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Patti Bown
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Patti Bown (Media, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz pianist. Bown began playing piano at age two; her sister was a classical pianist who married Gerald Valentine. She studied piano while attending university in Seattle, and played in local orchestras toward the end of the 1940s. From 1956 she worked as a soloist in New York City, playing early on in sessions with Billy Eckstine and Jimmy Rushing. She released an album under her own name, Patti Bown Plays Big Piano, in 1958 for Columbia Records. The next year, she recorded in a trio with Ed Shaughnessy, and later in the year played in the orchestra of Quincy Jones on a tour of Europe
Terry Gibbs, Joanne Brackeen, Tim Berne
by David Brown
This week on the Jazz Continuum we compare two takes on the 1936 tune “I'm An Old Cowhand," one from Jack Teagarden and the other from Sonny Rollins. The vibes will be our focus for this next set with recent releases from Chien Chien Lu and Warren Wolf. Works from living legend Terry Gibbs will follow ...
Summer Sequence: Ralph Burns + Lucian Ban, Marta Sanchez and more
by David Brown
In the first set we have a birthday tribute to pianist and arranger Ralph Burns, born June 29, 1922. In jazz, Burns is best known for his work with Woody Herman's “Second Herd" as the band's pianist and chief arranger. Let's also explore his ensemble work and then his string arrangements for Ben Webster, Ray Charles ...
Patti Bown Memorial at St. Peters Church in NYC on June 8th
Please join us at the upcoming Memorial Tribute to Patti Bown at St. Peters Church in New York on June 8 from 7-10P.M. A short list of scheduled performers includes Billy Taylor, Barry Harris, Randy Weston, Richard Wyands, Benny Powell, Bob Cunningham, Ronnie Cuber, Charles Davis, Bertha Hope, Jimmy Owens, Frank Owens James Spaulding, Steve Williams, ...
