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"If music is a language, then Berkeley percussionist and composer Anthony Brown is probably one of the most articulate men in jazz."

   — The San Francisco Chronicle

"...and Mr. Brown, swinging away on drums, made the piece levitate."

   — The New York Times

Percussionist, composer, educator and ethnomusicologist Dr. Anthony Brown continues to play a seminal role in contemporary California creative music from his pioneering work with the Asian American jazz movement in the early 1980s to his current leadership of Anthony Brown's Orchestra.

Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra 10th Anniversary Celebration

The Asian American Orchestra celebrated its tenth anniversary on the 11th of September 2008 at Yoshi’s San Francisco with two concerts and a month-long exhibition of photographs and posters from its decade of music making on display in the lobby and in the Jazz Heritage Center’s Lush Life Gallery next door. Legendary jazz producer Orrin Keepnews introduced the Orchestra to a full-house, recounting his relationship with the ensemble and their collaboration in 2000 to record Monk’s Moods with late saxophonist Steve Lacy.

A video clip from the performance can be viewed here.

Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra premiered "India & Africa: A Birthday Tribute to John Coltrane," with special guests Kenneth Nash, Dana Pandey and Steve Oda for their San Francisco 2nd Annual Home Season event at Yoshi's SF on September 23rd, 2009. Here's a link to the PRI/Public Radio International's "The World" radio story and a short video on the India & Africa project.

Join us for the premiere of the Moratorium project on Friday, June 11th at the Youth Uprising (YU) community center, next door to East Oakland School of the Arts (EOSA) at 8711 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. This after-school performance will take place in the YU amphitheater from 4-5pm and is free to the public. Visit www.youthuprising.org

For those of you outside the Bay Area, we'll be posting video clips in the near future!

TEN represents the culmination of a decade of music making by the Asian American Orchestra, highlighting favorites from the Orchestra's recorded repertoire and new material.

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