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Falling in love with music is easy, and that was the case for a five year old boy from Venice, IL. At the age of five, Larry Brown picked up the guitar from his father and has not put it down since. Upon completing high school,Brown attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) to study with legendary 7-string guitarist Rick Haydon. Through the years, he has had the opportunity to learn from jazz legends such as Pat Martino, Houston Person, Jimmy Cobb, Victor Goines, John Scofield and Russell Malone. He has also performed at some of the country’s greatest jazz festivals and venues including the St

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No Wind & No Rain

By John Fournier

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Laughing Heart; A Town Called Mercy ;So Alive pt. 2;No Wind & No Rain;There Is Light interlude #1;Message to a Child;On The Way To Be Free;There Is Light Somewhere view;A Groove For Ramsey;There Is Light interlude #2

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It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire

By Chicago Soul Jazz Collective

Label: JMARQ
Released: 2020
Track listing: Detroit will rise again; Down and out in Buffalo; It takes a spar to start a fire; Her eyes are blue and sometimes gray; God bless the patient; Where do you go when you dream; Nora calls from the moon

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Chicago Soul Jazz Collective: It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire

Read "It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire" reviewed by John Pietaro

by John Pietaro
December 5, 2020

Solace. Listening to classic 1960s soul-jazz as an escape from today's stresses united the musicians who founded the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective. Many of us know of that comfort, the one carried by a cursory view of nostalgia. But don't look too close. Tenor saxophonist John Fournier and trumpet player Marques Carroll built a band on ...

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The Music and The Moment

By Larry Brown Jr.

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Language of The Unheard; The Return Of The Gentleman; Foreigner; Dream Chasers; My Love, My Life, My Everything; Obsession; Yes; Through; U.

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Larry Brown Jr.: The Music and The Moment

Read "The Music and The Moment" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 7, 2016

With his second release as a leader The Music and the Moment guitarist Larry Brown Jr. deviates stylistically from his debut, the delightful and stimulating There Can Only Be One (Self Produced, 2011). While the previous record was firmly rooted in the hard bop mainstream spiced by various influences, the current one is an amalgam of ...

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There Can Only Be One

By Larry Brown Jr.

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Come Home; Just Been Thinkin'; Don't Turn Away; The Blues Chronicles; In The Eye Of The Beholder; The Falling Star; There Can Only Be One; Megan's Law; Grandma's Song; Sweet Baby Ray.

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Larry Brown Jr.: There Can Only Be One

Read "There Can Only Be One" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
February 1, 2012

A native of the small town of Venice, Illinois, guitarist Larry Brown Jr. is a deeply religious man with a big vision and plans for the future. Not only is Brown a musician and educator, but as founder of the Black Church Music Piano camp and the Music for the Heart non-profit organization, he is also ...

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There Can Only Be One

By Larry Brown Jr.

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Come Home; Just Been Thinkin; Don't Turn Away; The Blues Chronicles; In The Eye Of The Beholder; Falling Stars; There Can Only Be One; Megan's Law; Grandma's Song; Sweet Baby Ray.

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Larry Brown Jr.: There Can Only Be One

Read "There Can Only Be One" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 19, 2011

Guitarist, composer and educator Larry Brown Jr's debut, There Can Only Be One, has both feet firmly planted in a rich musical past but remains a modern record in its delivery and execution. There are vague hints of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell in his playing but his style is all his own, and these faint ...