Author: Paul Brody

Composer/soloist: Tango Toy: Klezmer Stories

This is the first jazz-klezmer oriented CD from Paul Brody. It was produced by the Berlin state radio station and  features bassist, Carlo Bica, pianist, Jens Thomas, and drummer, Reiner Winch. (Laika Records 2000)  

Composer/soloist: Animals & Cowboys

This sonic cartoon version of America is based on folk songs and lyrics found in a 50 cent Carl Sanburg collection. It features prominent musicians such as David Moss, Gayle Tufts, Billy Bang, Michael Rodach, Ed Schuller, Rudi Mahal, and Tony Buck from the Necks. (Nrw Jazz label 2002)  

Tower of Bubble

  Tower of Bubble-History and Variation on a Rootbeer Float.

Women Biking

This heartfelt story of a Berlin woman teaching Arabic refugee women to ride bikes reflects a huge cultural dialogue.

Narrative Threads of Immigrant Culture

Mending clothes brought across an ocean, working endless hours in sweat shops, religious and group belonging, combining fabric from two continents, new fashions that start out of necessity in ghettos

Ensemble Work

Ensembles as leader, composer, soloist: Paul Brody’s Sadawi (Tzadik and Enja Records since 2007) (Six albums!) Bern, Brody & Rodach (2013-2015) (www.bernbrodyrodach.com) Detonation Orchestra featuring David Moss (2005-2011) Tango Toy (1997-2004) Paul Brody Octet (1987-2001) Brody has been part of the following ensembles or performed with: (Selection) The Berkeley Promenade Orchestra (Director: Kent Nagano) San Francisco Repertory […]

Music Children’s series for WDR & SWR

Between 2007 and 2010 I produced a series of children’s shows by interviewing young musicians from around the world.   My goal was to inspire young listeners to get enjoy culture and play their own music.

Growing Hope: Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project

Growing Hope is an extension of another WDR (West German Radio) documentary, Most Wanted Poets. While visiting prison classes with Kyes Stevens, the head of the education program, I was moved by many of the talks with both students and teachers, and found them to be a valuable resource for those interested in learning about […]

Most Wanted Poets: WDR

What are the effects of learning art in the harsh conditions of prison? (English version)

Deutschland Radio/Prix Europa

Talking Melody-Singing Story  An Operatic Sound Installation by Paul Brody The installation has been selected as a radio art feature for DEUTSCHLAND RADIO and for the PRIX EUROPA – The European Broadcasting Festival – Europe’s largest annual tri-medial festival.   Talking Melody-Singing Story was originally created as a sound installation for Brody’s 2016 Artist in Residence project for the Munich […]

Grundgesetzland: WDR

Was bedeutet es den Deutschen, in einem Land mit Grundgesetz zu leben? Bekommt das Wort “Würde” eine andere Bedeutung, je nachdem in welcher Kultur man aufgewachsen ist? Der amerikanische Komponist Paul Brody befragt Menschen, die in Deutschland zu Hause sind, nach ihrer Sicht auf die ersten fünf Artikel des Grundgesetzes. -Von WDR 3 Hörspiel: Autor, […]

Paul Brody’s Poetry Electric: Trailer, Artist’s talk, Album

FULL ALBUM on all major streaming platforms! Paul Brody’s wild and ambient compositions inspired by the voices of poets he recorded. The poets introduce themselves and often describe the sounds that they feel are important in their poems. These are often included in the soundscape, along with Trumpet, cello, accordion, and noises from objects found […]

Museums Quartier, Vienna Artist in Residence

5 MINI OPERAS IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE in collaboration with photographer, Dirk Hasskarl (https://www.hasskarl.de/) just won a prize from the ‚Stipendium der Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst (Association of Visual Artists in Germany.) It started as an Artist in Residence project for the Museums Quartier in Vienna. The online presentation inspired new ideas, which lead to […]