Anthony Brown is an American

United States

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 jazz

Jazz

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 percussionist, drummer, composer, and bandleader, and ethnomusicologist

Ethnomusicology

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. He is the son of a Choctaw

Choctaw

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 and African American

African American

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 father and a Japanese

Japanese people

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 mother. Long associated with the Asian American jazz

Asian American jazz

Asian American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century by Asian American jazz musicians.Although Asian Americans had been performing jazz music almost since that music's inception, it was not until the late 20th century when a distinctly Asian American brand of...

 movement, he specializes in the juxtaposition of American and Asian instruments and styles in his compositions and arrangements. Brown leads a cross-cultural ensemble, the Asian American Orchestra, whose interpretation of Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

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's Far East Suite

The Far East Suite

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was nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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. He has also performed with Jon Jang

Jon Jang

Jon Jang is an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Of Chinese ancestry, he is active in the Asian American jazz movement and specializes in music which combines elements of jazz and Asian musics....

 and Mark Izu

Mark Izu

Mark Izu is an American jazz double bass player and composer. He is of Japanese ancestry and frequently combines jazz with Asian traditional musics in his compositions. He has performed with Anthony Brown and Jon Jang. Mark Izu is a seminal leader in the'Asian American Jazz movement...

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Brown obtained bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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s in music and psychology at the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

, and earned master's

Master's degree

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 and Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 degrees in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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Discography

• Family (Asian Imrov)
• Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire (Asian Improv)
• Far East Suite (Asian Improv)

See also

• Asian American jazz
  Asian American jazz
  Asian American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century by Asian American jazz musicians.Although Asian Americans had been performing jazz music almost since that music's inception, it was not until the late 20th century when a distinctly Asian American brand of...