Will Bernard


Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug.

Career

In the 1980s Bernard was a member of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble led by Peter Apfelbaum. In the 1990s he formed the band T. J. Kirk in San Francisco with Charlie Hunter and John Schott. The band's name "James T. Kirk" was taken from James Brown, Thelonious Monk, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Palmetto released his debut solo album, Blue Plate Special, in 2008. He has also worked with The Coup, John Ellis, John Medeski, Stanton Moore, and Jai Uttal.

Awards and honors

Grammy Award nomination, If Four Was One, 1997

Discography

As leader

  • Medicine Hat
  • Motherbug
  • Directions to My House
  • Party Hats
  • Blue Plate Special
  • Night for Day
  • Outdoor Living
  • Just Like Downtown
  • Out and About
  • Freelance Subversives
  • Ancient Grains
  • Pond Life
With T.J. Kirk
  • T.J. Kirk
  • If Four Was One
  • ''Talking Only Makes It Worse''

    As sideman

With Peter Apfelbaum
  • Signs of Life
  • Jodoji Brightness
  • Luminous Charms
  • It Is Written
With Stanton Moore
  • III
  • Emphasis!
  • Groove Alchemy
With Ben Sidran
With Jai Uttal
  • Beggars and Saints
  • Shiva Station
With others