Firm Roots
Released: Apr 8, 2003
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Released: Apr 8, 2003
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Great range, pure tones, and understated nuance bring a beautiful lilt to the voice of Jeri Brown on Firm Roots, her ninth release as a leader. The title pays homage to the up-tempo bebop classic...
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The Image in the Mirror: The Triptych
Released: Feb 13, 2001
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Released: Feb 13, 2001
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Jazz still has some risk-taking singers like Jeri Brown, who doesn't spend all of her time providing predictable, knee-jerk versions of overdone warhorses. There isn't a warhorse to be found...
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I've Got Your Number
Released: May 25, 1999
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Released: May 25, 1999
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The torch has been passed, Betty Carter is gone, and Jeri Brown is in line here and now. On this, her seventh CD for the Canadian Justin Time label, Brown continues to mature as a jazz interpreter,...
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Zaius
Released: Jun 9, 1998
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Released: Jun 9, 1998
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Brown uses her voice with a rare sensitivity to jazz phrasing; by turns sweet and sassy, it is always focused and pure in tone. A little torch, a little bop: a lot to like. The album also features...
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April in Paris
Released: Apr 28, 1996
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Released: Apr 28, 1996
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Jeri Brown, who has emerged to become one of the top jazz singers of the 1990s, pays tribute to the passion of Paris on this CD without performing the title cut. Sticking to ballads (other than a...
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A Timeless Place
Released: May 21, 1994
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Released: May 21, 1994
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Jeri Brown, who has a four-octave range, is quite restrained during these thoughtful and very intimate performances. The talented singer performs nine compositions by Jimmy Rowles and uses the...
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Mirage
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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On her first recording as a jazz singer, Jeri Brown really stretches herself. Joined by pianist Fred Hersch and bassist Daniel Lessard, Brown interprets everything from a swinging "No Moon at All,"...
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Unfolding the Peacocks
Released: February 1992
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Released: February 1992
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A talented improviser blessed with a lovely voice and a wide range, Jeri Brown's expressive powers are heard at their best on this set during her lengthy, wordless interplay with Michel Dubeau's...
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