Jeri Brown
Jeri Brown (born March 20, 1952 in Missouri ) is an American jazz singer , songwriter and university lecturer living in Canada .
Live and act
Brown, who came from a musical family (her grandfather played the saxophone; her uncle was a trumpeter), grew up in St. Louis . As a six-year-old she performed in public. She later studied classical singing in Iowa and performed in the American Midwest and Europe, where she initially sang gospel and operetta repertoire. After completing her studies, she lived in Cleveland , where she worked with the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and performed in Ohio with the band of drummer and band leader Bob McKee . As a result, there was collaboration with artists such as Ellis Marsalis , Billy Taylor and Dizzy Gillespie .
Jeri Brown then worked primarily in the Cleveland Area jazz scene, focusing on standard jazz material, writing song lyrics and working with composers such as Henry Butler , Kenny Wheeler , Cyrus Chestnut and Greg Carter . In 1991, for the Canadian label Justin Time , to which Brown was under contract for fifteen years, the debut album Mirage was created , on which she was accompanied by the pianist Fred Hersch and the bassist Daniel Lessard . Her album Unfolding the Peacocks, recorded in 1992 with Kirk Lightsey and Peter Leitch , with the composition of the same name by Jimmy Rowles as the title track and the bebop standards " If You Could See Me Now " and "Woody'n You" attracted more attention . In 1998 she worked on the album I've Got Your Number with David Murray , Don Braden , John Hicks , Curtis Lundy or Avery Sharpe and Sangoma Everett . Then she sang standards like " Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise " or "You Must Believe in Spring". At the same time she produced the album Zaius with the same band and Leon Thomas as a guest soloist , on which the singers interpret “The Creator Has a Masterplan” as a soulful duet.
Brown has also taught at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music , Cleveland State University, and the University of Akron in Ohio. Jeri Brown also worked at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and held various teaching positions in Canada, such as at Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal , Québec , where she has lived for a long time, and at St. Francis Xavier University from Nova Scotia .
Jeri Brown has also worked with Grady Tate , Betty Carter , Erik Truffaz , DD Jackson , Billy Hart , Kenny Werner , Pierre Michelot , Onaje Allan Gumbs , Michel Donato , Winard Harper , Chico Freeman , Joe Lovano , Rufus Reid and Jimmy throughout her career Rowles. She can also be heard on albums by Avery Sharpe , Dave Young , Harold Faustin, Arielle Legere and Captain Bad .
Jeri Brown, who has a voice with a range of 4 octaves, is stylistically reminiscent of artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater , Cassandra Wilson or Diane Schuur .
Fonts
- The Song is You - Jazz Voice Hornbook
- Working with Repertory for the Jazz Vocalist
- Melodic Patterns Chart and Rhythmic Exercises for the Jazz Vocalist
- Jazz Vocal Study: Etudes, Songs, Bass Lines
Discographic notes
- Unfolding the Peacocks (JustinTime, 1993)
- A Timeless Place (JustinTime, 1994)
- Fresh Start (JustnTime, 1996)
- April in Paris (JustinTime, 1996)
- Zaius (JustinTime, 1998)
- I've Got Your Number (JustinTime, 1998)
- Image in the Mirror - the Tryptich (JustinTime, 2001)
- Firm Roots (JustinTime, 2003)
- New Wonderland: The Best of Jeri Brown (JustinTime, 2005)
- Echoes - Live at Catalina Jazz Club (CDBaby, 2013)
Lexical entries
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition)
Web links
- Homepage (English)
- Jeri Brown at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Jeri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Missouri |