Sat Dec 20
Maurice MOBETTA Brown
7PM / $30 - $50 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets
Maurice MOBETTA Brown
Maurice MOBETTA Brown - Trumpet/Vocals
Chelsea Baratz - Tenor Sax/Vocals
Kwinton Gray - Keys
Joe Cleavland - Bass
Blaque Dynamite - Drums
Trumpet sensation Maurice MOBETTA Brown orbits simultaneously through three worlds: contemporary jazz, blues-rock and cutting-edge hip hop. He’s a mastermind as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and producer. When Maurice picks up his horn, his soulful melodies soar into a rarefied space that uniquely marries be-bop to hip-hop and rock, producing his own distinctive sound.
The Chicago area native won the national Miles Davis Trumpet Competition as a teenager, followed by a move to Louisiana to study under legendary clarinetist Alvin Batiste. His critically acclaimed debut, “HIP TO BOP”, recorded in New Orleans, foreshadowed Brown’s unique talent for creating fresh bop-inflected jazz with an urban pulse. Taking his horn to New York where he established himself by recording with Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, De La Soul, Macy Gray, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lettuce and The Roots.
The Maurice MOBETTA Brown sound has become mainstream as he charts his own musical course with constant evolution, crossover fluidity, coupled with an intuitive vision that lights a fire under traditional jazz, adds sonic brass to rock n' roll and creatively pushes the production envelope in hip-hop.
7PM / $30 - $50 | $3.50 Fees Get Tickets