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NKEIRU OKOYE
Okoye: When the Caged Bird Sings Rita Coburn (Narrator), Angela Brown (Soprano), Christie Dashiell (Mezzo-soprano), Issachah Savage (Tenor), University of Michigan Symphony [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Nkeiru Okoye's When the Caged Bird Sings is a 'musical celebration' whose compositional voice, though rooted in the African American church, also embraces minimalism and improvisational elements. Delivering a message of adversity turned to triumph,... |
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Alan Brown
Encircle [ Rattle Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2025 ] These contemplations and improvisations were partly inspired by an instrument called an Ondomo - a recreation by Naoyuki Omo of the Ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments developed in 1928 by Maurice Martenot (Ondes Martenot... |
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Alan Brown
Murmur [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Alan Brown is a musician with a long and revered history in the New Zealand jazz scene. MURMUR presents ten wonderfully textural environments, a contemplative album rich in open ambiences and colours. This is a restrained and mature work from one of... |
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Alan Brown
Ondulation [ Rattle Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] These contemplations and improvisations were partly inspired by an instrument called an Ondomo - a recreation by Naoyuki Omo of the Ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments developed in 1928 by Maurice Martenot (Ondes Martenot... |
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Arthur Brown
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown [ Esoteric / 2 CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] |
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Butcher Brown
Solar Music (LP) [ Concord / 2 LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] The Richmond, VA band Butcher Brown's new album Solar Music explores a blend of genres including Jazz, Hip-Hop and R&B/Soul. Following the release of Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey and #KingButch, this forward-thinking band shares 17-tracks... |
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JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem and other Sacred Music Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown (director) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jun/2003 ] Rosette Recording (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - "If your tooth inclines to the sweet, this is one for you." (Gramophone Magazine, May 2003) |
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CHRIS GENDALL
Tones Gillian Ansell (viola), Ashley Brown (cello), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Amalia Hall (violin), Monique Lapins (violin), Luca Manghi (flute) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] These works span 10 years of compositional output, and explore wide expressive terrain: from epic to compact, aggressive to introspective, earthy to mechanical. Their elastic rhythm, harmonic fluidity, and formal spontaneity make for dynamic - and... |
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Hopetoun Brown
Burning Fuse [ CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Hopetoun Brown Release Debut Album - Supergroove's Tim Stewart And Nick Atkinson. Welded to their shrieking horns as children, they've hot forged tunes from their fiery friendship ever since. They met aged eight and started playing horns at... |
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Hopetoun Brown
Don't Let Them Lock You Up [ CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Hopetoun Brown (founding Supergroove members Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart) release their third album! The 9-track magic of Don't Let Them Lock You Up blossomed inside Jol Mulholland's studio, the Oven - a mysterious mezzanine cosseted away atop a... |