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Ted Brown: Live at Trumpets
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Inspired by pianist Lennie Tristano, tenor saxophonist Ted Brown came up in what we now call the cool school of jazz. Saxophonists who played in this style tended to blow in dryer, pastel tones while keeping a rigid sense of time and unspooling long ribbons of improvised lines. Though Brown studied with Tristano, he is in many ways a protege of tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, with whom he first recorded in 1956. In 2006 and 2010, Brown's quartet—Brown on tenor ...
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Ted Brown and Joel Press Live (June 30, 2010)
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
The great encounters between jazz musicians playing the same instrument are rarely “cutting contests" as seen in the movies. More often, they are thoughtful, musing conversations. The dialogues that took place between tenor saxophonists Ted Brown and Joel Press in an informal session at Sofia's in New York City on June 30, 2010, resonate. It didn't hurt the collective expression that Joel and Ted were joined by the very expert and empathic Michael Kanan, piano; Neal Miner, bass; Joe Hunt, ...
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