Maggie Brown: Musical Storyteller - Tales from your South side Sister
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
TIME: 3:30-4:30PM
VENUE: ORIENTAL INSTITUTE. 1155 East 58TH ST.
Woman (Maggie Brown) performing in front of band members wearing sunglasses and a blue dress.
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 band leaders including Tom Tom Washington (South Side Big Band), Joan Collaso (11 Jazzy Divas) and Douglas Ewart (AACM Inventions Ensemble).
It is hard to put Miss Brown in a single category or genre. Though her upbringing is rooted in jazz, she is comfortable singing various genres including blues, gospel, pop and even rapping. She is a true entertainer.