Rob Brown
ob Brown was born in 1962 in Hampton VA. Rob took up the saxophone at age 12. Early on he was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy by his older brother who also played the saxophone. He played in school concert and jazz bands by age 13 and started playing with a performing/traveling jazz-blues band at age 16. During his first year of college Rob made a serious commitment to developing his music and he moved to Boston in 1981 to study. There he encountered many other young hard working musicians that inspired him and within a couple of years Rob saw the direction he wanted to pursue as an artist, and that Boston was not the best place for him to realise that.
Rob moved to New York in 1984 and established the musical relationships that came to define his career. Immediately he reestablished ties with pianist Matthew Shipp whom he met in Boston in 1982 and continued to develop an improvising language with him. They performed sometimes with a trio or quartet but mainly as a duo and recorded their first album together in 1988 on Cadence. Within a year or two of moving to NYC Rob met William Parker and formed a trio with Denis Charles that explored a slightly more traditional jazz trio improvising language utilizing Rob’s compositions. In 1989 they recorded a cd for Silkheart and Rob’s trio concept continued to evolve, playing with different drummers and bassists producing a number of recordings.
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- Then Now by Karl Ackermann
- Then Now by John Sharpe
- Then Now by Glenn Astarita
- Expanding Light by Glenn Astarita
- Tao Quartets: Peace Planet & Box of Light by Giuseppe Segala
- Unknown Skies by John Sharpe
- Live at Firehouse 12 by Jeff Stockton
- Right Hemisphere by Florence Wetzel
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- Crown Trunk Root Funk by John Sharpe
September 21, 2011
Rob Brown Trio -Unknown Skies (Rogueart, 2011) ****
March 05, 2011
Rob Brown - Unexplained Phenomena (Marge, 2011)
August 21, 2008
Saxophonist Rob Brown Interviewed at AAJ
October 29, 2007
Firehouse 12 to Present the Rob Brown Trio November 2nd
October 27, 2004
Vision Club Presents Rob Brown Trio - Stone House 8pm Mat Maneri Trio...
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