Maggie Brown Group
Saturday, September 27
TIME: 3:00pm-4:00pm
VENUE: Augustana Lutheran Church. 5500 South woodlawn ave.
A photo of Maggie Brown singing on stage wearing a multicolored shirt, sunglasses, and shell earrings. Followed by a photo of Maggie Brown (viewed from the left side) singing on stage wearing a multicolored shirt and holding a microphone.
Maggie brown
Maggie Brown is an accomplished singer, songwriter, stage director, producer, and educator. Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich has called her “one of the most fiercely committed artists in Chicago.” Miss Brown always embodies a powerful and passionate performance, whether she is presenting with her own trio or with Orbert Davis’ 60-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra. She has recorded with Abbey Lincoln, Jonathan Butler, Ramsey Lewis, Stevie Wonder, and her legendary father, Oscar Brown, Jr.
In 1995, Miss Brown launched her own independent label, MagPie Records, and released her first solo project, From My Window, which was nominated for a Chicago Music Award for Best Jazz CD. Before Oscar Brown, Jr.’s passing, the father-daughter duo produced a live concert recording together, called We’re Live, which was released internationally.
In her hometown of Chicago, Miss Brown is called on to bring authenticity and integrity to whatever the job calls for. She works with a diverse list of bandleaders including Tom Tom Washington (South Side Big Band), Joan Collaso (11 Jazzy Divas), and Douglas Ewart (AACM Inventions Ensemble). Though her upbringing is rooted in jazz, she is comfortable singing various genres including blues, gospel, pop, and even rap, with impressive conviction and flow. It is hard to put Miss Brown in a single category or genre. It is easy, however, to see that she is a seasoned artist and a true entertainer.
The musicians: