Tony Bradan

Tony Bradan (born October 6, 1913 - 1999) was a Canadian teacher, guitarist and arranger.[1]

Tony Bradan in 1968, playing classical guitar
Tony Bradan in 1968

Early life and career

Bradan was born Antonio Alfredo Bradanovich in Ladner, British Columbia, to parents who had immigrated from the Balkans. He studied guitar with Roy Barry and composition with Pasquale Fiore in Vancouver and harmony with John Weinzweig in Toronto. From 1937 to 1942, he was a member of Mart Kenney's Western Gentlemen. During World War II, he was musical director of the Army Show and arranger for the Canadian orchestra of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. After the war, he played in orchestras for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Toronto. Bradan married singer Judy Richards.[1]

Teaching method

A Learning Process For Playing The Guitar Book 1[2] and Guitar Fundamentals Books 2[3], 3[4], 4[5] and 5[6] are based on Bradan's handwritten manuscript. Print copies are in the collection of the Toronto Public Library.[7]

Tony also created an instructional book and accompanying 45 rpm record entitled Basic Guitar Lessons (Silvertone).

Recordings

Bobby Gimby Plays Dixieland[8]

(various recordings) with Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen[9]

Les Foster and Five Fabulous Friends[10]

Latin Lustre by Chicho Valle and His Orchestra[11]

CBC Television's Summertime '58, The Tony Bradan Quintet (Sept 11, 1958)[12]

CBC Radio's The Sound of Guitars, Tony Bradan, various other (1963-1968)

Guitariana by Giovanni Liberatore (arranger: Tony Bradan)[13]

Students

Tony's students included George Arvola,[14] Neville Barnes,[1] Gary Benson,[1] Ed Bickert,[15] Larry Chown,[16] Art DeVilliers,[1] Bobby Edwards,[1] Mike Francis, Kenny Gill,[1] Warren Greig, Fergus Hambleton, Peter Harris,[1] Andy Krehm,[1] Ihor Kukurudza, Bill Lechow, John Liberatore, Lorne Lofsky,[17] Michael Maguire, Danny Marks,[18] Rob Martin,[19] Kim Mitchell,[20] James Pett, Jeff Peacock, Rob Piltch,[21] Whitney Smith,[22] Richard Stewardson,[23] Bruce Todd, Rainer Wiens, Barton Wigg and Dean Zimmerman.[24]

References
  1. "Tony Bradan | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. Sich, Dan; Arbuckle, Bruce, "Foreword to online version", Learning Process for Playing the Guitar Book 1, retrieved 2019-10-12
  3. Sich, Dan; Arbuckle, Bruce, "Foreword to online version", Guitar Fundamentals Book 2, retrieved 2019-10-12
  4. Sich, Dan; Arbuckle, Bruce, "Foreword to online version", Guitar Fundamentals Book 3, retrieved 2019-10-12
  5. Sich, Dan; Arbuckle, Bruce, "Foreword to online version", Guitar Fundamentals Book 4, retrieved 2019-10-12
  6. Sich, Dan; Arbuckle, Bruce, "Foreword to online version", Guitar Fundamentals Book 5, retrieved 2019-10-12
  7. "'tony bradan' Search Results for Toronto Public Library". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. "Bobby Gimby - Bobby Gimby Plays Dixieland". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  9. "Mart Kenney - Mart Kenney's 50th Anniversary - Musical Tribute". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  10. "Les Foster And Five Fabulous Friends - Les Foster And Five Fabulous Friends". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  11. "Chicho Valle And His Orchestra". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  12. "Summertime '57/'58", Wikipedia, 2019-10-02, retrieved 2019-10-11
  13. "Giovanni Libertore - Guitariana". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  14. "George Arvola Publications". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  15. Freeze, Sandy. "Part II: Ed Bickert, Pluck If Not Adventure". Ed Bickert: Canadian musician unique jazz guitarist.
  16. "Guitar Lessons Oshawa". www.stringsandfingers.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  17. King, Bill. "Lorne Lofsky - Kind of Blue". Lorne Lofsky. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  18. Marks, Danny. "Biography". DannyM. Jim Casson's Desktop. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  19. "Rob Martin". Couch Assassin. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  20. Quill, Greg. "Kim Mitchell of Max Webster: Canadian Musician". viva Analog. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  21. "Rob Piltch". Toronto Jazz Festival. Toronto Downtown Jazz. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  22. "Whitney Smith :: Biography". www.bigsteamband.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  23. "Richard Stewardson". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  24. "ABOUT". classicalguitar. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  • Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen by Mart Kenney (1981, Western Producer Prairie Books, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
  • "The West, a nest, and you, dear" : a bio-discography of Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen by Ross Brethour
  • Canadian jazz discography, 1916–1980 by Jack Litchfield
  • "Bio". George Arvola Guitar Studio. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Mention of Tony Bradan's death
  • Your Technical Queries Answered by Experts. Guitar by Tony Bradan. Full text of "Music World No. 6 Oct. 15 1957"[1]
  1. Music World (1957-10-15). Music World No. 6 Oct. 15 1957.
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