The Brandee Younger Trio
As a composer as well as a performer, Brandee builds on her classical training with
the rhythmic soulfulness of R&B and hip-hop. In 2022 she made history by
becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Instrumental Composition, and in 2024 she won an NAACP Image Award in the
category of Outstanding Jazz Album for her album, Brand New Life.
While her music is about forging new paths—artistic, personal, political, and
spiritual—Brandee is especially noted for continuing the legacy of the women who
ushered in the harp as a distinct voice in jazz, particularly Detroit natives Dorothy
Ashby and Alice Coltrane. She is now the custodian of Coltrane’s harp, which she
played in a recent Carnegie Hall concert. Brandee has worked with other cultural
icons, including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Pharoah Sanders, the Roots,
and Christian McBride. Her original composition “Hortense” was featured in the
Netflix Concert-Documentary Beyonce: Homecoming. Her third album, Gadabout
Season, includes original works evoking our shared search for joy—our search “for
meaning and beauty amid life’s most complex moments.”
In addition to performing and recording, this celebrated young artist is a dedicated
educator, teaching at both New York University and The New School College of
Performing Arts.
The March 13th Jazz at All Saints’ Concert takes place in the sanctuary of All
Saints’ Episcopal Church beginning at 7:00 p.m. It will be followed by a Q&A
with Jazz at All Saints’ Artistic Director Virginia Schenck and a reception in the
Parish House.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3290099-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3290099-2
