Free Jazz Concert “30 Years of Asian American Jazz” | de Young

Submitted by the Event Organizer

For the fifth consecutive year, Intersection for the Arts and the de Young join forces in a unique collaboration to present five concerts featuring some of the most exciting Bay Area jazz musicians exploring the boundaries between Jazz, classical, and world music.

ANTHONY BROWN & FRIENDS (PRESENT “SAN-JU: THIRTY YEARS OF ASIAN AMERICAN JAZZ”)

Dr. Anthony Brown (www.anthonybrown.com), percussionist, composer, ethnomusicologist, educator and Smithsonian Associate Scholar, is a seminal figure in the contemporary California creative music scene, directing the Asian American Orchestra in addition to performing with some of the foremost musicians in jazz today. Since 1998, his Orchestra has received international critical acclaim for blending Asian musical instruments and sensibilities with the sonorities of the jazz orchestra. The Asian American Orchestra’s recording of Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn’s Far East Suite received a 2000 GRAMMY nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance. The late jazz saxophonist and MacArthur Fellow Steve Lacy joined as guest artist for the Orchestra’s next recording, Monk’s Moods. Rated as a “five-star masterpiece” and one of four “Best CDs of 2003” by Downbeat magazine, the recording features new interpretations of Thelonious Monk’s compositions in collaboration with Monk’s original producer, Orrin Keepnews. A San Francisco native of Japanese and African/Native American descent who grew up around the world as an “Army brat,” Dr. Brown has developed a unique compositional and performance voice reflective of his own intercultural heritage and experiences.

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