8 Lublin Jazz Festival / Jazz in the city – Derek Brown-BEAT box SAX (USA)
Saxophone innovator Derek Brown lives and performs in Chicago, playing in various bands and projects around the area and throughout the world. Crossing genres from jazz to funk to pop, Derek’s unique playing style, using creative new “beatbox-like” techniques, is wowing audiences across the globe. Brown is currently involved with multiple projects, including his innovative vocal/instrumental band The Derek Brown Syndicate, up-and-coming Chicago funk/fusion supergroup Low Spark, as well as his signature solo show, “BEATBoX SAX.”
Derek began to write original tunes and experiment with the saxophone. By the time he left grad school at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music he was well on his way to creating his own unique approach to playing.
For the next six years, Derek was the Director of Jazz Studies at Abilene Christian University, in Abilene, Texas. In between teaching classes and lessons, directing the various jazz ensembles, starting up the annual Abilene Jazz Fest, and lots of grading, Derek formed and led a popular jazz/rock fusion group The Abilene Jazz Collective.
On the side, Derek further challenged himself to see how full a sound he could get out of one horn, with no electronic help. Using some established techniques like slap-tonguing and double-tonguing, as well as some not-so-established techniques like Tartini tones and various new percussive sounds, Derek found something truly fresh!
His Youtube following has grown fast, as he releases new BEATBoX SAX music videos and tutorials regularly. This online success has led to his endorsements with Legere Reeds, JodyJazz Mouthpieces, and P.Mauriat Saxophones, as well as performance and clinic opportunities around the world, including France, Germany, Malaysia, and Brazil.
- Date
- 20.04.2016 20:00
- Location
- Kuchnia Klasztorna / Jezuicka 4
- Tickets
- free admission / free tickets available at the box office of the Centre for Culture in Lublin and place of the concert
- Ticket office opening hours
- 10.00-19.00 monday-friday / tel. 81 4666140 and 1 hour before the show