Norman Brown´s Joyous Christmas - Starring Bobby Caldwell Featuring Marion Meadows
Show Date: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Show Time: 8:30 PM
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Ticket Price: $40-$90
Show Type: Jazz
Restrictions: All Ages
“By deeply contemplating higher aims, we energize ourselves to persue them. ”
— BRENDON BRUCHARD
Grammy Award-winning Contemporary Jazz/R&B superstar Norman Brown has sold close to 2 million albums in his extraordinary career and virtually lives at the top of the Billboard Contemporary Jazz sales and radio charts. Having shared the stage with virtually every Contemporary Jazz superstar from Boney James to Dave Koz to Gerald Albright
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Norman Brown first picked up a guitar at the age of 8. First inspired by Jimi Hendrix, it was his father’s preference for the sound of Wes Montgomery that set Brown on his stylistic journey.
After high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his musical career, attending the Musician’s Institute, where he also taught for a short time. While playing with his own group in local clubs, and drawing comparisons to George Benson, Brown was discovered and signed to the fledgling MoJazz label, a division of Motown. He delivered his debut album, Just Between Us, and followed with the gold-certified After The Storm and Better Days Ahead.
With the critical acclaim and sales behind him, the talented musician made the leap to Warner Bros. and released Celebration, which first teamed him with producer Paul Brown. The follow-up, Just Chillin’, earned Brown much-deserved Grammy recognition in the best pop instrumental category. That project was followed by his release West Coast Cooin’, where Brown tested out his skills as a vocalist, a move that was embraced by the urban AC radio market and found him topping the charts.