2021 GRAMMY Awards® Nominee for Best Instrumental Composition “BEAUTIFUL IS BLACK” from her album "Somewhere Different"
Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment. Curated by Danny Melnick
Classically trained harpist plays in the avant-garde tradition of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane and is known for expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire.
As an educator, event curator, performer, and leader of The Brandee Younger Quartet, she delivers a consistently fresh take on the instrument. As a classical musician, Younger has been a soloist with The Harlem Chamber Players and North Shore Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Impulse Artist Series....
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2021 GRAMMY Awards® Nominee for Best Instrumental Composition “BEAUTIFUL IS BLACK” from her album "Somewhere Different"
Presented by Absolutely Live Entertainment. Curated by Danny Melnick
Classically trained harpist plays in the avant-garde tradition of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane and is known for expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire.
As an educator, event curator, performer, and leader of The Brandee Younger Quartet, she delivers a consistently fresh take on the instrument. As a classical musician, Younger has been a soloist with The Harlem Chamber Players and North Shore Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Impulse Artist Series.
She has also performed with an array of ensembles including the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Waterbury Symphony, Soulful Symphony, Ensemble Du Monde, Camerata New York, and the Red Bull Artsehcro.
Brandee has worked and recorded with jazz luminaries including Jack DeJohnette, Pharoah Sanders, Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane, Wycliffe Gordon, Charlie Haden, Rashied Ali, Butch Morris, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Kenny Garrett, and Bill Lee.
Her work in R&B and hip-hop has found her sharing studios and stages with John Legend, Common, Drake, Salaam Remi, and Lauryn Hill.
Since the debut of her seminal album Prelude EP (2011), she has produced an impressive body of work including Brandee Younger Live @ The Breeding Ground, a breakthrough performance on Revive Music’s Supreme Sonacy Vol. 1 (2015), the critically acclaimed Wax & Wane (2016), a 2018 appearance as a featured artist on A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper—the Impulse tribute to The Beatles, and her most recent album Soul Awakening (2019).
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