Renowned jazz bassist and composer Brian Q. Torff offers an intimate backstage perspective across two celebrated books, capturing decades spent performing alongside legendary icons and shaping American music history.
Brian Q. Torff’s In Love With Voices captures a lifetime spent alongside jazz legends, sharing intimate stories, unforgettable performances, and the moments that shaped his journey through American music.
From New York Sessions to Global Stages
1970s New York
Breakthrough Performances
Global Collaborations
Academic Leadership
Navigating the vibrant, unforgiving jazz scene, Brian Torff honed his craft in legendary clubs and subterranean sessions.
Sharing the stage with Cleo Laine in 1974, then touring and recording with George Shearing and Frank Sinatra.
Extensive work with jazz icons like Stéphane Grappelli, Erroll Garner, and Mel Tormé across continents.
Directing the music program at Fairfield University, shaping the next generation of musicians.
In Love With Voices: A Jazz Memoir
236 pages of firsthand testimony, charting a course through the golden age of jazz and the lives of its legends.
Insider Chronicle
Legendary Encounters
The Bassist's Perspective
Unpublished anecdotes and personal reflections from decades on the road and in the studio.
Portraits of Sinatra, Shearing, Grappelli, and other giants through the eyes of their bassist.
The unique challenges and triumphs of carrying the upright bass through a changing musical landscape.
Dive deeper into Brian Torff's world, his music, and his invaluable contributions to jazz history.