Brown, Keith
Space Time, 2021, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 27.3
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 87
O’s Notes: Pianist Keith Brown assembles his trio KB3 with bassist Dezron Douglas and drummers Terreon Gully or Darrell Green. And, he adds an all-star guest list that begs your attention! The music is modern jazz with fierce beats as on “Just You, Just Me”. The infusion of spoken word by Cyrus Aaron on “Epigraph” bleeds acid jazz. Russell Gunn (t) and Anthony Ware (t-sax) add punctuation to the head-bobbing beats notably on “512 Arkansas St.” Melanie Charles infuses warm soulful vocals on “Come Back As A Flower”. African Ripples tells the story of African American music in many different facets. We classified it as Modern Jazz but Brown strikes his mark touching hip hop, rap, gospel, swing and bebop along the way!
Publicist: Lydia Liebman Promotions
