Keith Copeland

Deborah Brown: International Incident

by C. Michael Bailey
July 25, 2003

Kansas City-reared jazz singer Deborah Brown employs an international, multicultural little big band to make progressive American vocal jazz, managing the logistics brilliantly to produce one of the best vocal recitals of the year. This fearless repertoire maven is not afraid of even the stickiest subjects.On International Incident,, Brown takes on two Johnny Griffin compositions ("Take My Hand" and “Make Up You Mind"), Thad Jones' “A Child is Born," and Pat Metheny's “Always and Forever." These are certainly ...