Jazz Articles about Ted Brown

Ted Brown Quartet: Just You Just Me

by Jack Kenny
November 29, 2025

Ted Brown's 2013 album, recorded at various locations in New York and New Jersey, is steeped in the traditions of both Lester Young and Lennie Tristano, but what emerges is distinctly his own. Born in 1927, Brown channels the inspirations of these jazz giants, yet asserts his own individuality in every phrase. The ghostly presences of Young and Tristano haunt the grooves, but Brown's interpretive voice remains unmistakable. Tristano's concept of improvisation--marked by avoidance of standard licks and ...