Ari Brown

Ari Brown (actually Richard Brown , born February 1, 1944 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American saxophonist of creative jazz .

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Ari Brown attended Wilson College in Chicago, where he a. a. Richard Wang taught and worked as a pianist in various soul and blues bands until 1965 . Then he switched to the saxophone and began to take a serious interest in jazz. In 1971 he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians , which also includes other Wilson College graduates such as Jack DeJohnette , Henry Threadgill , Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman , and recorded several albums with The Awakening .

At the end of the 1970s he worked a. a. with McCoy Tyner , Don Patterson and Sonny Stitt ; in the 1980s with Lester Bowie , Von Freeman , Bobby Watson and Anthony Braxton . Since 1989 he has been part of Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio . He also worked as a sideman of Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams , Lou Rawls , BB King , Chuck Berry , Elvin Jones , Andrew White , Della Reese , Billy Eckstine and others. He also played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the premiere of the opera Malcolm X by Anthony Davis . His first CD as a band leader was released in 1996.

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SURNAME	Brown, Ari
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brown, Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American creative jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois