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Bob Brozman

ボブ・ブロズマン　/　ぼぶ・ぶろずまん

American linguist

March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
linguist
guitarist
anthropologist

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.

Overview

Bob Brozman (March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013) was an American guitarist and ethnomusicologist.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: linguist / guitarist / anthropologist / musicologist / composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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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

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