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Anthony Branker
Anthony Branker (born August 28, 1958) is an American musician and educator of Caribbean descent whose work as a composer, educator, scholar, conductor, and performer has been featured on the international stage in Brazil, Switzerland, Poland, Finland, Italy, Estonia, Denmark, Greece, China, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Russia, Lithuania, and Japan as well as throughout the United States. Branker was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Piscataway and Plainfield, New Jersey.〔http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=39641#.UQdHbeiGHhU〕 He attended public schools in Piscataway and graduated from Piscataway High School where he was involved in the music program under the direction of R. Bruce Bradshaw and Joseph T. Mundi. Following high school, Branker attended Princeton University where he received his B.A. in Music and a Certificate in African American Studies. His graduate studies took him to the University of Miami for a Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy and later to Columbia University, Teachers College where he received the degrees of Master of Education and Doctor of Education; both with specialties in Music and Music Education.
==Family Background==
Branker's family hails from Trinidad and Barbados and he is a first generation American. He comes from a musical extended family that includes his uncle Rupert Branker who was the music director and pianist with The Platters. Another uncle, pianist Roy Branker was with the Copasetics, a fraternity of male musicians in Harlem organized after the death of William "Bojangles" Robinson, primarily to support dance. Billy Strayhorn was a member of that group and Roy wrote music with Strayhorn (Roy was mentioned in Duke Ellington's autobiography, "Music is My Mistress"). Roy Branker was also a member of a trio called The Three Peppers. Anthony Branker's cousin, Nicholas Brancker, who spells his last name slightly different, is from Barbados. He's a music producer and bassist who has worked with Roberta Flack, Cyndi Lauper, Simply Red, Shabba Ranks and Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz. Nicholas was also nominated for a Grammy Award for a jazz piece on flutist Sherry Winston's album "Love Is.".〔http://coscap.org/corporate/foundation-board/nicholas-brancker〕
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