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| The Jeri Brown Quartet at the Carthage Jazz Festival, Tunis, Tunisia  Jeri Brown is pleased to announce as part of a spectacular tour, First Ladies of Jazz, her appearance at the upcoming Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunisia on Saturday, April 13, 2013 with her longtime Paris group The Jeri Brown Quartet. Jazz lovers will connect with this event based on the classic Dizzy Gillespie tune A Night in Tunisia. Jeri Brown is looking forward to the performance plus the vocal improvisation master classes that she will conduct. During the concert Jeri will perform a collection of modern jazz classics, including compositions by Dizzy Gillespie, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Djavan, Herbie Hancock, Avery Sharpe, Tania Maria, Sonny Rollins, and Kenny Wheeler in addition to her own originals.About Jeri Brown – Jeri Brown has earned a reputation as one of jazz' most outstanding "artistic" vocalists. The French publication Jazz Magazine has hailed her as being one of the top 50 jazz vocalists of all time. Brown's illustrious international performance and recording career over a 20-year span has consistently conveyed her artistic signature. Ms. Brown's recordings and performances have filled the historical spectrum of classic American songbook themes, original jazz compositions and contemporary world themes with intense vocal improvisations, and include collaborations with diverse, legendary jazz artists including such musicians as Leon Thomas, Betty Carter, Oscar Brown Jr., John Hicks, Grady Tate, Kirk Lightsey, John B. Williams, Ellis Marsalis, Dr. Billy Taylor, Erik Truffaz, David Murray, John Blake, Jr., D.D. Jackson, Craig Handy, Billy Hart, Kenny Wheeler, Kenny Werner, Pierre Michelot, John Betsch, Alain Jean-Marie, James Williams, Fred Hersch, Roy McCurdy, Joe Lavano, Cyrus Chestnut, Chico Freeman, Avery Sharpe, Rufus Reid, Yoron Israel, Gerry Gibbs, and Jimmy Rowles. An active performer, recording artist, jazz composer, choral director, and producer. Brown has been a leader in vocal jazz pedagogy for over thirty years having taught at Cleveland State University, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, University of Akron, The University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Musicians Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Queen's University, Carleton University, McGill University, and Cluj Conservatory. Since 1990 Jeri has acted as founder and president of Jongleur Productions including her school, Jongleur Vocal Arts Performance School with two Canadian locations. Since 1989 Jeri has served as full-time faculty member at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada as Associate Professor in Jazz and Director of Vocal Studies. Jeri has also served from 2010-2013 as Artistic Director of the Crowley Arts Center in Montreal. About The Jeri Brown Quartet – Jeri Brown's high-power performance group expresses a wide musical range from traditional jazz to free improvisational music including modern jazz repertoire. Pianist Jobic Le Masson was born in France in 1968 and started his musical education at the age of seven at the conservatory. At age 16 he moved to the US and attended Greenwich High School in Connecticut where he studied music theory and composition. In 1987 he attended Berklee School of Music and returned to Paris after graduating in 1990. Jobic is involved in many projects as composer, arranger and performer, and has appeared regularly as musical director of Jeri Brown's acclaimed Paris based group Jeri Brown Quartet with Peter Giron and John Betsch since 2006. American jazz drummer John Betsch began on percussion at age nine, and attended Fisk University, Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. After playing in organ trios, he released an album as a leader, Earth Blossom, in 1975. That year he moved to New York where he played with Paul Jeffrey, Max Roach, Jeanne Lee, Henry Threadgill and others. Between 1977 and 1979 he joined Abdullah Ibrahim's ensemble, and from 1980 to 1982 he was with Archie Shepp's band. Since 1985 he has lived in Europe, playing with Jim Pepper, Mal Waldron, and Steve Lacy to name a few. As the drummer on Jeri Brown's award-winning April in Paris CD of 1996, Betsch has continued to perform with Jeri in many events/concerts including collaborative projects with Kirk Lightsey and Erik Truffaz. Bassist Peter Giron, born in Bronx, New York in 1952, studied bass, viola and violin at Princeton College of Music in New Jersey and began his professional career in local jazz bands as a bassist at the age of 16. He performed Broadway shows and New York stage events with various musicians including several tours with Charles Earland and John Purcell. Established in France for over ten years, Peter has remained active on the international jazz scene, where he has performed and recorded alongside musicians such as Archie Shepp, Kurt Elling, Dave Liebman, and Kirk Lightsey. He has been a vital member of the Jeri Brown Quartet since 2008. He has taught at the Regional Conservatory, Montpellier and now officiates at the American School of Modern Music. Drummer Ichiro Onoe was born in 1957 in Tokyo. He studied drums at Berklee College of Music in Boston. With performances in Japan he accompanied such artists as Ron Carter, Norman Simmons Makoto Ozone and Yasuko Agawa. A Paris resident, Ichiro has performed with Bobby Few, Frank Lacy, and many others. This year Ichiro joins the Jeri Brown Quartet. Recent Jeri Brown News – Jeri has just wrapped up a successful artist-in-residency at the famous Musician's Institute in Hollywood. With successful performances in February and March throughout California including famed Catalina Jazz Bar & Grill in Los Angeles, Ms. Brown's final tour event at Target Sundays Series was held at California African American Museum to a warm and excited audience. She was also able to make a guest radio visit on the popular L.A. blog radio show hosted by The Oracle. "That felt so real. I was able to speak with a few callers who I actually met later at the end of the show...Spectacular!" write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |