About Us
Jazz EPK was created by Bret Primack, aka, Jazz Video Guy, to help artists utilize new media to promote their music.
A writer who has published over 200 articles and liner notes, and a documentary filmmaker, Bret 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.
In 1999, Bret began producing video webcasts for the Global Music Network including both Dave Brubeck and The Saxophone Summit Live from Birdland. He started his own new media company Planet Bret in 2002, and has since produced websites and videos for such artists as Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Billy Taylor, Denny Zeitlin and Hendrik Meurkens.
With the advent of mini-DV video production and the web as a free distribution medium, Bret began actively producing videos for Jazz artists on a regular basis and posting them on YouTube and iTunes in 2006.
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 created video liner notes for Joe Lovano's Blue Note release, Streams of Expression, and The Saxophone Summit Seraphic Light Podcasts for Telarc.
Today, as the Jazz Video Guy, Bret has over 230 videos online, with nearly 3 million views.
Visit the Jazz Video Guy at (http://www.jazzvideoguy.tv)
"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