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Canadian Jazz Pianist Brian Browne: A True Original
Dear friends of the Brian Browne Trio. On June 5th, 2018 we bid farewell to
a true Canadian jazz luminary, pianist Brian Browne. Brian was a beloved
figure in the Ottawa jazz scene who was not only respected as one of the leading
proponents of jazz piano in Canada, but admired as a person for his wit, warmth and generosity. A true jazz musician to the core, he epitomized what it meant
to be cool, and he shared his incredible gift of music with us to the end.
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Feelings: new release from Brian Browne
Feelings, the latest release from Brian Browne, celebrates great songs in the
jazz repertiore with beautiful solo piano interpretations. One of Canada's jazz
greats, Brian's take on Feelings makes this often overlooked tune a legitimate
standard in the midst of so many other great songs on this album.
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In 1969, CBC Television produced "The Jazz Piano", a special arts programme
featuring a select group of jazz pianists: Errol Garner, Bill Evans, Marian
McPartland, and Brian Browne. A Canadian jazz pianist extraordinaire, Brian
Browne has a unique natural gift for music that is manifested through a
highly individual sense of musical artistry - a gift which granted Browne a
certain membership to the distinguished company featured in the programme.
Brian Browne has produced seven recordings that have come to be treasured
by those who possess them. "The Letter", issued by Capital Recordings was a
recognized hit. It featured the composition "Morning Noon and Night-time Too",
for which Browne won the coveted BMI Composition of the Year award in 1974.
With a musical career that spans over fifty years, he has gained a reputation
as a true Canadian jazz legend. Recently, he returned to Canada from a 10 year
stay in New York City where his album "Live at Tramps" was recorded.
Originally from Montreal, Browne moved as a teenager to Ottawa, where his
musical career soon began. By the age of eighteen he was playing in local
clubs and soon had his own CBC radio programme. He studied at the Berklee
School of Music and later won a scholarship to study with Oscar Peterson
in Toronto. In 1986 he opened Zoe's Lounge in Ottawa's Chateau Laurier
hotel and remained there for a year as musical director. He subsequently
moved to New York City, where he spent several years and recorded the album
"Tramps", before returning to Ottawa, where long-time fans of Browne's soulful,
swinging piano sound were once again delighted by his local appearances.
Brian Browne passed away on June 5, 2018 after a long battle with lung and
tracheal cancer. He kept playing and sharing his incredible gift of music to
the end, and is dearly missed by the many adoring fans he gained over the years.
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Feelings (new release)
There are so many great songs celebrated here. The fact that Feelings
made the cut is a testament to the possibilities that were always there.
Brian's treatment of these great tunes on solo piano, rich with harmonic
sensitivity, is a treat for long-time jazz fans and newcomers alike.
- Be My Love
- Old Folks
- The Nearness of You
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- Just Friends
- For Carol
- All the Things You Are
- I'll Be Around
- Come Sunday
- Fools Rush In
- Because
- Danny Boy
- Feelings
- 'Round Midnight
- The Good Life
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The Erindale Sessions [Not Available]
Compiled from annual shows at Erindale Secondary School, Mississauga, during the late'70s and early '80s. Erindale's Marvin Munshaw recently discovered the tapes and contacted Brian who put together the very best from these Erindale sessions. Brian has dedicated the album to Munshaw, more a jazz impresario than a music teacher, who brought greats such as Oscar Peterson, Phil Nimmons and of course the Brian Browne Trio to play at the school.
1. Blues For The UFO's (B. Browne)
2. SUmmer In The City (S.Boone/J. Sebastian)
3. Mr. Bojangles (G.J. Walker)
4. When I Die(S. Kennedy)
5. Stompin' At The Savoy (E.Sampson)
6. Your Song (Elton John)
7. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
8. After Midnight (Eric Clapton)
9. Li'l Darlin' (Neal Hefti)
10. Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael)
11. Joy (Ray Bryant)
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Brian Browne Trio at the NAC
The Brian Browne Trio live at the NAC 4th Stage, this CD and companion DVD will treat you to the experience of a live performance with the Brian Browne Trio. With fantastic live footage and audio, this beautiful package will delight fans and newcomers alike. Enjoy a wonderful evening of jazz at its finest with the Brian Browne Trio, featuring Paul Novotny on bass and Daniel Barnes on drums.
1. Solo-Medly
Waters of Erin
A Felicidade
Wait till you see her
2. St. Lois Blues
3. Once I loved
4. Whisper not
5. Georgia On My Mind
6. Send in the Clowns
7. There is no greater love
8. Besame Mucho
9. Skating in Central Park
10. I Remember Clifford
11. A Certain Smile
12. I'll Remember April
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Christmas
The new solo piano release "Christmas" - The spirit of the season captured in
the rich harmonies of Brian Browne at the piano! Recorded on a 9 foot Steinway,
this broad selection of Christmas songs old and new, familiar and rare, is a
perfect context for warm, blues-tinged jazz interpretations.
Track Listing:
1. Christmas Time Is Here
2. A Huron Carol
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas
4. In The Bleak Mid Winter
5. Santa Claus Blues
6. Favourite Things
7. Santa Claus Is Coming
8. The Christmas Song
9. Sleigh Ride
10. I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
11. Winter Wonderland
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
13. Peace
14. Christmas Is Near
15. Silver Bells
16. Christmas Forever
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Odyssey - Brian Browne
After laying hidden for years, a master recording of a rare solo piano concert for the CBC has made its debut on CD. Digitally remastered and now available for the first time, Odyssey is a compilation of Brian Browne originals that, one afternoon in 1986, were laid down on tape before an audience enraptured by the endless improvisational creativity of Browne playing at his peak. A treaure.
Track Listing:
1. Morning, Noon and Night Time Too
2. Swedish Summer
3. Blues in E & F
4. Time Being
5. The Bread Song
6. Odyssey
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Quiet Night - The Brian Browne Trio
Recorded live at the intimate Cafe Paradiso in Ottawa, the new release from
the Brian Browne Trio is a musical treat that will set the perfect note for
a Quiet Night of beautiful, warm and sensitively interpreted music.
Track Listing:
1. Beautiful Creatures
2. Lover Man
3. Quiet Night
4. All In Love Is Fair
5. Willow Weep For Me
6. Besame Mucho
7. Django
8. 'Til The Cows Come Home
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Blue Browne - Brian Browne Trio
Sea Jam Recordings SJ 1012-2
Track listing
1. Blue Browne
2. Scarborough Fair
3. Drown In My Own Tears
4. Poinciana
5. Baubles Bangles and Beads
6. Here's Your Hat, Where's Your Hurry
7. How Insensitive
8. Georgia
9. Just The Way You Are
Find out why this album continues to get excellent reviews... the Brian Browne
Trio's latest album features bassist Paul Novotny with drummers Barry Elmes
and Archie Alleyne backing Brian's simmering piano grooves!
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Live at the Park Plaza, The Brian Browne Trio
Brian Browne - Piano
Terry Browne - Bass
Doug Johnston - Drums
Produced by Brian Browne
Track listing
1. Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey 5:20
2. Girl Talk 7:20
3. Sugar Ray 9:27
4. My Love 7:12
5. When I Die 6:27
6. Poinciana 7:20
By the way, if straight lines are your thing, make one to your record player,
or, better still, to the Rowland Emmet Lounge, Park Plaza, Toronto. There's
something for the eye and very definitely something for the ear.
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The Letter, Brian Browne
Brian Browne piano
Skip Beckwith bass
Bruce Philp percussion
Produced by Brian Ahern
Track listing
1. If I Were a Carpenter
2. Hi-Heel Sneakers
3. Medley: A Salty Dog / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. What the World Needs Now is Love
5. The Bread Song (B. Browne)
6. Games People Play 2:00
7. Morning, Noon and Night-time too (B. Browne)
8. The Letter
We met a butterfly
Sitting in the evening sun
Waiting for the bats to come out and play
We didn't know him
But he seemed to know us
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The Toronto Scene - The Brian Browne Trio
Piano: Brian Browne
Bass: Pearson "Skip" Beckwith
Drums: Donald Vickery
Producer: S. B. Hains
Engineer: Wm. Giles
Track listing
1. Careless Love 4:16
2. Baubles, Bangles and Beads 4:40
3. Home Again 2:45
4. Browne Sugar 2:44
5. Toot That Whistle 2:09
6. Waltzing Matilda 3:58
7. Georgia On My Mind 5:30
8. Blue Hair 2:59
As Peter Shaw has said so many times on the network, "Here then, is the Brian Browne Trio".
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Live at Tramps - The Brian Browne Trio
Recorded live in New York City this album features the distinctive sound of
the Brian Browne Trio. Enjoy the swinging sound of a jazz piano trio at its finest.
Track listing
1. Now's the Time [listen]
2. If I Should Lose You
3. God Bless the Child
4. Autumn Leaves
5. You Don't Know What Love Is [listen]
6. Love For Sale
7. My Funny Valentine
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Beatles - Brian Browne
Jazzimage JZ105 / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986
Produced by Athan Katsos
Track listing
1. She Came in through the Bathroom Window 3:38
2. Mean Mr. Mustard 4:22
3. Lovely Rita 2:59
4. I Want to Hold Your Hand 3:59
5. Honey Pie 4:03
6. Golden Slumbers :56
7. You Never Give Me Your Money 4:15
8. Lady Madonna 2:35
9. Maxwell's Silver Hammer 2:34
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 4:47
11. She's Leaving Home 3:38
From nuance to shout, Brian Browne's style is well suited to his numerous jazz trio and concert appearances across North America. Television and recording artist, soloist and studio musisian, all these avenues reveal Brian's sensitivity for melody and feel for a "groove".
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Listen, People! The Brian Browne Trio
Track Listing
1. And I Love Her BMI 2:50
2. Walk on By ASCAP 3:03
3. Slick Tom BMI 3:12
4. Shanty in Old Shanty Town ASCAP 2:52
5. Listen, People! BMI 3:18
6. A Mere Bag of Shells BMI 2:04
7. Yesterday BMI 3:18
8. Happy Little Mothers BMI 2:27
9. More BMI 2:30
10. The Shadow of your Smile ASCAP 3:16
11. What Now My Love ("Et Maintenant") ASCAP 3:22
12. Nuts in May BMI 3:00
Recording Engineer: Bill Giles
Producer: Whitey Hains
Listen, people! And they do when Brian Browne and his trio take over. Then a certain magic pours through the room and you can hear the tinkling of glasses. Here's a tale of talent, of music warm, close, the music you like to have surround you, like to keep around you.
Great listening, every time!
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