Anthony Brown (musician)

Anthony Brown is an American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer and bandleader and ethnomusicologist. He is the son of a Japanese mother and a Choctaw and African-American father. Long associated with the Asian American jazz movement, he specializes in the juxtaposition of American and Asian instruments and styles in his compositions and arrangements. Brown leads a cross-cultural ensemble, the Asian American Orchestra, whose interpretation of Duke Ellington's Far East Suite was nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award.[1][2] He has also performed with Jon Jang and Mark Izu.

For other people with the same name, see Anthony Brown (disambiguation).

Brown obtained bachelor's degrees in music and psychology at the University of Oregon and earned master's and Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Discography
  • Family (Asian Improv, 1997)
  • Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire by the Asian American Big Band Orchestra (Asian Improv, 1998)
  • Far East Suite (Asian Improv, 1999)
  • Monk's Moods (Water Baby, 2002)
  • Rhapsodies (Water Baby, 2005)
  • Ten (Water Baby, 2008)
  • India and Africa (Water Baby, 2010)

References
  1. Dessen, Michael (2006). "Asian Americans and Creative Music Legacies". Critical Studies in Improvisation. 1 (3). doi:10.21083/csieci.v1i3.56. ISSN 1712-0624. Retrieved July 7, 2017. the Grammy nomination (for best large jazz ensemble performance) of Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra's (AAO) adaptation of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's Far East Suite in 2000.
  2. Slawecki, Chris M. (February 2000). "What's It All About, Grammy?". All About Jazz. All About Jazz. Retrieved November 13, 2009.


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