BRYAN CABRERA MUSIC
BRYAN CABRERA DRUM
""Bass Ball" features a Who’s Who of drummers with Dennis Chambers, John Wackerman, Simon Phillips, Steve Ferrone, Johan Franzon, Ike Wiley, Clayton Cameron, and Bryan Cabrera."
Bass Player Magazine 2017 (link to full aritcle below)
“A swinging drummer who fits all genres”
88.1 KJazz Radio Personality/Host Bubba Jackson
"When you sing, it's like you're channeling Sinatra right in the room ..."
Legendary Drummer Frank DeVito (for Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Ella, ...)
"With A Cutting Edge, Soulful Drumming Style, Bryan Captures The True Essence Of Jazz And Performs It In A Dynamic, Energetic Style. With An Addition Of A Special Guest With Every Performance And Seamless Keys And Bass, Bryan Cabrera Trio Is The Real Deal." The Marine Room Tavern
“This Ain’t Stenography, This Ain’t Calisthenics, This Is Art!
ROBERT WEATHERS
What a joy last night to witness twin threat Bryan Cabrera (Berklee-trained drums and Sinatra/Bennett-attuned vocals) in a genuinely felicitous pairing with keyboard wonder Ron Kobayashi at the Port Restaurant and Bar…. Bryan, you're such a blast to watch and hear: your crooning takes us all back, and your drumming is fully cutting-edge. Here's to Bryan Cabrera and Ron Kobayashi.”
News/GIGS
UPCOMING DATES:
JUNE
June 28
Bryan Cabrera & Ron Kobayashi
The Drake Laguna Beach
5:30-9:30
June 26
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
June 25
Bryan Cabrera Quartet
The American Legion Newport Beach
6-8:30
Rickey Woodard sax, Ron Kobayashi piano, Jeffrey LIttleton bass, BC drums/congas/vocals
June 14
Bryan Cabrera Trio
Vista Del Sol, 3-5:00
June 13
Bryan Cabrera Quartet
The Drake Laguna Beach, 6:30-10:30
Rickey Woodard sax, Hiro Morozumi piano, Jeffrey Littleton bass, BC drums/congas/vocals
June 12
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
June 9
Laguna Niguel Library Jazz Jam/Open Mic 4:30-6:00
Mark Hugenburger, Jeffrey Littleton, & BC
June 4
Kristin Banks
American Legion Newport Beach
6-8:30
MAY
May 24
Bryan Cabrera & Ron Kobayashi
The Drake Laguna Beach
5:30-9:30
May 22
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
May 12
Laguna Niguel Library Jazz Jam/Open Mic 4:30-6:00
Mark Hugenburger, Jeffrey Littleton, & BC
May 8
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
May 7
Kristin Banks
American Legion Newport Beach
6-8:30
May 3
Bryan Cabrera & Ron Kobayashi
The Drake Laguna Beach
5:30-9:30
APRIL
April 26
Kobayashi & Cabrera
The Drake Laguna Beach
5:30-9:30
April 24
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
April 23
Bryan Cabrera Quartet
The American Legion Newport Beach
6-8:30
Rickey Woodard sax, Ron Kobayashi piano, Jeffrey LIttleton bass, BC drums/congas/vocals
April 18
Bryan Cabrera Quartet
The Drake Laguna Beach, 6:30-10:30
Rickey Woodard sax, Hiro Morozumi piano, Jeffrey Littleton bass, BC drums/congas/vocals
April 14
Laguna Niguel Library Jazz Jam/Open Mic 4:30-6:00
Mark Hugenburger, Jeffrey Littleton, & BC
April 10
The Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach Crystal Clulee, Ron Kobayashi, & BC
6:30-10, open mic from 10-11
MARCH
March 27, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
March 15, Kobayashi & Cabrera live @ the Drake Laguna Beach! 5:30-9:30
March 13, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
March 12, Bryan Cabrera quartet @ the Amercian Legion Newport Beach Jazz & Blues night! 6-8:30
March 10, Jazz Jam & Open Mic at the Laguna Niguel Library hosted by yours truly, 4:30-6:00, all ages welcome and absolutely free!
March 5, Kristin Banks @ the Amercian Legion Newport Beach Jazz & Blues night! 6-8:30, Rob Whitlock piano
March 1, Kobayashi & Cabrera live @ the Drake Laguna Beach! 5:30-9:30
FEBRUARY
Feb. 27, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
Feb. 15, the Drake Laguna Beach with Mark Lebrun, 5:30-9:30
Feb. 14, Bryan Cabrera Trio @ the Alter Ego Jazz & Whiskey Lounge at the Fairmont Breaker's Hotel Long Beach, 7-10, NO COVER! Jeff Littleton bass, Mike Orenstein piano
Feb. 13, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
Feb. 12, Bryan Cabrera Quartet at Jojo's Hideaway in the 17th St. Grill, Tustin, 7-10.
beat the Valentine's Day mob with Rickey Woodard, Rob Whitlock, Jeff Littleton, & Bryan Cabrera presenting Sinatra & Songs for Lovers! Get your tickets early!
Feb. 10, Jazz Jam & Open Mic at the Laguna Niguel Library hosted by yours truly, 4:30-6:00, all ages welcome and absolutely free!
Feb. 8, the Drake Laguna Beach, Kobayashi & Cabrera, 5:30-9:30
Feb. 5, Kristin Banks @ the Amercian Legion Newport Beach Jazz & Blues night! 6-8:30, Rob Whitlock piano
JANUARY 2026
Jan. 25, the Drake Laguna Beach, Kobayashi & Cabrera, 5:30-9:30
Jan. 23, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
Jan. 17, Bryan Cabrera Trio @ the Alter Ego Jazz & Whiskey Lounge at the Fairmont Breaker's Hotel Long Beach, 7-10, Jeff Littleton, Mark Lebrun
Jan. 13, Jazz Jam & Open Mic at the Laguna Niguel Library hosted by yours truly, 4:30-6:00, all ages welcome and absolutely free!
Jan. 10, Bryan Cabrera Quartet at the Drake Laguna Beach, 6:30-10:30, Jeff Littleton, Ron Kobayashi, & Ken Song
Jan. 9, the Bayside Restaurant Newport Beach, 6:30-11, Ron Kobayashi, Crystal Clulee
Jan. 3, Bryan Cabrera Trio @ the Alter Ego Jazz & Whiskey Lounge at the Fairmont Breaker's Hotel Long Beach, 7-10, Jeff Littleton, Hiro Morozumi
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I'm thrilled to announce the release of "BASS BALL Bunny Brunel and Friends" produced by Bunny Brunel and Stanley Clarke. I played drums on the third track "Stand Out" written by Armand Sabal-Lecco. It features Bunny Brunel, Stanley Clarke, and Armand Sabal-Lecco on bass, and Monette Marino on percussion! The whole album is awesome and features so many amazing musicians!
Check out the awesome article in Bass Player Magazine:
"Introducing BUNNY BRUNEL & FRIENDS - BASS BALL, an exciting new CD produced by Bunny Brunel and Stanley Clarke, featuring incredible performances by Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Hadrien Ferraud, Larry Dunn, and more. ....
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Bass Ball" features a Who’s Who of drummers with Dennis Chambers, John Wackerman, Simon Phillips, Steve Ferrone, Johan Franzon, Ike Wiley, Clayton Cameron, and Bryan Cabrera. On Percussion are Chris Moraga and Monette Moreno. Playing keyboards on a few of the tunes is Nick Smith and Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire). Dunn composed a song with his wife Luisa called “Lulu”—a track filled with layered keyboards and complex, melodic arrangements. Luisa Dunn adds her lush background vocals to the tune. “Lulu” also features flutist Kaylene Peoples (who also plays flute on two additional tracks).
Read the full article at:
http://www.bassplayer.com/Portals/0/4PWALLET-Front-BASS-BALL-CMYK.jpg
http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/bunny-brunel-announces-new-album-bass-ball-with-guests-stanley-clarke-victor-wooten-billy-sheehan-steve-bailey-and-more/61634
Also, introducing "Romantic Bossa Nova," by Kaylene Peoples! I'm so excited to be a part of it! I got to record and perform with such awesome musicians including the legend Bunny Brunel, my second album recording with him
September 15, 2016
Walter Lakota Quartet at the American Legion Yacht Club Newport Beach
Walter Lakota Sax, Tom Bevin Guitar & Vox, Michael Levan piano, Me Drums & Vox
EDDY V'S STEAKHOUSE
JAZZMIKAN Jazz Trio, 6-10 pm
La Jolla: July 19
March 1, 8, & 22, April 5, 19, May 24, May 31
Downtown: July 11
March 26 & 28, April 4, May 9
I'll be performing drums and vocals from 6-10 p.m.
July 7 with BR3 at The Harp, Costa Mesa
8:30-12:30
Rock, blues, country, jam, originals and covers!
Very cool Irish Pub and Very Cool Band!
July 14 with The Walter Lakota Quartet
American Legion, Newport Beach 6 - 8:30
18th Annual Eric Marienthal & Friends Benefit Concert at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
with RON KOBAYASHI for the VIP dinner! This is going to be so much fun! July 10
Articles:
"Weathers Report on Live Jazz in Orange County, Episode 12: This Ain’t Stenography, This Ain’t Calisthenics, This Is Art!
What a joy last night to witness twin threat Bryan Cabrera (Berklee-trained drums and Sinatra/Bennett-attuned vocals) in a genuinely felicitous pairing with keyboard wonder Ron Kobayashi at the Port Restaurant and Bar. A true treat hearing Ron play Fender Rhodes (electric piano) lines with his right hand (as he more typically is featured on the Port's grand piano)...and no one is ever going to explain to my satisfaction how in the heck Ron is able to solo intricate right-hand lines up and down the piano, all the while holding down no less complex bass lines with his left! And all of this would only be calisthenics (what bass great Charlie Mingus called "stenography") were it not for Ron's consistently high (and deep) sense of artistry. His technique only ever serves the music, plain and simple. And if you haven't heard Ron recently, then it's time you get down and support him in his regular Tuesday evening engagement at Ali H. Zadeh's Port Restaurant and Bar. Bryan, you're such a blast to watch and hear: your crooning takes us all back, and your drumming is fully cutting-edge. Here's to Bryan Cabrera and Ron Kobayashi. Get down to the Port Restaurant and Bar Tuesday nights, and now Saturday evenings, too, for the real deal!"
"Weathers Report on Live Jazz in Orange County, Episode 18: Come Fill Your Cup!
What an absolute blast last night to participate in the wildly fun and creative jazz jam hosted by Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach --- all of this on the heels of another, truly stellar performance by ultimately soulful songstress Andrea Miller and her connected-at-the-hip counterpart on brilliantly musical piano, none other than Maestro Ron Kobayashi. Surely, Andrea’s and Ron’s offering up of the The Beatles’ immortal “Let It Be” was definitive: Andrea imbuing Paul McCartney’s original vision with Aretha Franklin-esque richness...Ron’s piano solo an homage to recently parted Leon Russell, himself a loving messenger of John/Paul/George/Ring0.
As for the jam, what an enormous embarrassment of riches that was! Favorite soloists --- other than the beloved leader/hub of the sound-wheel, Mr. Kobayashi --- included Jon Orefice on flugelhorn, Tim Miller on bass (his closing arco solo was stunningly daring), Rich on truly tasty jazz guitar, and a man who later on simply stole the show, and everyone's hearts, Harun Oncu, on what has got to be the funkiest, most energized sax playing this side of Kenny Garrett's immortal teamwork alongside jazz god, Miles Davis. Wow, Harun, what a force of nature you are!
Many thanks to drummer extraordinaire, Bryan Cabrera (move over Buddy Rich!), for sharing his drum stool with me throughout the night. It's always a treat to see/hear you perform, Bryan, and Ol' Blue Eyes ain't got nothin' on ya, either... ;-) ..."
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