Loved for his melodic playing and pure tone, Christian has risen to prominence on the British jazz scene. He is now a regular at London's prestigious Ronnie Scotts and both he and his band are in great demand.
His musical roots besides jazz also include funk and groove orientated music. This has lead to commercial work with reggae trombonist Rico Rodriguez, Push, Paul Weller, Ottis Grand and the Ragga Twins amongst many others. This diversity has enriched his musical outlook and is evident in his style of playing and composing, whilst never compromising the authenticity of the jazz.
Christian studied at Leeds and The Guildhall School of Music. However, the defining musical inspiration came from playing alongside Julian Joseph and the Mondesir brothers at Ian Carr¹s jazz London fusion orchestra.
He has gone on to play with some of the finest players in Europe: Chano Dominguez (premier Spanish jazz flamenco pianist who is taking Europe by storm), Geoff Gascoine, Dave Schnitter, Carl Orr, Damon Brown, Carl Orr, Antonio Ciacca.)
He has performed in Europe¹s top clubs and festivals. With pianist Chano Dominguez and bass player Francisco Bose, he played in most of Spain's international festivals (1989 91) including Seville, Malaga, Granada, Huelva, Jaen and Ceuta (North Africa). The group they formed, Decoy, also performed in Café Central in Madrid and recorded for television (Jazz Entre Amigos) and radio. In Spain he also collaborated with tenor saxophonists Dave Schnitter (ex Art Blakey), Jorge Pardo (Paco de Lucia) and Antonio Mesa; and played extensively with guitarist Tito Alcedo.
In the UK Christian has worked extensively with trumpet player Damon Brown, touring England, Scotland and Italy. He has featured on two of Damon¹s CDs (see below) and performed at Barcelona's Jamboree.
Christian formed his quintet featuring the multi talented Jim Hart on vibes, Tristan Mailliot on drums, Phil Donkin on bass and Leon Greening on piano. The group played 2 weeks at Ronnie Scotts during the year and recorded a live CD there, which is due out on the house label. The group toured the UK during 2005; played at Swanage, Scarborough, Villa Real and Lisbon international jazz festivals in Portugal.
During the summer of 2005,they recorded their highly acclaimed CD: Seesaw, released on Basho Records in May 2006.
Both of Christian's CD's have won acclaim in Europe. In the International Jazz Competition of Granada (Spain) his previous CD (introducing Christian Brewer) came second in the competition in 2004, and during 2005, the group occupied the runner-up spot again with a special mention.
Christian currently teaches saxophone at Tiffin school for boys in Kingston.
More information on Christian Brewer and updates on his events can be found at:
http://www.christianbrewer.co.uk/