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She toured with Alison Krauss and Union Station, and Michelle Shocked before forming her own group, The Alison Brown Quartet, in 1993. Since that time, Alison and her band have been winning over traditionalists and mainstream music fans alike with her unique style.
- Alison Brown
On her new album, aptly titled ON BANJO, Alison explores all...
- Alison Brown
On her new album, aptly titled ON BANJO, Alison explores all the corners of the banjo’s potential on a set of predominantly original tunes. Featured guests include Anat Cohen, Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull, Sharon Isbin, Kronos Quartet and Steve Martin.
Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style of playing. In her music, she blends bluegrass, jazz, Latin and Celtic influences.
Alison Brown plays music on the banjo. In the instrumental food chain, the five-string banjo is one of the more dominant beasts: loud, brash and very hard to tame. In 1945, Earl Scruggs made the biggest leap in harnessing its raw power, bringing a revolutionary precision of touch and depth of tone.
Quartet is an album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1996. Reception [ edit] In his AllMusic review, music critic Rick Anderson noted the flexibility of the banjo in jazz and bebop and complimented many tracks.
Alison Brown fait des tournées internationales avec son quartet. Ancienne étudiante de l' Université de Harvard, elle est invitée à jouer lors de la cérémonie d'investiture du nouveau président de cette université, Drew Faust 5 .
On her new album ON BANJO, Brown offers a musical autobiography of sorts. Tunes that give a nod to her bluegrass roots sit alongside forays into Brazilian choro music, string quartet and swing era jazz and bossa nova. Brown invited an eclectic cast of guests to join her on the set of predominantly original tunes including three of her favorite ...
