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Anthony Brown is an American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer, and bandleader, and ethnomusicologist. He is the son of a Choctaw and African-American father and a Japanese mother. Long associated with the Asian-American jazz movement, he specializes in the juxtaposition of American and Asian instruments and styles in his compositions and arrangements. Brown leads a cross-cultural ensemble, the Asian American Orchestra, whose interpretation of Duke Ellington's Far East Suite was nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award.[1][2] He has also performed with Jon Jang and Mark Izu.

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Biography[]

Brown obtained bachelor's degrees in music and psychology at the University of Oregon, and earned master's and Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Discography[]

  • Family (Asian Improv)
  • Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire (Asian Improv)
  • Far East Suite (Asian Improv)

References[]

  1. "Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows: Asian American Orchestra". UC Irvine Libraries. 2002. http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/fellows/asianorchbib.html. Retrieved November 13, 2009. 
  2. Slawecki, Chris M. (February 2000). "What's It All About, Grammy?". All About Jazz. All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/ftio0200.htm. Retrieved November 13, 2009. 

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See also[]

  • Asian American jazz
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