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Rhapsodies
Anthony
Brown's Orchestra (Water Baby Records, 2005)
Completing
Brown's trilogy of homages to American composers, Rhapsodies recreates Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
for the 21st century with electric guitar, Chinese hammered dulcimers and steel drums. The recording also includes
Charles Mingus' "Self Portrait in Three Colors" and
Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday" featuring David Murray,
as well as several Brown original compositions. |
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Monk's
Moods
Anthony
Brown's Asian American Orchestra (Water Baby
Records, 2002)
Thelonious
Monk inspired Brown's second tribute to American composers, resulting in this selection of Monk standards with
Chinese hammered dulcimer replacing the piano. Renowned Monk interpreter Steve Lacy joined the Orchestra on the
recording, which received five stars from Downbeat. |
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Far
East Suite
Anthony
Brown's Asian American Orchestra (Asian Improv Records, 1999)
Brown's
first homage to American composers celebrates the musical legacy of Duke Ellington and blends the sounds
of a big band jazz orchestra with musical instruments and styles from Iran, Japan, and China. This recording
earned Brown and the Orchestra a 2000 Grammy nomination. |
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Big
Bands Behind Barbed Wire
Anthony
Brown's Asian American Orchestra (Asian Improv Records, 1998)
Using
music as a vehicle to increase awareness of the World War II Japanese American internment experience,
this recording features live performances of original compositions by Bay Area Asian American jazz
artists Anthony Brown, Jon Jang and Mark Izu, in collaboration with San Jose Taiko. |
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Family
Anthony
Brown (Asian Improv Records, 1996)
Recorded
live at the Asia Society in New York, Family features two original extended commissioned works composed
by Brown and performed by his quintet 'Eclipse' with San Jose Taiko. |
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