Kenneth Brown - 3 Down

Knoxville Tennessee based drummer, educator, composer (he wrote 6 of the tunes here), and band leader Kenneth Brown, son of jazz visionary, pianist Donald Brown releases his debut album '3 Down' on Space Time Records.An example of his fantastic compositional skills are displayed on Better Late Than Never a tune that captures the best of Art Blakey's Jazz Messenger's with a ferocious tempo, hot crisp breaks and burning solo's by Greg Tardy saxophone, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and a dazzling piano solo from brother Keith. While bassist Daryl Hall adds a full and round sound. The group also includes the brilliant saxophonists Will Boyd and Jamel Mitchell, plus Nashville-born singer Ashlee Varner.