Ari Brown
Ari Brown is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and pianist.Biography
Brown grew up in Chicago and attended Wilson College, where he met musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman. He played piano in R&B and soul outfits into the 1960s, then switched to saxophone in 1965. He joined the AACM in 1971, and also played with The Awakening in the early 1970s. In 1974 he lost several teeth in a car crash, and temporarily switched to piano again until he recovered. He played sax later in the 1970s with McCoy Tyner, Don Patterson, and Sonny Stitt. In the 1980s, he worked with Lester Bowie, Von Freeman, Bobby Watson, and Anthony Braxton, and in 1989 he became a member of Kahil El'Zabar's trio.Discography
As leader
- 1995: Ultimate Frontier
- 1998: Venus
- 2007: Live at the Green Mill
- 2013: Groove Awakening
As sideman
With The Awakening
- Hear, Sense and Feel
- Mirage
;With Anthony Braxton
With Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
With Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio
With Orbert Davis
- Unfinished Memories
- Priority
- Blue Notes
With the Juba Collective
With the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
With Malachi Thompson'
Buddy Bolden's Rag Blue Jazz'' with Gary Bartz and Billy Harper
