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My Take
Bob Brozman fascinates me because he refused the usual either-or. Guitarist, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, composer, his National steel virtuosity was only half the story. What I value is that he treated the world's music as conversation rather than collection, recording genuine collaborations with players from Hawaii, the Indian Ocean, India and West Africa. That demands the scholar and the performer working in tandem, a balance few sustain. His death in 2013 at 59 cut short a uniquely generous project. He spent a career proving, through playing rather than preaching, that music crosses borders, and that idea outlives him in every cross-cultural record he left behind.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bob Brozman
- Name (Japanese)
- ボブ・ブロズマン
- Reading
- ぼぶ・ぶろずまん
- Born
- March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- linguist / guitarist / anthropologist / musicologist / composer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.bobbrozman.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%BA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
Frequently asked questions
When was Bob Brozman born?
March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013.
Where is Bob Brozman from?
Bob Brozman is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Bob Brozman do?
Bob Brozman works as linguist, guitarist, anthropologist, musicologist, composer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.