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Derek Brown (musician)
Derek Brown (born July 18, 1983) is an American saxophonist based out of Chicago, IL. Brown is best known for his particular style of playing, dubbed "BEATBoX SAX," which combines various extended techniques, percussive effects (e.g. stomping and beating his saxophone), and at times vocal elements. He is currently performing a tour involving visiting every US state within 12 months. Brown has released two solo albums, ''BEATBoX SAX'' (2016) and ''FiftyFifty'' (2018). Additional albums include “All Figured Out” in collaboration with the Holland Concert Jazz Orchestra, and “Symbiosis”, a collaboration with Jeff Coffin. Early life and career Derek Brown grew up in southwest Michigan and graduated from Hope College with bachelor's degrees in both jazz and classical performance. He earned his master's degree in jazz studies from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. Brown was the director of jazz studies and instructor of saxophone at Abilene Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Brown Saxophone Performance
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "theod, people-rix (king), ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick (name), Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik (other), Dik, Dirck, and Dirk (name), Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the Norman England, medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Middle Low German, Low German, Middle Dutch, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
