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Robert Charles BROZMAN

Male 1954 - 2013  (59 years)


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  • Name Robert Charles BROZMAN 
    Born 8 Mar 1954  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Apr 2013  Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17861  bmds
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2016 

    Family 1 Mary Christine 
    Family ID F7158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine Joan MACDUFFEE,   b. 13 Aug 1954  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Zoe Catherine BROZMAN,   b. 4 Dec 1992, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F5721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Haley Sage ROBERTSON 
    Married Abt 1998 
    Family ID F7159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Mar 1954 - New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Apr 2013 - Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Musician. He was a versatile artist able to perform in numerous styles such as blues, Gypsy jazz, calypso, ragtime, Hawaiian and Caribbean music, was also a linguist and anthropologist. He played mainly resonator guitars produced in the 20s and 30s. During his performances he used often a version of the baritone tricone resonator guitar, who helped to develop in the second half of 90s. Brozman worked as an associate professor in the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, where carried out his research and lecturing about ethnic music in the Oceania islands. He collaborated with musicians from different countries such as India, Africa, Japan, Papua New Guinea, thanks to the fact of being constantly on tour in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. During his career he recorded over 30 albums and won two years in a row the Guitar Player Magazine Award both in the blues category that in that slide guitar. In 1999, Brozman was co-founder of the International Guitar Seminars. From 2000 to 2005 his musical collaborations have consistently placed among the top ten at European level in the World Music Charts. He was found dead in his home at the age of fifty-nine.