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  • Stuck
    This song is a feeling of entrapment brought on by the expectations of society, family, and oneself. Frustrated, sad, and daunted by seemingly unattainable goals, yet continuously pushing forward. "Stuck" laid incomplete for at least a year. All I had written were the first four notes. Now it has grown into a beautiful work that I am proud to have created. Clarence Ward III's flugelhorn is prominently featured on the melody with Justin Taylor contributing a powerful piano solo. Recorded at Heartwood Sound Studios in Waverly.
  • Bright Moments CD Art
    Bright Moments CD Art
    My debut album as a bandleader released in August 2018. Cover Art by Natan Lawson http://www.natanlawson.com/

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About Edward

Baltimore City - Station North A&E District

Ed Hrybyk is an upright and electric bassist, composer, arranger, and educator emerging from  Baltimore, MD. Ed graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2006 where he studied classical bass with Laura Ruas. In 2010, he graduated from the University of the Arts where he received the Jymie Merritt Bass Award.

In 2016, Ed made his debut as a bandleader and performed a collection of original compositions with his band, the Bright Moments Sextet. Encouraged by the positive… more

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Dis Here - Live at Creative Alliance

  • Ed Hrybyk - Dis Here - Live at the Creative Alliance
    One of the most difficult of my compositions, "Dis Here" features a pulsating bass ostinato that modulates between 4/4 and 5/4 time. The horns have highly syncopated interlocking lines and the piece culminates with a drum solo by Allen Branch (BSfA class of '08). Ed Hrybyk's CD Release Concert at The Creative Alliance 8/19/2018 Full album available here: https://edhrybyk.bandcamp.com/album/bright-moments-2
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    I Wish I Knew How it Feels to be Free - Live at An Die Musik

    Ed curated three duet performances at An Die Musik in 2018. This is from the first installment with Justin Taylor on piano. Written by Billy Taylor
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    • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
      Written by Billy Taylor Performed by Justin Taylor (p) and Ed Hrybyk (b) www.edhrybykbass.com Live in Baltimore at An Die Musik
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    Meditation

    Original Composition by Ed Hrybyk. Please consider buying the album at www.edhrybykbass.com . Clarence Ward III - Flugelhorn . Justin Taylor - Piano . Ed Hrybyk - Bass . Allen "Aldo B" Branch - Drums. Performed Live at An Die Musik April 2017
    • Meditation
      Original Composition by Baltimore Bassist Ed Hrybyk. Please consider buying the album at www.edhrybykbass.com. Clarence Ward III - Flugelhorn. Justin Taylor - Piano. Ed Hrybyk - Bass .Allen "Aldo B" Branch - Drums
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    Tune For Rick

    This is a song I wrote after the passing of my dear Uncle Rick a few years ago. On the album it is recorded as a guitar/bass duet but at the CD release I decided to try it as a quartet featuring Clarence Ward III on flugelhorn. I love what he does with the melody.

    Ed Hrybyk's CD Release Concert at The Creative Alliance 8/19/2018

    The full album is available here:
    edhrybyk.bandcamp.com/album/bright-moments-2

    • Ed Hrybyk - Tune For Rick - Live at Creative Alliance
      This is a song I wrote after the passing of my dear Uncle Rick a few years ago. On the album it is recorded as a guitar/bass duet but at the CD release I decided to try it as a quartet featuring Clarence Ward III on flugelhorn. I love what he does with the melody. Ed Hrybyk's CD Release Concert at The Creative Alliance 8/19/2018 The full album is available here: edhrybyk.bandcamp.com/album/bright-moments-2
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