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Anita Brown

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Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra gave its debut performance on August 15, 2000 at The Cutting Room in New York City, under the direction of its founder, composer/conductor Anita Brown. Since then, this dynamic ensemble has given performances at a number of New York’s finest venues including Sweet Rhythm, Steinway Hall and John Birks Gillespie Auditorium and was among the featured performing artists at the 2007 IAJE Annual Conference (NYC) and The 2005 New York Brass Conference. ABJO has been compared to both The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Maria Schneider Orchestras and has been described in the press as a ‘blue-chip’ ensemble, calling upon ‘top drawer New York session’ players including a ‘platoon of persuasive soloists’ breathing life into Ms

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Article: Big Band Report

Sonny Rollins Elected as Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Read "Sonny Rollins Elected as Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This month's most welcome news has nothing to do with big bands but everything to do with artistry and excellence: saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, a center for independent policy research (I don't quite understand what that has to do ...

Album

27 East

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2004
Track listing: Wake Up!; The Lighthouse; Alexander?s Lullaby Waltz; Shifting Tides of Montauk; The Touch of You; Add Venom, Shake Well; 27 East (67:06).

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Article: Album Review

The Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra: 27 East

Read "27 East" reviewed by Jack Bowers


I don't know if this is composer/arranger/bandleader Anita Brown's first album, but if it is, she couldn't have arranged a more impressive coming-out party. Brown is a composer whose remarkable craftsmanship and insight enable her to inscribe picturesque orchestral themes that hang together extremely well and also swing “in their own sweet way. She is aided ...

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Article: Nite & Disk

Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra at the Hudson House and "27 East"

Read "Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra at the Hudson House and "27 East"" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


Last week I saw something that's far more common on screen than in real life: the absolute fulfillment of a dream. Nope, nobody triggered the casino lights and buzzers, got surprised by the Prize Patrol, or found Prince(ss) Charming on the Internet. This particular triumph is portable, permanent, and capable of delighting complete strangers -- Anita ...


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