Dennis was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Coming from a musically talented family, he started playing drums at the age of 4. Dennis' father and trumpet player, Bobby Bradford, is famous worldwide as a band member of Billy Holiday and Frank Sinatra. Quincy Jones also worked with his father for a long period of time. With such influence from his father, Dennis naturally learned a great deal about music.
His debut was at the age of 6, when he had his first concert performance in Portland. Soon afterwards came his many recordings and live sessions, leading to his first contract with Arista Records. During this time Dennis performed and recorded for 11 years with "The Jeff Lorber Fusion", the group that invented a new kind of music in the twentieth century called "fusion". He was the original drummer for this group, which included band member Kenny G, and there is no need to state that the sound of their music came from Dennis' originality in music arrangement. He has released many records and performed live with Jeff at events including Chick Corea and Stanley Clark. An album from one of these concerts was ranked in the top 10 American hit charts. Square Catheopia, one of many fusion groups that were inspired and influenced by Jeff Lorber Fusion, achieved a number 1 hit in Japan.
Since 1989, Dennis focused his music in Tokyo, Japan. Six years later, he met Mami through live performances and in May 2001 they released the album "attitude", with all songs arranged by Dennis and Mami. Focusing on their work as a team, their musical world began to expand to various off-stage areas. They have arranged music for famous Play Station II game software and for many artists in Japan. Agnes Chang (a Chinese singer and famous pop singer in Japan), Yuri Hoshina, and Yuka are currently releasing CDs produced/arranged by Dennis and Mami.
Dennis has also performed as actor and composed and produced music with Mami for the new movie "(ITSUKA A RESHA NI NOTTE)(Someday, Take the A-Train)", released December 20, 2003 at Shinjuku TOA.
Dennis Bradford, one of few talented artists being loved and respected by his peers from every musical background, exceeds all expectations in our current generation and is supported by artists and audiences throughout Japan.
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