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Anthony Brown's Asian-American Orchestra - India and Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Water Baby, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Drummer and percussionist Anthony Brown has led a big band for several years, recording well regarded tributes to the likes of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Turning their sights to the music of John Coltrane, the music on this album is augmented with the addition of traditional Indian and African instruments. “India: Diaspora" is a prelude to the main album with the music entering in a spacious and spare feeling. Flutes and percussion give the band a full sound that ...
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"India & Africa": Coltrane Tribute by Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra
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Terri Hinte Publicity
For the last dozen years, percussionist-composer Anthony Brown's innovative Asian American Orchestra has reinvented classics of American music by composers Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and George Gershwin from a Pacific Rim perspective by mixing instruments of European and American vintage with those of various Asian cultures. Now, with the September 28 release of India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane on Water Baby Records, the 16-member ensemble brings its unique multicultural vision to 12 compositions written by ...
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Miraflores’ Miget to Tour with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra
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North Bay Saxophonist performing with AAO at University of Illinois On Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra as part of the Marquee Jazz Series at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana’s Foellinger Great Hall. A mutual admiration society Ms. Miget has been a consistent presence performing and recording with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra since 2004, last year playing reeds on the AAO’s ...
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Miraflores' Miget to Tour with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra
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imajinnWEST
North Bay Saxophonist performing with AAO at University of Illinois On Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra as part of the Marquee Jazz Series at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana’s Foellinger Great Hall. A mutual admiration society Ms. Miget has been a consistent presence performing and recording with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra since 2004, last year playing reeds on the AAO’s ...
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Miraflores Music Miget to Perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra
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On Thursday, September 11 at Yoshi’s Night Club in San Francisco North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform two shows with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra. A mutual admiration society Ms. Miget has been a consistent presence performing and recording with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra since 2004. Over the last four years Marcia has performed this big band’s unique repertoire at Monterey, Stern Grove, and Fillmore Jazz Festivals. With skills that cross multiple ...
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Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra at "Ten": New CD + Yoshi's Show
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra will celebrate their ten-year history with the release of a new commemorative CD entitled “Ten" on Tuesday, August 26, and with a performance at Yoshi's San Francisco on Thursday, September 11. The Yoshi's event, which inaugurates the innovative orchestra's annual home season, takes as its theme “Bridging Japantown and the Fillmore." “We are mounting an outreach campaign in neighborhood schools and centers on both sides of the Geary Street divide," says Brown, himself of African-American ...
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