DEREK BROWN
Genres: RnB, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Saxophone innovator Derek Brown lives and performs in Chicago, playing in various bands and projects around the area and throughout the world.  Crossing genres from jazz to funk to pop, Derek's unique playing style, using creative new "beatbox-like" techniques, is wowing audiences across the globe. Brown is currently involved with multiple projects, including his innovative vocal/instrumental band The Derek Brown Syndicate, up-and-coming Chicago funk/fusion supergroup Low Spark, as well as his signature solo show, "BEATBoX SAX." With a fairly straightforward musical upbringing in small-town Michigan, Derek really started to show some creative musical juice in the summers between years at Hope College.  As one third of the jazz/bluegrass hybrid band, Afterthought, Derek began to write original tunes and experiment with the saxophone.  By the time he left grad school at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music he was well on his way to creating his own unique read more...