Alison Brown Banjo Master Class--"Roots & Shoots"

Monday , June 30, 2003
04:30 pm - - 6:30 pm
Location:
workshop ($50)

Elderly Instruments is proud to present a banjo master class with Alison Brown, entitled "Roots and Shoots"

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Part one - Scruggs Style Basics: Tone, Time & Taste
Part two - Progressive banjo styles: Chromatic, melodic, single string, and other modernists techniques.

"If you thought you knew the limitations of the banjo, Alison Brown challenges you to think again." -- JazzTimes

Brown is known for her jazz, pop and even Latin influences on an instrument not normally associated wtih those styles. Brown has recorded eight critically acclaimed albums, including her Grammy winner Fair Weather in 2000. She has earned multiple Grammy nominations and has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning,NPR's All Things Considered and in the Wall Street Journal.

Who would think a BA from Harvard and an MBA from UCLA would lead an investment banker like Brown down the path to international musical acclaim - with stops at Carnegie Hall and the Grammy Award acceptance podium along the way?

Brown's style is "...a jazz-classical-pop-folk-Latin mix...a
true ground breaker, opening up whole new vistas for an instrument once solely associated with pickin' 'n' grinnin'," writes USA Today.

Named "Banjo Player of the Year" by the International Bluegrass Music Association, Brown and her Quartet (John R. Burr piano, Garry West bass and Kendrick Freeman drums) take the banjo quantum leaps beyond traditional bluegrass in an exciting program that the Hollywood Reporter describes as "an ear opening
pleasure!"

And be sure to catch the Alison Brown Quartet, live at the Creole Gallery, at 8:00pm, Monday June 30. The Creole is located at 1218 Turner St., (just around the corner from Elderly, in Lansing's Old Town.) Advance tickets are available at Elderly for $15.

Space is limited for the workshop, so advance registration is strongly suggested. Register in person at Elderly, or by phone, (with credit card), locally at 372-7890, or toll free at (888) 473-5810

"Banjo's New First String. Brown's sweet, fluid jazz fusions are as sophisticated as they are beguiling." The Boston Globe

Check out recordings we carry featuring Alison Brown