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His work with blues and jazz master Duke Robillard, uptown blues and soul queen of Boston Ms. Toni Lynn Washington, gospel star Mavis Staples, masterful songwriter and soulful singer Martin Sexton, raw bluesman "Big Jack" Johnson, singer-songwriter Mark Erelli, and many others have made Bruce's skills as a keyboardist and musician as diverse as they are in demand.

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>Marty Ballou, Bruce Bears, Pinetop Perkins, Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop's Guitarist Frank Krakowski, Big Jack Johnson, Bobby Rush, Sam Carr, and Super Chikan (during filming of "Native Sons" for Mississippi Public Television) August 10, 2005 in Clarksdale, MS Photo By Dick Waterman all rights reserved
Bruce is currently touring and recording with world renowned guitarist Duke Robillard and appears on his 2007 and 2010 Grammy Nominated CDs "Guitar Groove-a-Rama" and "Stomp the Blues Tonight", the release "World Full of Blues", his 2010 release "Passport to the Blues" and his latest un-released CD. He also produced Toni Lynn Washington's award-winning fourth record, "Been so Long", with Duke and has played on many of the recordings Duke has produced since 2006. His latest producing effort for Toni Lynn Washington, "Favorite Flower, Toni Lynn Washington Live", was released on June 23rd, 2007. Bruce is available as producer, arranger, or as studio talent for your project too. (You can e-mail Bruce at bearszac@earthlink.net).

Fascinated by R&B and jazz as a child, Bruce began searching for the sources of American music in his late teens. Researching backwards from influential 70's band Little Feat, to New Orleans masters James Booker, Professor Longhair, and Chicago blues master Otis Spann, his influences run the gamut from jazz greats Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, funk and soul master Sly Stone, New Orleans organ great Art Neville, jazz organ masters Shirley Scott and Jimmy Smith, to raw blues men Pinetop Perkins and Roosevelt Sykes. In addition he has played with a wide variety of performers and musicians including: "Little Milton" Campbell,  Jon Pousette-Dart, Sherman Robertson, Ronnie Earl, Sugar Ray Norcia, J. Geils, Susan Tedeschi, James Harman, Nicole Nelson, Junior Watson, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, "Sax" Gordon Beadle, Amyl Justin and Kid Bangham, and producer/percussionist Lorne Entress, just to name a few.

Bruce also has a musical collaboration and recording project with fellow sidemen Jesse Williams and Mark Texeira called 'threadbear fynn' which focuses on instrumental music with influences from styles including New Orleans piano and funk, the soul jazz exemplified by masters such as piano great Gene Harris, organ great Jimmy McGriff, and "Jam" Music.

In the late 70s, Bruce began playing in various rock bands and R&B/Jazz groups in Upstate New York. In 1983, he moved back home to Massachusetts and began working in Top 40 groups; He eventually wound up in his first, serious Boston based group, The Motor City Rhythm Kings. After playing keyboards for "The Kings" for several years, he played in various local Boston based blues groups, and he eventually formed and currently leads five time Blues Music Award (aka WC Handy Awards) nominated and Best of Boston winner, The Toni Lynn Washington Band.

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Jesse Allen is a Music Producer, Audio Engineer, Musician, and Disc Jockey residing in Boston, MA

For more info please visit:

jesseallenaudio.com

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Groups:

Jesse Allen Presents: HiRed Bugs
Graceful Exit - DFA Records
Long Distance Analog - Mullet Records

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DJ Bookings and Remixes contact:

info@jesseallenaudio.com

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Jesse Allen has had a life long affair with music.

He is a graduate of The New England Institute of Art with an Associates Degree of Science in Audio Production and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society with a 3.9GPA. He is also a member of AES (Audio Engineering Society), BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), and is the 2011 AiME Award Winner for Best Overall Production.

Jesse Allen is an award winning Music Producer, Arranger, Audio Engineer, Mixer, Saxophonist, Keyboardist, Synthesist, and Professional House Music and Disco DJ with proficiencies in Pro Tools, Logic, audio signal processing, microphones, and mixing techniques. Jesse is also the owner and operator of Beat Connection Recordings, a production company that specializes in dance music production, event promotion, nightclub and special event DJ services. His DJ career dates back to the mid nineties and since then he has had the honor of sharing the stage with several of the world’s most respected circuit DJs. With more than 15 years experience as a DJ he pulls from his large record collection of contemporary and classic disco, house, and obscure dance music grooves providing the freshest music programming and mixing this side of the galaxy to produce his signature sound.

His musical journey started with playing the saxophone at the tender age of seven, and by the age of ten he began studying jazz. In nineteen ninety-three Jesse had been introduced to the sounds of the ever-present house music underground in Boston, Massachusetts and soon after started playing with his friends’ turntables, he had come to find a new musical passion. By the age of eighteen he started fusing his musical worlds together, mixing records and playing the sax at the same time. Teaching himself to play piano and schooling himself in the art of Music Production, Synthesis, and Audio Engineering followed as Jesse progressed in the music industry. Jesse Allen returned to college to pursue an Associates Degree of Science in Audio Production from The New England Institute of Art in Brookline, Massachusetts. His focus in returning to college was to diversify and hone his craft to become a well-rounded Professional Music Producer and Audio Engineer with interests in working in the television, film, and gaming industries aside from music. Jesse graduated at the top of his class and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Jesse Allen won The New England Institute of Art’s most prestigious audio AiME Award for Best Overall Production in April of 2011.

Recent times have found Jesse Allen playing saxophone for NYC based DFA Records act, Graceful Exit, with Walter Jones and Tate Masimore (AKA Chas Bronz). Graceful Exit’s debut EP will be released on DFA Records in June 2011. Jesse played keys, synths, and sax on Bananza Music’s release “Melodic Pleasure” by Ryan Tapia featuring Celeste. The release of “Deep Sax”by Seedadian Deep on Seed Recordings showcases Jesse Allen’s sweet and sultry saxophone playing and has received heavy play from Dj’s throughout the world. He is an original member of the group Long Distance Analog, who have released two EPs on UK based Mullet Records with fellow band mates Sean Healey and Tate Masimore. Long Distance Analog's sound is heavily cemented in the synth pop, nu disco, and electronic dance music realm of funky, vocal laced songs. Their song, “Plecked Medium” (ODahl Remix) was included on the Hed Kandi Nu Disco Vol. 2 compilation distributed by Ministry of Sound in January of 2010. Jesse teamed up with Tate Masimore and Evan Langley, both Berklee College of Music graduates, and drummer Brenden Wesley on a new project titled: Jesse Allen Presents HiRed Bugs, born out a shared musical vision and love of classic disco production techniques.

Jesse Allen is an award winning Music Producer, Audio Engineer, Musician and DJ who looks forward to a long career in the music industry. He took some time off from holding down a heavy DJ schedule to focus on his education, Jesse is currently available for performances an booking new dates. When performing, Jesse brings his years of experience and finesse behind the decks to the DJ booth at select events and has held several residencies at various nightclubs throughout major cities in the New England area. He tends to play everything funky, delving deep into downtempo, jazz, disco, funk, balearic, cosmic disco, electro, nu disco, and house music. Keep your ears open for new productions and projects from Jesse Allen, and get hip to this true dance musicologist’s feel good funky sound that brings people together, makes them dance, and melts their troubles away in proper fashion.

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