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Phil Brown

Born: December 23

Composer, jazz artist, and music educator, Philip Brown, is Professor Emeritus of Double Bass and Jazz Studies at Southern Illinois University. His performance career has included occasional dates with first-line jazz artists, as well as full-time seasons with professional symphony orchestras. Based in southern Illinois, Brown is the bassist with the New Arts Jazztet (NAJ), and continues to be active as a free-lance musician. His writing efforts have produced nearly 50 original tunes for the NAJ, and he has released four recordings as leader featuring many of those compositions. In 2003, the Illinois Arts Council honored Brown for his work and commitment within the arts with an Artist Fellowship Award in music composition. He completed his undergraduate studies in composition at Northwestern University, and his graduate work in music education at North Texas State University. Brown’s bass teachers have included Lawrence Hurst, Ringwalt Warner, Evan Tonsing, Warren Benfield, and Edward Rainbow. He studied composition with M

Arkadia

By Phil Brown

Label: A Caldera Productions
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1 Arkadia 2 Neil's Notion 3 Amethyst Eyes 4 Demage 5 Habañera 6 Shakedown 7 In Black 8 And The People Said... 9 Saudade 10 Changes We Can Believe In [or P. W. R. C.] 11 Where Beauty Lies

Arkadia - New Arts Jazztet

Label: alcadera
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1 Arkadia 2 Neil's Notion 3 Amethyst Eyes 4 Demage 5 Habañera 6 Shakedown 7 In Black 8 And The People Said... 9 Saudade 10 Changes We Can Believe In 11 Where Beauty Lies

Bright Side

By Phil Brown

Label: A Caldera Productions
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Bright Side 2. Vaivén 3. Swank 4. Underdog 5. Sanctuary 6. Sunk in Dars 7. Sarah's Song 8. Kind of Blue 9. Bittersweet 10. To A Feyre Mayden

Bright Side – New Arts Jazztet

Label: alcadera
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Bright Side (P Brown) 2. Vaivén (P Brown) 3. Swank 4. Underdog (Ron Coulter) 5. Sanctuary (P Brown) 6. Sunk in Dars (Tyler Kuebler) 7. Sarah's Song 8. Kind of Blue (Mel Goot) 9. Bittersweet 10. To A Feyre Mayden (P Brown)

Bassist Phil Brown Releases Third Album: "Bright Side"

November 27, 2009

Phil Brown's Bright Side once again features Brown with the New Arts Jazztet performing a program of ten originals--six by Brown with contributions by each of four other NAJ members. The results are a kaleidoscope of fresh jazz sounds and friendly styles. It's all here--straightahead, Latin, mainstream, free, groove, funk... expressing a spectrum of different moods--intriguing, ...

Darkness Into Light

By Phil Brown

Label: A Caldera Productions
Released: 2006
Track listing: 1. Waltz for Rachel 2. Four Or Five 3. Anatole 4. The Fan Man 5. Nowhere But Up 6. Darkness Into Light 7. Highland Girl 8. Woodshed 9. Fenk Shui

Hope Street Saunter

By Phil Brown

Label: A Caldera Productions
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Walkup 2. To Soar 3. Hope Street Saunter 4. Vesper 5. Invitation 6. Tipica 7. Dolphin Dance 8. Llano