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2 unusual facts about Brian Bromberg


Brian Bromberg

"Bromberg" is the name which the Polish town of Bydgoszcz bore at the times when it fell under Prussian and then German rule.

Thumb position

Electric bassists such as Brian Bromberg and Steve Bailey have applied the thumb position technique to their instruments, due to the fact that they share a common tuning.


Cantaloupe Island

Versions have been recorded by many artists, including Hugh Masekela, Brian Bromberg, Poncho Sanchez, Donald Byrd, Pat Metheny, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Luc Ponty, Tanghetto, Jack DeJohnette, Kai Winding, Yonderboi and Milton Nascimento.


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