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Lucas Brown

Born: May 28, 1980

Lucas Brown is a performing artist, composer and educator. He actively performs both Jazz and classical music and has performed around the US and Canada at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Jazz Standard and the Blue Note, as well as in Europe and Asia. His compositions have been presented throughout the US and Europe. A member of the faculty at Temple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music, Lucas holds a BM in Jazz Performance from Temple University and a MM in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College. 

Lucas was a member of saxophone legend Bootsie Barnes' organ trio from the age of 21. He has performed with such Jazz artists as Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Martino, Eric Alexander, Terell Stafford, and Gerald Veasley, and is a sideman on numerous recordings. He was awarded the Clef Club Jazz Award in 2014 in recognition of his contributions as an organist in Philadelphia. Lucas was a member of the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) artist roster as a member of the group Three Blind Mice, with Victor North and Wayne Smith Jr. Lucas has also performed with Opera Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Lucas toured for three years with Joey DeFrancesco's final trio and is featured on Joey’s album, More Music, released in September of 2021.

Sound Duality

By Greg Duncan

Label: New Origins Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Grounded; Fear Blues; Obsequious; Jean Marie; Seems So Long; As; Stuck; They Find You; Granted; If Our Hearts Could Only See.

Greg Duncan: Sound Duality

by Troy Dostert
July 27, 2022

Trumpeter Greg Duncan moved from Chicago to Philadelphia in 2020, and the change of environment brought about more than an altered geography. It gave Duncan the chance to forge some creative partnerships with two new ensembles, both of which are found on Sound Duality. The first, a conventional quartet, utilizes the talents of pianist Tim Brey, ...

Echoes of Thought

By Michael Hudson-Casanova

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Spin The Context, The Old Days Whenever They Were, K.W., Yea Exactly, Abandoner, droogs, Echoes, Like Glaciers, The Sage, Ravensong, Spin it Back

K.W.

October 12, 2021

Album: Echoes of Thought
By Michael Hudson-Casanova
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 05:38

Tom Lawton: Not Less Than Everything

by Victor L. Schermer
July 8, 2020

Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea. Quick now, here, now, always-- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) --T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets; “Little Gidding" This poetic quotation ...

The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia with Joey DeFrancesco at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
June 4, 2019

The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia with Joey DeFrancesco Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA June 1, 2019 The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP), under the leadership of trumpeter Terell Stafford, has produced a series of action-packed concerts at the Kimmel Center, featuring special guest artists, all ...

Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna: The More I See You

by Jack Bowers
November 29, 2018

What a genuine pleasure it is to hang loose and appreciate the warm and enticing sounds and impressive teamwork of Philadelphia tenor saxophone legends Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna, a couple of seasoned pros who blend together as smoothly as marmalade on toast. It has been said--more than once--that experience is the best teacher, that there's ...

Grant Stewart Trio with Special Guest John Swana at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
August 22, 2017

Grant Stewart Trio with Special Guest John Swana Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA August 18, 2017 In this supremely swinging hard bop set, Toronto-born New York saxophonist Grant Stewart joined long-time Philadelphia musicians: organist Lucas Brown, drummer Dan Monaghan, and special guest John Swana to knock out standards with a ...

The Larry McKenna and John Swana Organ Quartet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
September 1, 2015

The Larry McKenna and John Swana Organ Quartet Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA