with Chester Thompson (drummer for Phil Collins - Genesis and many others). Studied jazz arrangement with the late great, Hank Levy at Towson University in Maryland/performed in his jazz ensemble and combo sections.
Currently working on some original and re-arranged cover charts for my first CD: "Four Guitar Lovers".

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Four Guitar Lovers

Ed Baran

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Released: 2008
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Arbi1982 wrote at March 7, 2011

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Hi Dear Eddie.
Thanks so much & wish a good freandship. have a good time

qupsclarke wrote at November 27, 2010

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Great to meet you, nice.

Wishing you all the best.

Steve ... Bpt CT

Here is video of song w/ Mike Stern from our last CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC0KuMg9UMU

Keep Peace Within

johnpedersen wrote at September 10, 2010

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Happy Birthday, Eddie!

nykol wrote at September 10, 2010

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Happy Birthday Eddie...Have a ball!

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ulfskei wrote at April 19, 2010

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Passing by, thought I'd say 'Hi!'

After the terribly much too long winter we have sun today. Almost all snow is gone.

Summer on its way.

Nice.

Hope you're ok and keeping bop on the road!

Peace

Skei (the bop on the road one)

nykol wrote at March 22, 2010

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Thanks Ed!I've never been there but would love 2 go...Nice vibes in here as well.Have an amazing Monday!

ulfskei wrote at January 2, 2010

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Likewise, Ed Baran! Jimmy will always be one of my fav players and a great inspiration. Even if I'm currently investigating the 'Cool' side of jazz Bop is and will ever be the 'coolest' style in jazz. Hope you're not totally snowed in. We've got loads of the white stuff, and it's damn cold, between 15 and 20 centigrades below the luring zero...Actually I'm planning to begin an epic project today, a nice recording inspired by a co operation between Ulf Wakenius and Ray Brown trio I found a nice recording of yesterday. Wow, blues & bop fill my shoes like rain fills a pair of very cheap shoes from south east asia with paper soles... May your new year be prosperous and jazz always dance the frets of thy guitar my friend! Peace and snow from a sweden with a winter unheard of during the recent years. Skei

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Originally posted by: EddieB

Skei - Keep Jimmy Raney and the Bop Alive! Sounds good! Happy New Year to you, my good friend. A toast of my glass of Asti Spumante' to the Matrix Family!

ulfskei wrote at December 27, 2009

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Ed, you rascal, very nice rhythm tracks you have there! Those are great for practicing, lead as well as - well, if you download the mp3, enter it into a recording app and silence the guitar channel, which should be easy as it seems to be all in right ear, you (or I) could practice rhythm guitar playing too, so this is very nice. Looking out the window I notice we have more than 10 inches of snow, almost one foot, I believe (some 30 centimetres). Nice. Well, it's that season now, at least I live in an apartment and won't have to shovel it away from my yard... Anyway, have a nice time, and good on you for posting the link, I shall be sure to send it to the pals at jazzgutar.be! Peace and snow. Skei (the just had first coffee for the day one, soon having the next one too one)

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ulfskei wrote:

Ed, my main jazzer one, hope you've got nice and snowy surroundings where you're at! We sure got cold and lots of snow this year. It's been coming down for some twenty hours now. And it's quite cold too. In a day or two they've promised some 15° centigrades daytime. Can't even start thinking about what that means for nights. Just happy not to be one of those poor guys who sleep under the railway bridge downtown. really. Well, mainly hope you keep hitting those blue notes and spread some jazzy melodies over the world for the new year. And as always; be careful, cholesterol. You know it, I know it, but more importantly - your physician knows all about it. Those midnite ham & cheese sandwiches are lethal. But they are nice. Very much so.

Be cool & remember not to forget why we are around: Jazz.

Peace

Skei (the late night sandwicher one)

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Skei - You always manage to cheer us up in the Matrix Family! It snowed last week 21" deep in the Maryland/Washington area and more up north towards the Rhode Island area! It makes for a nice Christmas mood and I always enjoy the first snow fall, too. We are blessed in that we have a decent shelter and good friends like you. I do think of those folks who are homeless often and think how would I cope with that situation. It's rough to think about. I worry that our poor economy and the rising unemployment rate in the U.S. will lead to more homeless and social problems. It seems that good music always pulls us through the hard times and eases the mental stress. We have to be thankful we have good friends like you and the other fine musicians on the Matrix to get us through this trying time. I've been practicing to the backing tracks you posted in an earlier forum to keep busy during the holiday time off from work. You might like this link to this web site for more backing tracks. Stephane is a wonderful guitarist in his own right and he plays rhythm guitar so you can do some "stretching out". Hope you like him! Have Fun, my good friend!

www.stephanewrembel.com/rhythmtracks.html

ulfskei wrote at December 26, 2009

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Ed, my main jazzer one, hope you've got nice and snowy surroundings where you're at! We sure got cold and lots of snow this year. It's been coming down for some twenty hours now. And it's quite cold too. In a day or two they've promised some 15° centigrades daytime. Can't even start thinking about what that means for nights. Just happy not to be one of those poor guys who sleep under the railway bridge downtown. really. Well, mainly hope you keep hitting those blue notes and spread some jazzy melodies over the world for the new year. And as always; be careful, cholesterol. You know it, I know it, but more importantly - your physician knows all about it. Those midnite ham & cheese sandwiches are lethal. But they are nice. Very much so.

Be cool & remember not to forget why we are around: Jazz.

Peace

Skei (the late night sandwicher one)

isaiah wrote at December 25, 2009

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merry christmas and a happy new years eddie to you and yours.

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