Search - Craig Brenner & the Crawdads :: Live to Love

Called a fine and funky pianist by Living Blues, Craig Brenner has been voted Best Musician in Bloomington, IN numerous times by readers of the Bloomington Independent; Craig & the Crawdads have been selected best band in the same poll. A graduate of Florida Southern College, Craig attended the Indiana University School of Music from 1976 through 1980, studying with composer John Eaton, pianists Joseph Rezits and Enrica Cavallo Gulli, and jazz educator David Baker. Craig has also studied and performed with boogie woogie and stride master Bob Seeley and blues pianist Big Joe Duskin through a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. Live to Love is the latest album by Craig Brenner & the Crawdads, released in 2009. It consists of all original music, with the first appearance on record of lead vocalist Lori Brenner, whose expressive singing is found on six of the ten tunes. Read great reviews of Live to Love by pianist Bob Seeley and others at craigbrenner.com.