X AVANT XV: Rich Brown | October 9

Concert in X Avant XV: Transmissions Series

The Music Gallery presents
Rich Brown 
October 9, 2020
7PM

Of all the artists appearing at X Avant this year, Rich Brown has the longest history with the Music Gallery. Rich started his professional career playing in 1992. Since that time he has released 3 albums as a leader, and appears on over 70 recordings ranging from Jazz to Funk to traditional Arabic and Asian music. Rich has performed with a wide variety of artists including Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Coleman, Angelique Kidjo, Kurt Elling, Kim Mitchell, James Blood Ulmer, The Parachute Club, and David Clayton Thomas to name just a few. He also leads his own groups — rinsethealgorithm and The Abeng — and was nominated for a Juno Award in 2016 in the category of Jazz Album of the Year: Solo for his latest album ‘Abeng’.

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