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Brian Kastan

Brian Kastan is a Guitar and Electric/Fretless Bass Player

About Me

​Brian Kastan is a guitarist, electric/fretless bass player, composer, author, and Digital Landscape photographer, born and raised in Glen Cove , NY.

He is best known for his original sounding improvisations and composing style on guitar, electric and fretless bass.

Brian has released 38 albums as a band leader or band member. (Playing bass on 13 of the albums) Plus performed and/or recorded with Grammy winning jazz vocalist, Miles Griffith, (Won grammy with Wynton Marsalis Blood on the Fields) Peter O'Brien, Eric Person, Andy Sanesi, Bob Meyer, Steve Rust, Christopher Dean Sullivan, Yutaka Uchida, Goerge Dulin, Danny Zanker, Jay Brunka, Dave Mullen, Tani Tabbal, Harvey Sorgen, Greg Lewis, Taru Alexander, Nick Gianni, Dave Berger, George Spanos, Travis Sullivan, Eishon Nose, Mike Pride, Ryan Berg, Eddy Khaimovich, Micheal Bisio, Juini Booth, Leo Genovese, Lamy Istrefi, and many more.

Brian Kastan has composed soundtracks for TV and Film (Featuring Robert Loggia-Nominated for Academy Award The God Father-Sopranos, Martin Kove, (Karate Kid/Rambo), Gilbert Gottfried, Jimmie Walker (Goodtimes), Michael Winslow (Police Academy) Todd Bridges (Different Strokes) Jewels McCullough (Playboy Playmate/Growing Pains, Composed Soundtrack for Blue Lives Matter movie with acclaimed movie director Dylan Bank) Plus, composed soundtrack for T.V. show Hospital Arrest.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8075027/

​Played guitar for Nonsuch Record Label, Rhys Cantham's “The Grissom Grail”, http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/a-crimson- grail

Recorded Live at Lincoln Center in 2010.

​Played MTV Rock the Vote at Rutgers University

Composer Representing Unites States/Focolare Movement/ Shown Via Satellite on 6 Continents (Budapest Blues) 2009.