Joanne Brackeen
{{short description|American jazz pianist and music educator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name = Joanne Grogan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|07|26}}
| birth_place = Ventura, California, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician, educator
| instrument = Piano
| years_active = 1969–present
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| website = {{URL|joannebrackeenjazz.com}}
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Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938){{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=311/2}} is an American jazz pianist and music educator.{{cite web|last1=arwulf|first1=arwulf|title=Joanne Brackeen {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joanne-brackeen-mn0000138535/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=19 November 2016}}
Music career
Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pianist Frankie Carle before she became enamored of the music of Charlie Parker. In the 1950s she performed with Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, and Charles Brackeen. She and Brackeen married and moved to New York City in 1965. She performed with Chick Corea, Freddie McCoy, and Ornette Coleman.
She played with Joe Henderson (1972–75) and Stan Getz (1975–77) before leading her own trio and quartet. She established herself as a cutting-edge pianist and composer through her appearances around the world, and her solo performances also established her reputation as an innovative and dynamic pianist. 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 recorded over 20 albums as a lead musician. She is currently a professor at the Berklee College of Music{{cite web | url=https://www.berklee.edu/bt/132/faculty_profile.html | title=Berklee faculty profile Joanne Brackeen | publisher=Berklee faculty | access-date=18 October 2015}} and at The New School.{{cite web | url=http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/faculty/ | title=The New School Jazz Core Faculty | publisher=The New School | access-date=18 October 2015}}
Awards
- 2018 NEA Jazz Masters
Discography
=As leader=
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!Year recorded !Title !Label !Personnel/Notes |
| 1975
|Choice |Trio, with Cecil McBee (bass), Billy Hart (drums); also released as Six Ate by Candid |
| 1976
|Trio, with Clint Houston (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
| 1976
|Duo, with Clint Houston (bass) |
| 1977
|Choice |Some tracks trio, with Clint Houston (bass), Billy Hart (drums); some tracks quartet, with Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Hart (drums) |
| 1977
|AFT |Trio, with Ryo Kawasaki (guitar), Clint Houston (bass) |
| 1978
|Duo, with Ryo Kawasaki (guitar) |
| 1978
|Choice |Duo, with Eddie Gómez (bass) |
| 1978
|MPS |Solo piano |
| 1979
|Tappan Zee/Columbia |Trio, with Eddie Gómez (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 1980
|Tappan Zee/Columbia |Quartet, with Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Eddie Gómez (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 1981
|Trio, with Eddie Gómez (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 1985
|Trio, with Cecil McBee (bass), Al Foster (drums) |
| 1986
|With Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (alto sax, soprano sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Al Foster (drums) |
| 1989
|Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1 |Solo piano |
| 1991
|Quartet, with Eddie Gómez (bass), Duduka da Fonseca (drums), Waltinho Anastácio (percussion) |
| 1991
|Konnex |Trio, with Walter Schmocker (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
| 1991
|Ken |Trio, with Eddie Gómez (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 1992
|Quartet, with Donald Harrison (alto sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) |
| 1993
|Quartet, with Eddie Gómez (bass), Duduka da Fonseca (drums), Waltinho Anastácio (percussion, vocals) |
| 1994
|Turnipseed |Trio, with Ira Coleman (bass), Tony Reedus (drums); in concert |
| 1999
|One track solo piano; some tracks trio, with John Patitucci (bass), Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (drums); some tracks quartet, with Chris Potter (soprano sax) added; some tracks quintet, with Nicholas Payton (trumpet) added; one track sextet, with Jamey Haddad (percussion) added; one track quartet with Patitucci (bass), Hernandez (drums), Dave Liebman (soprano sax); one track quintet with Kurt Elling (vocals) added |
| 2000
|Solo piano |
=As sideperson=
With Arkadia Jazz All Stars
- Thank You, Duke!
With Art Blakey
- Jazz Messengers '70 (Catalyst, 1970)
With Stan Getz
- Getz/Gilberto '76 (Resonance, 1976 [2016]) with João Gilberto
- Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1977)
With Bob James
- All Around The Town (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1981)
With Freddie McCoy
- Funk Drops (Prestige, 1966)
- Peas 'n' Rice (Prestige, 1967)
- Beans & Greens (Prestige, 1967)
- Soul Yogi (Prestige, 1968)
With Makanda Ken McIntyre
- A New Beginning (Passin' Thru, 2001)
With Buddy Terry
- Pure Dynamite (Mainstream, 1972)
With Freddie Hubbard
References
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External links
- [http://www.joannebrackeenjazz.com/ Official site]
- [https://www.npr.org/2011/11/04/101558445/joanne-brackeen-on-piano-jazz Joanne Brackeen] on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on NPR
- [http://www.berklee.edu/bt/132/faculty_profile.html Berklee School of Music profile]
- [https://vimeo.com/140935006 "A Woman of Many Hats", interview]
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