Bret Primack

...a Samurai's Spirit, with a bold and courageous heart, the signposts of his fearless life.

"Working with Bret Primack has been invaluable to my career...Bret is full of great ideas and
has a deep passion for his craft.....It's been a pleasure to know and work with someone so deeply
involved with our music and new media....He's making it all happen along with us!

Joe Lovano

"Bret Primack produced several of my videos, a combination of live performances and interviews.
I can see from the traffic I receive how these videos have helped to promote my work
and can honestly say that Bret's videos are a great tool for any musician.
Hendrik Meurkens

Writer/Video Journalist Bret Primack has been at the forefront of new media since he co-founded
Jazz Central Station in 1995. In 1997, he was the first Jazz blogger with Bird Lives, where,
as the Pariah, his heartfelt diatribes struck a responsive chord in the music industry.
Bret has also created websites for Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano and Billy Taylor, among many others.

Filmmaker Bret Primack and Sonny Rollins

An NYU Film School graduate, Bret began producing video for the web in 1999.

Thelonoius and Theodore

His documentaries and Video Podcasts include Orrin Keepnews, Producer for the Concord Music Group and
The Sonny Rollins Podcast for Rollins' own Doxy Records, an ongoing documentary about the Saxophone Colossus.

Bret Primack and Randy Brecker


He created video liner notes for Joe Lovano's Blue Note release, Streams of Expression, and

just finished The Saxophone Summit Seraphic LIght.
Podcasts for Telarc.

Bret Primack with Roy Haynes and Sonny Rollins
Cecil McBee, Phil Markowtiz, David Liebman, Joe Lovano, Bret Primack, Ravi Coltrane, Randy Brecker, Billy Hart

Visit Bret's YouTube page, home of the Jazz Video Guy.

bret@planetbret.com (520) 903-1090

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