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Article: Album Review

Mason Brothers Band: Two Sides, One Story

Read "Two Sides, One Story" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


After spending 20 years performing under the leadership of others, British brothers Brad and Elliot Mason step out front, taking charge of an all-star band that redefines the trumpet-trombone front line of drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers of the '50s and '60s. The round and mellow combination of Brad Mason's trumpet with Elliot Mason's trombone sounds ...

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News: Recording

Brad & Elliot Mason Join Forces as the Mason Brothers on "Two Sides, One Story," Due Oct. 5 from Archival Records

Brad & Elliot Mason Join Forces as the Mason Brothers on "Two Sides, One Story," Due Oct. 5 from Archival Records

The Mason Brothers—trumpeter Brad and trombonist Elliot—have been making music together since they were kids in Norwich, England. Both came to America in the early 1990s on scholarships to Boston's Berklee College of Music and, after graduating and relocating to New York City, have distinguished themselves in a number of challenging musical settings—Elliot with the Mingus ...


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