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 Anthony Brown: Curriculum Vitae
Background
Education
Experience
Selected Publications
Selected Filmography
Selected Papers
Selected Discography
Selected Awards/Funding
Selected Affiliations
BACKGROUND
Born
in San Francisco, March 17, 1953
Raised in California, Japan, and Germany
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D.
in Music (Ethnomusicology), University of California, Berkeley
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| 1989 |
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Master
of Arts in Music (Ethnomusicology), University of California, Berkeley
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| 1987 |
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Master
of Music (Jazz Performance), Rutgers University
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Fellowships,
Scholarships & Awards
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University
of California Humanities Institute Fellowship (1992), Institute of Jazz Studies Award (1992), UC American Cultures
Fellowship (1991), Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (1987-90), Smithsonian Institution Research Fellowships
(1988, 1989)
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| 1975 |
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Bachelors
of Science in Music and Psychology, University of Oregon
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Four-Year
Army ROTC Scholarship, Distinguished Military Graduate, Parachutist, Commissioned
Lieutenant, US Army
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EXPERIENCE
Employment
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Performances
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Commissioned Compositions
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Panels
Employment
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2006-present |
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Artistic Director, Fifth Stream Music, Inc.
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| 1998-present |
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Director, Asian American Orchestra
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| 1999-present |
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Smithsonian Associate Scholar
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| 1998,
2002 |
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, UC Berkeley
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Intercultural
Approaches to Jazz Performance (theory and practicum) |
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Jazz
Styles After 1950 (graduate seminar, 1998)
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| 1997-1998 |
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Project Director, Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire
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| 1992-1996 |
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Curator of American Musical Culture
Director, Jazz Oral History Program, Smithsonian Institution
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| 1990-1991 |
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Graduate Instructor/Lecturer, UC Berkeley
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Music
in American Culture (1991) |
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Introduction
to Music (1991) |
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African
American Music (1990)
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| 1986-1987 |
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Archivist, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
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| 1985-1987 |
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Graduate Instructor/Lecturer/Accompanist, Rutgers University
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| 1981-1985 |
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Consultant/Instructor, Exploratorium, San Francisco
Percussion Instructor, New College of California
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| 1979-1985 |
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US Army Captain (Honorable Discharge, Army Commendation Medal)
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Intelligence
Staff Officer (Reserve, 1981-85, Presidio, San Francisco) |
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Commander,
US Army Chorus, Europe (1978-80, Heidelberg, Germany)
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| 1975-1978 |
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US Army Lieutenant, NATO Liaison Officer (1976-77, Athens, Greece)
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| 1972-1975 |
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Audio-Visual Technician, University of Oregon (work study)
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Selected Performances
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| 2008 |
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Performed at the Manchester Craftmen's Guild,
Pittsburgh, PA; Trading Traditions, Oakland
Museum, CA; Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Yoshi's San
Francisco
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| 2007 |
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Performed at the Pan-Asian Music Festival, Stanford
University; Art Blakey Tribute concert, Smithsonian
Institution; premiered Cross Currents
w/Dimensions Dance Theater, SF International Arts
Festival
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| 2006 |
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Premiered Stories From Oakland Chinatown
w/William Wong, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
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| 2005 |
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Never Again! performed at the Peace Plaza, SF,
Hiroshima commemoration
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| 2004 |
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American Rhapsodies premiered at San Francisco's
Stern Grove Festival
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| 2003 |
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Performed Far East Suite at the Smithsonian Institution
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| 2001 |
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Performed on NPR's Talk of the Nation, live broadcast from San Francisco
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| 1999 |
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Far East Suite performed at the Chicago and Monterey
Jazz Festivals
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| 1998 |
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Debut of the Asian American Jazz Orchestra, Center for the Arts, San Francisco
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| 1997 |
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Premiered Traditions in Transformation, Japan America Theatre, L.A.
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| 1996 |
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Premiered E.O. 9066 (Truth be Told), Asia Society, New York City;
performed with Zakir Hussain, San Francisco Jazz Festival
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| 1995 |
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Premiered Never Again! with San Jose Taiko and Janice Mirikitani;
performed with the Cecil Taylor Orchestra, San Francisco Jazz Festival
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| 1993-1995 |
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Performed with the Smithsonian Jazz Trio, and with David Murray
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| 1990-1992 |
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Toured music/poetry collaborations with Sonia Sanchez, Max Roach
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| 1990-1991 |
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International tours with the Pan-Asian Arkestra/Kulintang Arts
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| 1987-1989 |
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Performed with Billy Taylor, Julius Hemphill, John Handy, and Sirone
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| 1986 |
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Summer residency in Vienna to perform during the "Wiener Fest Wochen";
A NEA national tour with jazz quartet United Front
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| 1985 |
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Performed in the premiere of Anthony Davis' opera, X -- The Life and Times of Malcolm X, American
Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia
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| 1984 |
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Appeared as guest artist with the San Francisco Symphony in performance of Anthony Davis' piano concerto,
Wayang V
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| 1982 |
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Appearances at Montreux and Berlin International Music
Festivals
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| 1978 |
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Performed in Europe with the James Newton-John Carter Quartet
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| 1976-1977 |
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House drummer at Jazz Club Athens (Athens, Greece)
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| 1971-1975 |
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Performed in West Coast touring productions of Bernstein's Mass, and Brecht's Three Penny Opera;
performed with the University of Oregon Symphony, Jazz Big Band, Jazz Combo, Percussion Ensemble, Brass Choir, and
Gospel Choir
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Selected Commissioned Compositions
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| 2008 |
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Witness to Hiroshima,
documentary soundtrack
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| 2007 |
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After
The War, American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), SF;
Cross Currents, Creative Work Fund, SF
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| 2006 |
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Stories From Oakland Chinatown,
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
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| 2003 |
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American Rhapsodies, Guggenheim Fellowship
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| 2002 |
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The Legacy Codes,
TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA
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| 2001 |
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Bread and Bowie (For Lester), Jazz In Flight,
Oakland, CA
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| 1996 |
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Traditions in Transformation/E.O.9066,
Rockefeller Foundation
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| 1995 |
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Never Again! (Mo,
Shimasen), Asian Heritage Council
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| 1993 |
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Kazoku (Family), Asian Improv aRts
'Commemorations' Festival
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| 1991 |
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Nikoku Suite, Asian American Jazz Festival 10th
Anniversary
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| 1988 |
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East/West Jazz Projekt, Ministry of Cultural Affairs,
Berlin
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| 1983 |
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Incantation Suite, San Francisco Chamber Music
Society
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Selected
Panels
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| 1999-2007 |
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National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grant Program
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2006 |
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NEA Learning Through the Arts Music panel
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| 1998 |
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National Endowment for the Arts, Arts International Music Programs
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| 1997 |
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British Council's "Reinventing Britain" International Delegation
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| 1996 |
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Meet the Composer Commissioning Program
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| 1995 |
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25th Congressional Black Caucus Annual Jazz Issues Forum
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| 1994 |
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Strategic Planning Committee, National Museum of American History
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| 1991 |
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National
Endowment for the Arts /USIA Music Programs
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SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
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Forthcoming |
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"John Coltrane as the Personification of Spirituality in African
American Music," in John Coltrane and
Black America's Quest for Freedom; Spirituality and the
Music (Oxford University Press)
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Forthcoming |
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GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME!
The Development of Modern Jazz Drumming (University of
California Press)
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| 2001 |
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"Quincy Jones," in The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Macmillan
Publishers, Ltd.)
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| 1995 |
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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and
History, thirteen music biographies (Simon &
Schuster Macmillan)
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| 1992 |
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The Gillespie Connection (Smithsonian Institution)
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| 1990 |
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"Modern Jazz Drumset Artistry," in The
Black Perspective in Music |
SELECTED
FILMOGRAPHY
| 1995 |
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Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children
(CPB,
NHK)
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| 1986 |
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Outside In Sight: The Music of United Front (Rhapsody
Films)
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SELECTED
PAPERS
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2006 |
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John Coltrane as the Personification of Spirituality in
African American Music, Society of American Music/Center
for Black Music Research conference, Chicago, IL.
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| 2003 |
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Grits and Soy Sauce: Processes of Intercultural Music
Performance in Asian American Jazz, University of
California, Santa Cruz
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| 1996 |
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Re-imaging
America: The Persona of our Music,
American Studies Association, Los Angeles
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| 1990 |
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The Evolution of Duke Ellington's Compositional
Style, Sonneck Society of American Music, Toronto,
Ontario
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| 1989 |
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African Influences in Native American Music,
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
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SELECTED
DISCOGRAPHY
| 2008 |
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TEN
Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra (Water Baby)
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| 2005 |
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Rhapsodies
Anthony Brown's Orchestra w/David Murray (Water Baby)
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| 2002 |
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Monk's Moods Asian American Orchestra w/Steve Lacy
(Water Baby)
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| 1999 |
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Far East Suite Asian American Orchestra (Water
Baby/Asian Improv Records)
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| 1998 |
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Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire
Asian American Jazz
Orchestra (AIR)
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| 1996 |
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Family
Anthony Brown (Asian Improv Records)
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| 1993 |
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Tiananmen!
Jon Jang and the Pan-Asian Arkestra (Soul
Note)
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| 1991 |
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Self Defense!
Jon Jang and the Pan-Asian Arkestra
(Soul Note)
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| 1986 |
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Water Mystery
James Newton
(Gramavision)
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| 1985 |
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African Flower
James Newton (Blue Note)
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| 1983 |
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Live In Berlin
United Front
(FMP)
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| 1981 |
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Ohm: Unit of Resistance
United Front
(FMP)
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SELECTED
AWARDS/FUNDING
| 2008 |
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Certificate of Honor, SF Board of Supervisors (Music
Education)
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| 2007 |
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Creative Work Fund, SF (Music composition/collaborator)
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| 2003 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship (Music Composition)
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| 2002 |
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UC Irvine Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship
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| 2000 |
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Grammy nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
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| 1998 |
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Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (Artist-in-Residence)
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| 1997 |
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APPEX, Center for Intercultural Performance, UCLA
(Collaborator)
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| 1994 |
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MacDowell Colony residency (Writer/Composer)
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| 1991 |
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National Endowment for the Arts (Jazz Performance)
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| 1985-1988 |
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Meet the Composer (Atlanta, Berkeley, New Brunswick, New
York)
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SELECTED
AFFILIATIONS
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Advisory Board, Oakland Interfaith
Gospel Choir |
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Board of Directors, Other Minds |
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American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP) |
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Associate, Center for Black Music Research
(CBMR) |
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National
Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) |
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