Bruce Babcock Composer
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  • May 3, 2024

    "The Hug" Jazzletter, July 15, 1982, by Gene Lees   “David Raksin called that morning, May 17, 1981, and said simply, "Hugo is gone," and my eyes misted, even though we had known he was going to die. He was eighty, he [...]

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A GRAND JOURNEY VOL. 2 - Album Cover
SUSTAIN VOL. 3 - Album Cover
PIANO SPECTRUMS - Album cover
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Upcoming Events

  • 12
    September
    2024
    “Watcher of the Sky” Video @ Carnegie Science Private Event September 12

    Mount Wilson Observatory
    Pasadena, United States
  • 28
    September
    2024
    “Watcher of the Sky” Performance in Flagstaff, AZ September 28

    Buffalo Park, Flagstaff AZ
    Flagstaff, United States
Press

Featured Reviews

“An impression of musicality which is very pleasant, indeed… a convincing sense of an overall mood… knows what he wants … sure of what he’s doing.”

– Aaron Copland

“…a musician who blends superior craftsmanship with a colourful, expressive sense of narrative.”

– Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone
on TIME, STILL

“Like a master sculptor of sonic marble, Babcock carves out wonderfully energetic dissonances; never allowing an unneeded doubling to disrupt his perfect balance.”

– Casey Cook, judge, The American Prize
on Be Still