3 Down
Kenneth Brown
3 Down
Kenneth Brown
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About
Knoxville Tennessee based drummer, educator, composer (he wrote 6 of the tunes here), and band leader Kenneth Brown, son of jazz visionary, pianist Donald Brown releases his debut album '3 Down' on Space Time Records. An example of his fantastic compositional skills are displayed on "Better Late Than Never" a tune that captures the best of Art Blakey's Jazz Messenger's with a ferocious tempo, hot crisp breaks and burning solo's by Greg Tardy saxophone, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and a dazzling piano solo from brother Keith. While bassist Daryl Hall adds a full and round sound. The group also includes the brilliant saxophonists Will Boyd and Jamel Mitchell, plus Nashville-born singer Ashlee Varner.
Contents and tracklist
Kenneth Brown:
Grovin'
Work length5:55
- Kenneth Brown, Greg Tardy, Jeremy Pelt
Kenneth Brown:
Better Late Than Never
Work length5:02
- Kenneth Brown, Greg Tardy, Jeremy Pelt
Brian Alexander:
Weak
Work length7:04
- Kenneth Brown, Will Boyd, Ashlee Varner, Jamel Mitchell
Kenneth Brown:
Interlude 1
Work length0:40
- Kenneth Brown
Donald Brown:
Scenic Route
Work length5:17
- Kenneth Brown
Darryl Hall:
Back Then
Work length4:17
- Kenneth Brown
Kenneth Brown:
It's Cool
Work length6:20
- Kenneth Brown, Greg Tardy, Jeremy Pelt, Ashlee Varner
Kenneth Brown:
Interlude 2
Work length1:17
- Kenneth Brown
Keith Brown:
Encounters Behind the Gate
Work length5:42
- Kenneth Brown
Kenneth Brown:
It Could've Been the Blues
Work length7:17
- Kenneth Brown
Kenneth Brown:
3 Down
Work length7:15
- Kenneth Brown, Jeremy Pelt, Greg Tardy, Ashlee Varner
Kenneth Brown:
Interlude 3
Work length0:38
- Kenneth Brown
Work length3:54
- Kenneth Brown
Kenneth Brown:
Some Place Familiar
Work length6:58
- Kenneth Brown
Kenneth Brown:
Interlude 4
Work length0:40
- Kenneth Brown
