Anita Brown: Links

Commissioning New Music

Meet The Composer: Commissioning Music: A Basic Guide

Anita's Affiliations & Projects

Steinway & Sons: Visit my teacher profile on Steinway & Sons website for more information about private study. Click Directory of Music Teachers on the right side.
All About Jazz: Anita's Profile
All About Jazz: Anita is mentioned among "Jazz Luminaries" in this article about The Corey Cook Ensemble. Mr. Cook recently purchased "Wake Up!" for his book of original works.
Wikipedia: Anita with Las Vegas Academy Performing Arts High School Jazz Program
A Great Night In Harlem: Photos at WireImage.com: Photos of Nnenna Freelon singing my arrangement on "Don't Explain" at the Great Night In Harlem Benefit Concert at The Apollo Theater, May 29, 2008. Frank Foster's Loud Minority Big Band plays under the direction of Cecil Bridgewater. Bill Saxton can be seen playing the tenor solo. If you look hard enough you can see Clark Gayton and Earl Gardner!
Funk Filharmonik plays "Souled Out": I wrote this arrangement on TOP's "Souled Out" for The Funk Filharmonik some time ago. Here is a clip of trombonist Ozzie Melendez soloing on that chart.
Westchester Jazz Orchestra: I had great fun writing for this band for their June 2007 "Jazz Goes Motown" concert. The 2007-08 season also seems promising for continued collaboration with this marvelous, local band. --AB
Center for Jazz Composition: Jazz Masterworks Series Inaugural Gala, April 19 & 20, 2005 Click on Past Events for information.
Fair Lawn Diamond Jubilee Band: This is Mike Christianson's Fair Lawn Community Concert Band. It is a wonderful group of local musicians who come together weekly to rehearse some of the finest and most innovative band music. Check them out!
International Jazz Composers' Symposium: 2006 Schedule: Click here to see the schedule of the first IJCS held in March 2006.
Center for Jazz Composition: University of South Florida at Tampa celebrated the Gala Opening of this marvelous center in April 2005 with concerts featuring Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge Big Band featuring Nnenna Freelon with arrangements by Anita Brown and the legendary Gerald Wilson. The Center held its first International Jazz Composers' Symposium in March 2006 with headlining composers Bob Brookmeyer, John Clayton & Dave Douglas.
Chicago Jazz Ensemble: Conducted by Jon Faddis, this ensemble will feature Jazz standards by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, as well as a dance medley arranged by Anita Brown, The Black Orchid Supper Club, 230 W. North Avenue in Old Town, Chicago, on Thursday, May 10, at 8:00 p.m.
Lawrence University, Fred Sturm, Director: Recent Repertoire:
The Big Band Works of Benny Golson • Jamey Simmons Lock Box (winner of the Brussels Jazz Composers Competition) • Anita Brown," The Lighthouse" ...
The BMI Official Website: See a photo of Anita with other BMI Composers following the 2003 BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop Annual Showcase Concert, on which "Shifting Tides of Montauk" was premiered as one of three finalists.
Anita at Freelancer's Union: Check out this site!

Band Member Projects

Internet 2 DV Guide: Click here for broadcast listings of The Center for Jazz Composition's 2005 Inaugural Jazz Masterworks Gala Celebration featuring Nnenna Freelon, Gerald Wislon and special guest composer Anita Brown, the first composer to be commissioned by The CJC.
Check listings for July 4, 2007.
Internet Broadway Database: Search ABJO's members & subs on this web site, starting with our lead trumpet player, Jon Owens! Then try all our members' names to see their Broadway credits!
Music For Children: Home of Mike Christianson's Gotham Wind Ensemble and its most honorable endeavors.

Friends, Colleagues & Family

"Shades Of Brown" on iTunes: This new CD release from Ted Brown ("Dad") is now available on iTunes as well as on CD, from SteepleChase Records. It features Dad with Steve LaMattina on guitar and the great Dennis Irwin on bass.
Ted Brown, Tenor Saxophonist: This site is my father's site. He and Mom met while studying with Lennie Tristano in the 1950's. He has been associated with players such as Sal Mosca, Tony Zano, Don Messina, Steve LaMattina and has recorded with Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz and more. He is currently maintaining the web site for a music school called Briarcliff Music & Related Arts. His site should be up and running soon.
Sheila Jordan Official Web Site: Visit Sheila's web site! She has been a long-time family friend. Mom & Sheila have been close friends for years...since the Lennie Tristano hangs and the heart of the historical be bop era. I started singng with Sheila's records at the age of SIX!
Dennis Irwin: Please visit this site to learn about the great bassist, and one of my long-time dear friends, Dennis Irwin, who succumbed to a fast-moving cancer on March 10, 2008.
The Funk Filharmonik Official Web Site: For many years I wrote arrangements of Tower of Power charts for this great band. They are long standing friends of mine and their drummer is on track 4 of 27 EAST. Many of them have toured and/or subbed for Tower of Power, one of my favorite bands.

This is a great band and doesn't play as often as they used to, but if you ever get a chance to hear them GO! And know that when they play "Souled Out" and "A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing" they were derived from my pen and contributed as gifts. :-)
Larry Williams: This is the site of Los Angeles area trumpet player, Larry Williams. I met Larry at the First International Jazz Composers' Symposium at The Center for Jazz Composition, USF Tampa in March 2006. He was the trumpet player who played the feature on my chart, "The Lighthouse" for the New Music Reading Session, which ultimately won the IJCS/ASCAP Award for New Music for Big Band. He again played the feature on the final concert of the event, when I was able to listen more carefully. Larry is an outstanding, beautiful player who plays with depth from the heart. Check him out! --AB
Always There: Mala Waldron and I went to school together at SUNY Old Westbury, along with Lee Finkelstein.
Keith Carlock Official Web Site: Keith Carlock is one of my favorite drummers. I first learned of him when I met Lee Finkelstein to hear Lou Marini's band at The Metropolitan Cafe on the upper east side (sadly, soon to be defunkt). My long-time friend, Glenn Drewes was also playing trumpet. As I was watching this "kid" play drums I was blown away. I later learned that he was rehearsing for an eminent Steely Dan Tour which was then followed by a tour with Sting. When he's in NYC at The 55 Bar with Henry Hey, I can often be seen standing in line to jump on the bar stool with the best view. They don't make many like this one. Check him out.
Krista Wortendyke Photography: Krista did all the photography and graphic layouts for the CD cover and insert for 27 EAST. She is a true artist Check her out!
Anne Watkins Watercolors: Anne Watkins is a gifted painter whom I have known for most of my adult life. She creates water colors from life. Her web site shows some of her favorite subjects, including weddings, musicians and athletes. Other musicians she has painted include Lee Konitz, Joe Magnarelli, Maria Schneider, Connie Crothers and Ted Brown, a.k.a., Dad.

Montauk Sites

Montauk Lighthouse: “On an historical note, the construction of the Montauk Lighthouse was commissioned by George Washington. It originally stood 200 yards from the bluff’s edge. Erosion is responsible for having altered that measurement by 100 yards, as it remains today.”

Liner notes, “Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra: 27 EAST,” Anita Brown, Lasheda Records, 2003.
Today The Montauk Lighthouse continues to face the perils of erosion. For more information visit www.montauklighthouse.com
"First Light" Documentary: This site links to Third Wave Films, a production company which produced a fine documentary about The Montauk Lighthouse. Very well done. Great photos!
Lenny's On The Dock, Montauk: Lenny DeFina has been a friend since I started going to Montauk in the late 1990's. He is an outstanding and well-studied piano player and the co-owner of this restaurant. Lenny has been a great supporter of my professional endeavors and sells my CD, "Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra: 27 EAST" in his souvenir shop, adjacent to the restaurant. At Lenny's On The Dock, you can sit in a comfortable 'come-as-you-are' setting, where charter boats are docked and the view across the way is of the US Coast Guard Station. The view, fresh catch of the day and kids' menu make this a popular family spot.

Lenny makes the house soups himself and his Lobster Bisque is the best in town. Visit Lenny at Lenny's On The Dock from St. Patrick's Day through September and tell him I sent you! --AB
Oyster Pond Restaurant, Montauk: This is the site of one of my favorite restaurants in Montauk, NY, The Oyster Pond. Taking its name from a small body of water near Montauk Point, this restaurant starts dinners off with spiced grated parmesan cheese and olive oil served with a basket of bread. The always have fresh tuna and offer very nice wines by the glass (not the norm in Montauk) and service with a smile. When things get cranked up it boasts quite a party atmosphere, generating from the effervescent personality of owner, chef and bartender, Paulie Graves. Click on this link to see Paulie dancing on his own extra-wide bar: orange shirt, holding a bottle.

Visit the Oyster Pond Restaurant and tell Paulie or Ed the bartender, or Derk the waiter that I sent you. --AB
DansHamptons.com: Montauk Dining Information