Larry Brown, JR.
When you encounter a musician as gifted as Larry Brown, Jr. you understand why he is a rare find. He is the game-changer that is pushing musical boundaries in a refreshingly new direction.
As a guitarist, composer, singer/songwriter, producer, and educator Larry is in a lane all his own. It was in the small town of Venice, IL that he, at 5 years old, began plucking the strings of his father’s guitar. The rest was history as he ventured on to pursue his big-city dreams. In 2009, Brown graduated with his Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from Northern Illinois University. While there he was under the tutelage of Jazz legends such as Russell Malone, Pat Martino, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, John Scofield, and 7-string guitarist, Rick Haydon.
Brown has played across the country and abroad in festivals such as the St. Louis Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival New York, and South America’s Lima Jazz Festival. He’s also performed with the Better Carter Jazz Ahead Residency in The Kennedy Center, one of the most prestigious venues in Washington D.C.. As a bandleader, Brown has released two albums under his name: “There Can Only Be One” (2011) and “The Music and The Moment” (2015). Brown is also a contributing writer to the book Teaching Music Through Performance In Jazz Volume 2.