Anita Brown: Photos
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The Joy of Working With Great Friends
- Spring 2008 NJCU Jazz Faculty: Earl "Bird" Gardner, Anita & Joe Magnarelli, 5/5/08 following The Graduate Jazz Composition & Arranging Big Band and Magnarelli's Combo Recital
- Anita with Chuck Owen, April 2005, Inaugural Gala Celebration of the Masterworks Series at The Center for Jazz Composition, USF Tampa, FL, where Anita's arrangement "Don't Explain" and "Now Baby Or Never" were premiered by Nnenna Freelon & The Jazz Surge
- The Premiere of "Alexander's Lullaby Waltz," NYC, 1999
- Auntie Anita & Alexander, a.k.a. "Woody" : "Blow the air straight ahead...FAST!!!"
- Glenn Drewes recording vocals to Anita's "First Dance." Nola Studios
"A Great Night In Harlem" Gala Fundraiser for The Jazz Foundation of America: Nnenna Freelon sings Anita's arrangement with Frank Foster's Loud Minority Big Band under the direction of Cecil Bridgewater. Photos by Richard Williams
- Vocal part for Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," arranged by Anita
- On stage at The Apollo: May 29, 2008
- Nnenna sings "Don't Explain"
- "Hush!"
- Nnenna & Anita, Back Stage at The Apollo
- Nnenna & Anita (Connect to more photos on LINKS page of this site.)
ABJO Rehearsal for 2007 IAJE Conference, January 2007
- Photos by Mark Kalan, Mark Kalan Photography of Nyack, NY
- "Hmmm..they always play so great..."
- L to R: Bud Burridge, Evan Barker and Scott Harrell
ABJO at Club 91, Nyack, NY 2002; Photos Extracted from Video by David Kaminsky
The Joy of Great Parties with Great Friends
- Beverly, Wally Kane & Anita: 2008 Nola Party, Steinway Hall
- Anita and Don Sebesky, Nola Studios, 2003
- Stubblefield's 60th Birthday Party at Sue Mingus' place: 2/4/06
- John Stubblefield and Earl Gardner 2/4/05
The Composer Residency Project
- Residency 2007- The Composer Resideny Project: "Let's Compose!" Here are Anita & Karen with two third-grade student composers.
- Residency 2007- One of NJ's promising young composers.
- Residency 2007- Students concentrating...
- Residency 2007- "Everyone can compose music!"
- Residency 2007- "OH! I know!"
- Residency 2007- "I didn't know it was so much fun!"
- Residency 2007-"You can compose if you know MATH!"
- Residency 2006: Composing on the Floor
- Residency 2006: Girl Power Rocks!
- Residency 2006: Ah...let's see if this adds up to four...
- Residency 2004: What a great melody!
- Residency 2004: Let's use the Transposition Chart to write trombone notes for flute. Then you can play it together!
- Residency 2004: Stay to-geth-er...ONE-two-three...
- Residency 2004 "You taught me about rhythmic displacement!"
The Making of "27 EAST"
- "This is my idea of FUN!!" Anita during recording sessions, Clinton Studios, March 25, 2003.
- "...I have no idea..."
- FAT Low Brass!! Jeff Nelson, Bass Trombone and Bruce Eidem, Trombone 3, 3/24/03.
- Lounging Saxophones L to R: Tom Christensen, Todd Bashore, Dave Pietro, Jason Rigby
- With Jon Owens, lead trumpet, discussing "The Lighthouse"
- Mary Ann, always working. Trombones, always laughing. L to R: Mike Christianson, Mark Patterson, Mary Ann McSweeney, Pete McGuinness, 3/25/03.
- L to R: Scott Harrell, Jon Owens, Anita, Evan Barker, Lee Finkelstein
- Lee Finkelstein leading overdubbing of hand claps for "Shifting Tides of Montauk," Clinton Studios, March 25, 2003
- "Uh huh...Now what?" L to R: Evan Barker, Engineer James Farber, Ed Xiques & Anita, 3/25/03
"The End" of Route 27 EAST, Montauk, NY
- In Montauk, 10/8/00, the day after composing the melody for "27 EAST"
- Montauk Lighthouse, 30 minutes prior to composing the melody for "The Lighthouse," February 2003.
"27 EAST" Photoshoot
- CD Cover reject #1, Krista Wortendyke, photographer
- CD Cover reject #2, Krista Wortendyke, photographer
- CD Cover reject #3 "HEY!!! The tide's comin' in!!"
The Artist, Anne Watkins
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