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Hip to Bop
Maurice Brown
"Hip to Bop is an appropriate title for a cd that employs background riffs, wide intervals in the melody, a trumpet solo with a wah wah pedal all combined to connect the modern idiom to the BeBop tradition." - Ellis Marsalis
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Rapture | 8:17 | Play |
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It's A New Day | 5:18 | Play |
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MI AMOR | 8:09 | Play |
| 4 |
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Conceptions | 5:39 | Play |
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Anazao | 4:47 | Play |
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Hip to Bop | 5:09 | Play |
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Look Ma No Hands | 4:11 | Play |
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A Call For All Angels | 3:45 | Play |
| 45:15 | ||||
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What People Are Saying About Maurice Brown & "Hip to Bop"...
From King Oliver to Louis Armstrong, Fats Navarro to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis to Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove to Nicholas Payton, it seems that all great jazz trumpeters, regardless of generation or stylistic inclination, are drawn to the funk. Each of those aforementioned artists - and there are many more - have steered jazz significantly by incorporating those sweaty, syncopated rhythms, edgy riffs and blues-based melodies we call funk.
You can now add Maurice Brown to that illustrious list of jazz trumpeters. His debut disc, Hip to Bop sublimely integrates the intricate improvisational burn of bebop with the pulsating rhythms of hip hop and R&B. -- John Murph, BETJazz.com
"Give the younger generation its due, but do it when they deserve it. Maurice Brown is a New Orleans (via Chicago) trumpet wunderkind who's keeping the hard bop tradition alive with an exciting set of originals covering all the moods and tempos." -- Jazz Society of Oregon
In one of the most startling debuts of the year, 23-year-old trumpeter Brown -- a Chicagoan now based in New Orleans -- announced himself as a triple-threat artist, equally effective as virtuoso trumpeter, versatile composer and supremely confident bandleader. That a musician of Brown's young vintage could conceive a work as harmonically bold and structurally intricate as "Rapture," the recording's explosive opening track, suggests that this talent runs deep. So does "It's a New Day," with its unforgettably catchy main riff; "Mi Amor," a ballad of remarkable melodic beauty and poise; and the hard-charging, bebop-inspired "Look Ma No Hands." -- Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Arts Critic
"Through it all, Brown demonstrates a technical aptitude that is blended with a remarkably mature approach - as capable as he is of virtuoso displays he is equally aware of the need for space; his solo on the closing ballad, "A Call For All Angels" is a richly subtle piece of lyrical improvisation" -- John Kelman, All About Jazz
BIOGRAPHY...
Maurice Brown was born on January 6th, 1981, in Harvey, Illinois. He began playing trumpet and quickly realized a natural affinity for the instrument. While still in high school, Maurice's hard work and rapid progress landed him the opportunity to perform with Ramsey Lewis at Symphony Center in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune gave him a rave review and he began to be recognized by jazz musicians and critics. He has played with many respected jazz veterans and jazz contemporaries such as Clark Terry, Johnny Griffen, Lenny White, Curtis Fuller, Ellis Marsalis, Steve Nelson, Loni Plaxico, Mulgrew Miller, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Stefon Harris. In June of 2001, he won first place in the National Miles Davis Trumpet Competition, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Maurice has recorded as a sideman with Curtis Fuller, Fred Anderson, Young Bleed, Roy Hargrove, Michelle Carr, George Freeman, and Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons. In August of 2004, at age 23, Maurice released his first album as a leader, entitled "Hip To Bop". He is currently active on jazz scenes across the country, garnering the acknowledgement and praise of most everyone who has an opportunity to hear him play. In New Orleans, where he currently resides, the Maurice Brown Quintet appears weekly at Snug Harbor Bistro, New Orleans' premier jazz club. At such a fertile point in his early career, Maurice expresses a humble desire for musical progress, stating in his usual affable manner, "I just want to get better every day."