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Kenneth Brown
Knoxville, TN based drummer, educator, composer, he wrote six of the tunes here, and band leader Kenneth Brown, son of jazz visionary pianist Donald Brown is set to release his debut CD 3 Down on Space Time Records.
Born into a musical family Kenneth's household was filled with music led by his father. and later his brother Keith also a pianist. It was also during this same time period that Kenneth starting to gain exposure to all kinds of music which has always paid big dividends!
By the age of four Kenneth was already playing drums and within a couple more years was studying piano "to gain a harmonic foundation in the music". With lots of practice and informal playing by the age of 14 Kenneth had established himself as a working musician and has since maintained a steady career within the genres of jazz, R&B, blues, funk, and rock with performances with 
David "Fathead" Newman
saxophone, tenor1933 - 2009
Curtis Fuller
trombone1934 - 2021
Steve Nelson
vibraphoneb.1954
Warren Wolf
vibraphoneb.1979
Greg Tardy
saxophoneb.1966
His performance background in those varied musical settings along with his musical influences of Prince, Elvin Jones, Stevie Wonder and Tony Williams to name a few has prepared Kenneth Brown and readied him to record 3 Down!
Prior to recording his debut CD Kenneth has appeared on recordings with 
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenor
b.1965
Wallace Roney
trumpet
1960 - 2020
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, alto
b.1960
Jeremy Pelt
trumpetb.1976
Daryl Hall
vocalsContinuing with his sound shifting Kenneth leads the team to the title track 3 Down sort of a poly-rhythmic tune as Kenneth moves and shifts patterns and riffs, while keyboardist Keith Brown and bassist Darryl Hall lay low with a haunting groove. Jeremy Pelt begins with the trumpet but plays with the depth of the flugelhorn and quickly lifts, soars, and then segue's to Keith Brown's soloing, here with the dexterity of Chick and Herbie but with his own idea's and imagination! Greg Tardy continues to amaze!
Grovin is a tune Kenneth says "I wrote it for 
Roy Hargrove
trumpet
1969 - 2018
I'm gonna venture to say that you may have never heard an arrangement, here Keith Brown, of Duke's "In A Sentimental Mood" performed with such energy and emotion, I'm sure the great composer would appreciate this modern version.
3 Down is simply loaded with great tunes and perhaps none better than bassist Daryl Halls "Back Then." With its break neck tempo, such magnificent soloing and bullet proof drumming from the thunderous Kenneth Brown. That's followed by "It's Cool," a slower tempo but just as dynamic!
Be on the look for "It Could Have Been The Blues" with its 
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
Kenneth Brown's debut CD 3 Down is loaded with in-creditable musician's and in-creditable music! It seems all the musician's got the memo to bring your A game to the recording session, ripped it up and came with their A+ game!
3 Down it feels like you're hearing Elvin, Max and the aforementioned Art Blakey when in fact you've heard composer, arranger and drummer Kenneth Brown!
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Drummer Kenneth Brown Set To Release Debut CD "3 Down"
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Knoxville, TN based drummer, educator, composer, he wrote six of the tunes here, and band leader Kenneth Brown, son of jazz visionary pianist Donald Brown is set to release his debut CD 3 Down on Space Time Records. Born into a musical family Kenneth's household was filled with music led by his father and later his brother Keith also a pianist. It was also during this same time period that Kenneth starting to gain exposure to all kinds of music ...
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From: Soulful NoiseBy Kenneth Brown
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