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One of the last of the great Mississippi guitar players, Mel Brown has remained rooted in the tradition. Son of the Jackson, Miss. Blues singer and guitarist, John Henry “Bubba” Brown, Mel started on the guitar at age 14, and by 19 he headed for Los Angeles to make it as a session man. His guitar playing appeared on a string of albums for the ABC-Bluesway, and Impulse! labels in the ‘60s and ‘70’s. During the 1980's Mel was a member of the house band at Antone's night club, in Austin, Texas, and toured with The Silent Partners. The Silent partners recorded one album, which is available from Antones Records. Mel Brown and the Homewreckers released their first album, “Live at Wally's” in the fall of 1998 which was recently re-released on the Electro-Fi label in 2002. In 2001, Mel Brown and the Homewreckers released "Neck Bones & Caviar" which was awarded the W.C. Handy Award for the "Best Comeback Album of the Year" and was also nominated for a Juno award for "Best Blues Album of the Year" in Canada. In addition to the work with the Homewreckers, Mel Brown has released a number of albums with Snooky Pryor including "Double Shot," "Snooky Pryor and the Mississippi Wrecking Crew," and most recently, the Snooky Pryor Live album, "Mojo Ramble" featuring Mel Brown and the Homewreckers. In January of 2004, Mel Brown was awarded the Maple Blues "Blues with a Feeling" (Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Acheivement) Award. Mel Brown released another solo album ”Homewreckin’ Done Live,” and in 2006 he released “Blues - A Beautiful Thing.” A DVD “Mel Brown The Blues, ” generated a lot of buzz, as well as an album with vocalist Miss Angel
En Fuego
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dime Que Me Quede (feat. Richard Aveo); Last Nite; Una Última Vez; Temptation (feat. Jay
Rowe); En Fuego; Whisper; Dime Que Me Quede (instrumental)
Una Última Vez
Album: En Fuego
By Nick Stefanacci
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:52
Nicole Glover: Plays
by Paul Rauch
Tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover has been having an impact on modern jazz since she was a tenor phenom coming out of Portland, Oregon, before arriving in the New York metro area to study and eventually have a career in jazz. She was often seen at festivals playing with several different artists, prompting the obvious questions of ...
Jamie Krents: Hardcore Jazz Fan And New President Of Impulse!
by Chris May
For jazz lovers in general, and Impulse! devotees in particular, the future just got brighter, more orange and more black. Jamie Krents, a longtime Impulse! aficionado, has been appointed the label's president. In his previous role as executive vice president, Krents played a determining role in recent signings such as The Comet Is Coming (pictured), The ...
Impulse! Records: An Alternative Top 20 Zeitgeist Seizing Albums
by Chris May
There can be little argument that a jazz label ever captured a zeitgeist more completely than Impulse! did during its original 1960s incarnation. In the US, the fight back against white racism was cresting, opposition to the Vietnam war was growing, outrage over the assassinations of figures of hope such as President Kennedy, Martin Luther King ...
Charlie Porter: Charlie Porter
by Hrayr Attarian
Trumpeter and composer Charlie Porter exhibits his innovative spirit and his brilliant musicianship on his self-titled debut as a leader. Working with a rotating cast of Portland (Oregon) area musicians, Porter performs ten of his originals and one cover with a refreshingly unique style and captivating spontaneity. Similar in concept to tenor saxophonist Benny ...
Gordon Lee with the Mel Brown Septet: Tuesday Night
by Jack Bowers
For more than sixteen years, jazz fans in and around Portland, Oregon, have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing drummer Mel Brown's hard-blowing Jazz Messengers-style septet each Tuesday Night at Jimmy Mak's nightclub. Among its mainstays is pianist Gordon Lee who has been writing and arranging for the group almost since he enlisted shortly afterward ...
Patrick Lamb to be Inducted Into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame
Following his highly successful #5 Billboard Hit Single “Sweet Tea" and his latest chart climbing hit track, “Get Wid It," Funk/Soul/R&B/Jazz musician and song-writer Patrick Lamb was announced by the Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) as one of the inductees that will be honored at the 6th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony ...
Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists
Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion ...
