Bryan Spring
Bryan Spring is a British jazz drummer. He is sometimes credited as Brian Spring.
He was born in London, England. Spring was self-taught, beginning at the age of six, though he later studied with Philly Joe Jones. He led and co-led his own trios and quartets from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s with Don Weller and also Art Themen. Later, into the 2000s, he collaborated with Mark Edwards and Andy Cleyndert. Spring has been a member of groups such as Bill Le Sage's Bebop Preservation Society, Alan Skidmore's Quartet, Klaus Doldinger's Passport, and various line-ups led by Stan Tracey.
He has also worked with other leading British jazz musicians, including Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey, Bobby Wellins, as well as accompanying American musicians, notably George Coleman and Charlie Rouse, when they were visiting the UK.
Recordings
As leader/co-leader
- 1980: Commit No Nuisance - with Don Weller
- 2005: The Spirit of Spring - Bryan Spring Trio
As sideman
- 1969: Free An' One - Stan Tracey Quartet
- 1969: Hum Dono - Amancio D'Silva Quartet
- 1969: Our Point Of View - Frank Ricotti
- 1969: The Seven Ages of Man - The Stan Tracey Big Band
- 1970: Perspectives - Stan Tracey Quartet
- 1970: BBC Top Gear - Keith Tippett Group
- 1971: Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening - The Keith Tippett Sextet
- 1972: Second Passport - Klaus Doldinger -
- 1974: Under The Sun - Nucleus
- 1975: Captain Adventure - Stan Tracey Quartet
- 1975: The Return Of Captain Adventure - Stan Tracey Quartet
- 1976: Under Milk Wood - Stan Tracey and Donald Houston,
- 1976: Direct Hits - Nucleus
- 1976: The Bracknell Connection - Stan Tracey Octet
- 1978: The Salisbury Suite - Stan Tracey Octet
- 1981: Poem Song - Marvin Hannibal Peterson
- 1996: Live at the Bull's Head, Barnes - Don Weller Big Band
- 2000: Triple Exposure - Mark Edwards