Joanne Brackeen

Joanne Brackeen
Birth name Joanne Grogan
Born (1938-07-26) July 26, 1938
Ventura, California, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, music educator
Instruments Piano
Years active 1969–present
Website joannebrackeenjazz.com

Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan, July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.[1]

Biography

She was born in Ventura, California. She attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, but devoted herself to jazz by imitating Frankie Carle albums. She was influenced by Charlie Parker and bebop.

Her career began in the late 1950s while working with names like Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Charles Lloyd, but in 1969 it began to "take off" as she became the first woman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

She played with Joe Henderson (1972–75) and Stan Getz (1975-77) before leading her own trio and quartet. Brackeen established herself as a cutting edge pianist and composer through her appearances around the world, and her solo performances also cemented her reputation as one of the most innovative and dynamic of pianists. Her trios featured such noted players as Clint Houston, Eddie Gómez, John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart.

She served on the grant panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, toured the Middle East with the US State Department as sponsor, and had solo performances at Carnegie Hall.

She has 25 albums as a lead musician and is a professor at the Berklee College of Music[2] and at The New School.[3]

Brackeen was formerly married to tenor saxophonist Charles Brackeen.

Discography

As leader

As sideperson

With Arkadia Jazz All Stars

With Art Blakey

With Freddie McCoy

With Buddy Terry

References

  1. AMG Guide
  2. "Berklee faculty profile Joanne Brackeen". Berklee faculty. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "The New School Jazz Core Faculty". The New School. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

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