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Brownie Speaks At Burlington Discover Jazz Festival!

Source: Don Glanden
May 31, 2017

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary will be presented at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 4 beginning at 3 PM. The 90 minute screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Don Glanden. The event will take place at: The BCA Center, 135 Church Street, Burlington, VT. The event is free and open to the public. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era ...

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University Of The Arts - Graduate Jazz Ensemble To Perform At Burlington Discover Jazz Festival

Source: Don Glanden
May 31, 2017

The University of the Arts Graduate Jazz Ensemble will be featured at this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, Vermont. They will present a two-hour set on Sunday, June 4 beginning at 5 PM on City Hall Stage. Admission is free. Hailed as one of the premier jazz programs in the United States, the University of the Arts, School of Music is currently celebrating 140 years of excellence in music education. Its long list of distinguished alumni include Vincent ...

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TV / Film

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Source: Don Glanden
September 11, 2016

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary about jazz legend Clifford Brown will be screened at the Monterey Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 5:30 PM. The event, which will include a Q&A with producer/director Don Glanden, will take place at the Jazz Theater. The film has received rave reviews and numerous accolades in the jazz community since its release in August 2014. Sonny Rollins has called it “a great film about a great man!” Jazz Journal’s Bob Weir praised ...

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Brownie Speaks At Newport! A Special Night Of Film And Music

Source: Don Glanden
July 9, 2015

Brownie Speaks at Newport: July 30, 2015, 7:30pm (Eve of the Newport Jazz Festival) at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center (49 Touro Street Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840). Free and open to the public. “Now it’s our pleasure to present a young man who has astounded the jazz world with his amazing talent in the last two years. His name is Clifford Brown. And here is his interpretation of I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with ...

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