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Rob Brown
Rob was born in Hampton, VA in 1962. He has been playing the saxophone since the age of 11. He moved to NY in 1984 and since then, has been actively leading groups or working as a sideman with Matthew Shipp, Wiliiam Parker, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey.
Others that Rob has performed and/or recorded with are Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Denis Charles, Bill Dixon, Butch Morris, Reggie Workman, Henry Grimes, Roy Campbell Jr., Hamid Drake, Fred Hopkins, et. al, as well as various dance groups, poets, and performance artists. He has toured Europe extensively. He is a 2001 CalArts/Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize winner and has received many Meet The Composer Fund grants. In 2006 Rob was awarded a Chamber Music America New Works grant.
Album Reviews
- Unknown Skies by John Sharpe
- Natural Disorder by AAJ Italy Staff
- Live at Firehouse 12 by Jeff Stockton
- Right Hemisphere by Florence Wetzel
- Double Sunrise Over Neptune by AAJ Italy Staff
Interviews
Album Reviews
- Crown Trunk Root Funk by John Sharpe
- Crown Trunk Root Funk by Lyn Horton
- Crown Trunk Root Funk by Troy Collins
- Sounds by Mark Corroto
- Sounds by AAJ Italy Staff
- Sounds by Troy Collins
- Sounds by Sean Patrick Fitzell
- We Are Not Obstinate Islands by AAJ Italy Staff
- The Big Picture by Rex Butters
- Round the Bend by John Kelman
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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