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This is Ray Brown finally posing for shot in the Quad at Cabrillo College in Aptos California. Ray is an awesome instructor, he is a man who can teach you the foundation, the theory, the voicings, the tunes, and the arrangements of contemporary jazz. His charts are played across the United States, and Europe in schools, clubs and concert halls.

Ray is Jazz embodied in human form. He will make you work. You will play better music than you ever have before in your life and you will know what you are doing and why. Best of all you will learn how to become an accomplished muscian that will make you a responsive and strong member of any band or combo.

Take a class with Ray Brown

Read the whole reveiw of Ray and his 21 peice Great Big Band

Grand Big Band

Bandleader Ray Brown gets great big sounds from his Great Big Band

By Dan Young

JAZZ COMPOSER, bandleader and teacher, Ray Brown is quick to point out the double meaning in the name of his Great Big Band. First of all, it's a great-big band. (With 21 players, it's considerably larger than most contemporary jazz big band outfits.) And, since Brown crafts the band's sound around San Francisco's first-call musicians, the Great Big Band is something of a Bay Area all-star band--only great players get the call to sit in for a gig.

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Sue Brown

Sue Brown is an equally talented & wonderful musician and an incredible instructor who teaches String Music at Cabrillo College. She also performs in the Picasso Ensemble, Ensemble Monteray, organizes the Suziki Music program for young  musicians, and directs Cabrillo strings & chamber muisc groups, among her many music projects.

Sue's next concert:

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Cabrillo College Music Department Presents

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The

Picasso Ensemble

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Sunday, October 22

3pm

At Sesnon House on the Cabrillo College campus

6500 Soquel ave, Aptos, CA

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Ray Brown

"Ray Brown (the other one) is one of the most respected Jazz educators on the west coast. He has been teaching at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California for decades. Ray played the Jazz trumpet chair for Stan Kenton for years and is a master arranger. Ray has written big band commisions for many college big bands and even arranged for Count Basie. I was lucky to get my first formal Jazz harmony training from 'Brownie' and will be forever grateful to him for what he taught me."

David Valdez

Take a Class with Ray Brown and discover the heart of jazz and combos.