OSCAR DERIC BROWNBioOscar Deric Brown Born Aug 6th 1953 Toccoa Falls GA began to play the piano at the age of 3. his family moved to Los Angeles n 1962 where Oscar began his study with the Grate Classical Pianist Johana Harris & Composition with the Composer Roy Harris ,Oscar influence in Jazz would come from his father, but it was his teacher Johana Harris who took Oscar to see the Grate Brazilian Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim .Backstage Oscar asked Mr.Jobim about his influences, Jobim replayed, why Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane .This had a very big impact on Oscar, becausehis dad always played Miles & Dukes music, and told Oscar, this is sacred music.In 1967 Oscar's dad took him to see the Miles Davis Quintet where he was introduced to Herbie Hancock, hearing the harmonic approach to Miles music and how Herbie voiced chords left a lasting impression on Oscar.And that is the direction he wanted to go. Not play like Herbie, but to find the voice inside himself.Advanced StudiesIn 1969 Apprentice of the Composer Oliver Nelson. And studied Jazz Piano with Horace Silver, Walter Biship Jr, and 1971 Joe Zawinul & Wayne Shorter during the west coast Weather Report Tour.In the Fall of 1975 Oscar re-located to San Francisco to work with the Jazz Violinist Michael White and later on with Trombonist Jullian Priester,Dr. Eddie Henderson,and Pharoah Sanders.1976-77 Oscar toured with The Santana One Trouth Band, and at the end of that tour moved to New York. In that 1st year Oscar did many shortstents with musicians such as David Sanborn,Michael Srieve, Michal Urbaniak,Narada Michael Walden, Rahied Ali & The Tony Williams Electric Band.In 1979Oscar decided to drop of the sean to further his classical studies and attend the Julliard School's Conducting Program.This was to be Oscar's Neo Classic Period.It was during this time that Oscar became interested in the fusion of different types of music together keeping part of there ethnic origin but meta morphing into a new musical forms of its own. His early experiments with sound and color and later on with his Symphonic Works such asPeace To One a collaborative work with the Well known Sculptor/ Painter Danil LaRue Johnson, was Commissioned by the United Nations ,and funded by The Yamaha International Foundation, The Phelps -Stokes Foundation as a commemorative to the late Ralph J. Bunche.1987-1998 Producer for Katsuhiko Nakagawa, Bad Brains Joseph HR "Human Rights" & "Singing In The Heart"1988 Composed music for the Director Joel Freedman's Documentary Film To Protect Mother Earth1988-1990 Oscar was asked by Producer/Promoter Bill Graham to Join The Amnesty International World Tour with headline artist such as David Bowie, Sting, Peter Gabriel, U2, Youssou N'Dour.1990 Solo Piano Medim International Festival Cannes France1990 Japan Tour With Youssou N'Dour1990 Oscar was asked to compose music for famed Director "Wim Wenders" Dream Images, fin 3 Films, Till The End Of The World, Dream Island, Electric Paintings Winter 1991 Solo Tour Japan1993 Solo Tour Japan Sponsored by "Dentsu & Mitsukoshi Arts" Duet's With Painter Mark Kostabi & Oscar Deric Brown Improvisational Music & PaintingIn 1994 Howard Rubinstein Oscar and the Renowned Artist Painter Mark Kostabi, collaborate on Oscar's Brilliant Colors Works.1995 Oscar CO/Produced with Kenny Inaoka & Artist Kenji Koga to ProduceThe Rainbow Colored Lotus. This project was unique, as it brought together some of the top names in Jazz/World Music & Pop,Such asDave HollandGary PeacockHerbie HancockJack DeJohnetteKeith JarrettMino CineluMiroslav VitousPat MethenySakamoto RyuichiAnd many othersFor the Grate Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe Japan. In October 1995 Oscar ..
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