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Kelly Brand Nextet

The Door

By Kelly Brand Nextet

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ding Song; The Tides; An Old Road; Try Silence; The Question; Bitter Blew the Winds of March; Night Dreamer; Number Nine; I

Kelly Brand Nextet: The Door

by Jack Bowers
January 30, 2008

One of the things I miss most about no longer living in the Chicago area is seeing and hearing groups like pianist Kelly Brand's Nextet, known only to a small number of enthusiasts in the immediate neighborhood but deserving a much wider audience. One of the musicians I miss most is trumpeter Art Davis, a bellwether ...

Kelly Brand Nextet: The Door

by John Barron
January 29, 2008

The Kelly Brand Nextet is the brain-child of Chicago pianist/composer Kelly Brand. The ensemble, a vehicle for Brand's compositional vision features a crew of top-notch Windy City musicians who swing with an aggressive edge. Something of a family affair, The Door features Brand's husband Kelly Sill on bass and on one track, her daughter Naomi Sill ...