Tom Browne at Palace Theater

ACTJamsProductions Smooth Jazz Affair featuring Tom Browne (jazz trumpeter) & Friends is on Friday, November 28, 2014 at the Palace Theater - Waterbury, CT with Connecticut's own Steve Clarke (bass), Ron Howard (drums), John Davis (keys), Mike Battle (guitar) & special guest Barbara Fowler(vocalist) along with a Tribute to Donald Byrd . Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm. An Old School Dance Party immediately follows the concert with DJ Steve Watson spinning all of your favorite jams from the 80's & 90's.

We all remember Tom Browne's "Funkin' For Jamaica" & "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips & Move)", those tracks took flight in the early 80's & never came down. Consider the songs in our hearts that inspire us toward uplifted continence; melodies that ring out in a manner that is soulful ... even funky! Now think of an artist; an artist who George Benson describes as "joy filled in expressiveness" and "believable in any musical style," topping the jazz and adult contemporary / R & B charts with his kickin' trumpet and rich jazz melodies. That artist ... is trumpeter Tom Browne. ...

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ACTJamsProductions Smooth Jazz Affair featuring Tom Browne (jazz trumpeter) & Friends is on Friday, November 28, 2014 at the Palace Theater - Waterbury, CT with Connecticut's own Steve Clarke (bass), Ron Howard (drums), John Davis (keys), Mike Battle (guitar) & special guest Barbara Fowler(vocalist) along with a Tribute to Donald Byrd . Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm. An Old School Dance Party immediately follows the concert with DJ Steve Watson spinning all of your favorite jams from the 80's & 90's.

We all remember Tom Browne's "Funkin' For Jamaica" & "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips & Move)", those tracks took flight in the early 80's & never came down. Consider the songs in our hearts that inspire us toward uplifted continence; melodies that ring out in a manner that is soulful ... even funky! Now think of an artist; an artist who George Benson describes as "joy filled in expressiveness" and "believable in any musical style," topping the jazz and adult contemporary / R & B charts with his kickin' trumpet and rich jazz melodies. That artist ... is trumpeter Tom Browne.

Tom Browne has some twenty solo recordings under his name as well as numerous projects as a side-man with Bob James, Dave Grusin, Joe Sample, Wynton Marsalis and others.

Hosted by Al Djact Taylor of Blue Plate Radio & 94.3 WYBC. Visit www.djaltaylor.com

More info about Tom Browne go to www.tombrowne.org

For tickets go to or call Al Taylor at 203 525- 8420 http://www.palacetheaterct.org/shows/special-events/act-smooth-jazz-affair-tom-browne-friends/

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