Brian Newman

Newman was born on June 10, 1981, and raised in Mentor, Ohio, and Concord Township, Ohio, near Cleveland. He told his mother at age 12 that he wanted to grow up to be a New York City jazz musician.{{cite web |url=http://pmc-mag.com/2011/03/brian-newman/?full=content#sthash.RQnBemnT.dpuf/ |title=PMC Magazine |publisher=Pmc-mag.com |date=August 13, 2013 |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101094733/http://pmc-mag.com/2011/03/brian-newman/?full=content#sthash.RQnBemnT.dpuf/ |url-status=live }} He began playing at age nine and made his public debut at age 14.{{cite web |url=http://stylelikeu.com/closets/brian-newman/#ad-image-0/ |title=Style Like You |publisher=Stylelikeu.com |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929195015/http://stylelikeu.com/closets/brian-newman/#ad-image-0/ |url-status=live }} He is a 1999 graduate of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.lifestylemirror.com/man/style/1311454167/new-york-jazz-musician-brian-newman-shows-us-how-wear-suit/ |title=Life Style Mirror |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045917/http://www.lifestylemirror.com/man/style/1311454167/new-york-jazz-musician-brian-newman-shows-us-how-wear-suit/ |archivedate=October 3, 2013 }} Concerning his youth in Cleveland, Newman stated, "That's one thing Cleveland and my family taught me well—the importance of hard work...There are a lot of hard workers in Cleveland."{{cite news|first=Jean|last=Bonchak|url=https://www.news-herald.com/2012/05/03/lake-county-native-whos-played-trumpet-with-lady-gaga-stopping-home-with-burlesque-show/ |title=Lake County native who's played trumpet with Lady Gaga stopping home with burlesque show |work=The News-Herald|date=May 3, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2025}} He attended the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Along with other graduates from Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, Newman began performing in venues across New York City including the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, and Duane Park. Newman has also performed trumpet for Tony Bennett and Mark Murphy.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/arts/music/18murp.html?_r=0%2F |title=New York Times |website=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707013533/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/arts/music/18murp.html?_r=0%2F |url-status=live |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen }} When he first arrived in New York, Newman served bar and waited tables between performances to help make ends meet.{{cite web |url=http://pmc-mag.com/2011/03/brian-newman/?full=content%2F |title=PMC Magazine |publisher=Pmc-mag.com |date=August 13, 2013 |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101094928/http://pmc-mag.com/2011/03/brian-newman/?full=content%2F |url-status=live }} Newman's music was featured in the 2011 film, Friends with Kids.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} In 2018, he released the LP Showboat.

While in New York City, Newman befriended Lady Gaga's boyfriend, Luc Carl, which led to a friendship with Lady Gaga. He has performed with Gaga on the special, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (and its follow-up EP, A Very Gaga Holiday),{{cite AV media notes| title = A Very Gaga Holiday| others = Lady Gaga|year = 2011| pages = 3| location = Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City| asin = B006CUI7UW}} The Today Show, the MTV Video Music Awards, and BBC Radio. He arranged and appeared on Lady Gaga's jazz album with Tony Bennett, Cheek to Cheek (2014), and later their second album, Love for Sale (2021).{{cite web |url=http://briannewman.com/ |title=Brian Newman |website=BrianNewman.com |access-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915073216/http://www.briannewman.com/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga-love-for-sale-review-3058264 |title=Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – 'Love For Sale' review: oldies covers with a playful wink |magazine=NME |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2021 |last=Hunt |first=El |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210930112719/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga-love-for-sale-review-3058264?amp&__twitter_impression=true |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |url-status=live }} Gaga has also made random surprise appearances at Newman's gigs throughout the city which have been covered by major media outlets including E!, MTV, and VH1.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/417940/lady-gaga-performs-for-first-time-since-hipsurgery |title=E Online News |publisher=E! |date=n.d. |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707062607/https://www.eonline.com/news/417940/lady-gaga-performs-for-first-time-since-hipsurgery |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655393/lady-gaga-makes-surprise-nyc-nightclub-appearance.jhtml/ |title=MTV News |publisher=MTV |date=January 6, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101154300/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655393/lady-gaga-makes-surprise-nyc-nightclub-appearance.jhtml/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=Bené Viera |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-12-18/lady-gagas-you-and-i-gets-a-jazzy-makeover/#more-224127/ |title=VH1 Music Tuner |publisher=VH1 |date=December 18, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091031/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-12-18/lady-gagas-you-and-i-gets-a-jazzy-makeover/ |archivedate=November 1, 2013 }} His trumpet performance can also be heard on the track "Just Another Day", from Gaga's 2016 album Joanne.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Joanne|others=Lady Gaga|year=2016|type=CD|publisher=Streamline/Interscope Records|id=2580102|location=United States}} He also collaborated with Gaga on "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" from his Showboat album.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hear_lady_gaga_cover_nina_simones_dont_let_me_be_misunderstood|title=Hear Lady Gaga Cover Nina Simone's 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'|last=Slingerland|first=Callum|date=November 19, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018|work=Exclaim!|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119225805/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hear_lady_gaga_cover_nina_simones_dont_let_me_be_misunderstood|url-status=live}} Their later collaborations include the television special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,{{Cite AV media|title=One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga|url=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/one-last-time-an-evening-with-tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga/|access-date=July 30, 2022|publisher=Paramount+|date=November 28, 2021|archive-date=July 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730173103/https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/one-last-time-an-evening-with-tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga/|url-status=live}} and Gaga's Las Vegas residency, Jazz & Piano.{{cite magazine|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/20/glitz-glamour-and-gaga-jazz-piano-provides-quintes/|title=Glitz, glamour and Gaga: 'Jazz & Piano' provides quintessential Vegas show experience|last=Mazur|first=Kevin|date=October 20, 2021|access-date=October 20, 2021|magazine=Las Vegas Sun|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211021114017/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/20/glitz-glamour-and-gaga-jazz-piano-provides-quintes/|archive-date=October 21, 2021|url-status=live}}

Newman is married to Angie Pontani, a burlesque dancer who was Miss Exotic World 2008.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/wedding-article-1.1266276/ |title=The bride wore whoa! How smitten bandleader Brian Newman won the heart of a city burlesque queen Angie Pontani |location=New York |work=Daily News |date=February 17, 2013 |accessdate=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103182203/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/wedding-article-1.1266276 |url-status=live }} They have a daughter. Her godmother is Lady Gaga.{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3b8pm4/lady-gaga-godmother-goddaughter|title=Lady Gaga Is A Very Popular Godmother|publisher=MTV|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2022|first=Deepa|last=Lakshmin|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011103747/https://www.mtv.com/news/3b8pm4/lady-gaga-godmother-goddaughter|url-status=dead}}

• Live From New York City (2012)
• Eyes On the City (2016)
• Showboat (2018)

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Category:1981 births

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Category:American jazz musicians