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Alone at the Piano

By Charles Brown

Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 2004

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Blues And Other Love Songs

By Charles Brown

Label: P.S.F. Records
Released: 2000

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Charles Brown: Blues And Other Love Songs

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2000

R&B legend Charles Brown passed away in 1999 at the age of seventy-seven as his career represented something of a paradox. The pianist/vocalist/songwriter enjoyed success with a string of hits in the 40’s then seemed to drift into obscurity until his talents were rediscovered in the 90’s as he also became the recipient of the “Lifetime ...

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Charles Brown: Blues And Other Love Songs

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2000

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Charles Brown: Blues And Other Love Songs

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2000

Labeled as a blues singer, pianist Charles Brown walks the line between jazz, blues and a long lost genre, popular music. Born in 1922 and classically trained on the ivories, Brown began singing during wartime and was often compared to Nat King Cole. During the forties and fifties, singing R&B didn’t mean rap nor did it ...

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In A Grand Style

By Charles Brown

Label: Bullseye Records
Released: 1999

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Charles Brown: In A Grand Style

by Ed Kopp
November 1, 1999

Charles Brown pioneered a sophisticated form of post-World War II blues that was part slow blues, part mellow jazz. Brown's smooth music inspired the likes of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Little Richard and countless others who later became much wealthier than their idol. Over the past decade, a new generation of listeners has fallen in love ...

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