William Parker Quartet In Order To Survive The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra Whit Dickey Trio The Nommonsemble The Little Huey Big Band Cooper-Moore Quartet Rob Brown Trio Joe Morris - Rob Brown Quartet Raining On The Moon Rob Brown Ensemble Assif Tsahar's Brass Reeds Ensemble Rob Brown's Resonance Whit Dickey Quartet Rob Brown Quartet William Parker Double Quartet Right Hemisphere Rob Brown-Lou Grassi Quartet Karen Borca Quartet Rob Brown & Andrew Barker Duo The Sound Visions Orchestra William Parker Orchestra William Parker Septet The Diplomats Steve Swell's Kende Dreams Bruce Eisenbeil Trio PNY Quintet Karen Borca Quintet
ex Lou Grassi Quartet, Steve Swell's Nation Of We
ex Lou Grassi Quartet, Steve Swell's Nation Of We
Rob Brown was born in Hampton, VA in 1962. He has been playing the saxophone since the age of 11. He moved to NY in 1984 and since then, has been actively leading groups or working as a sideman with Matthew Shipp, Wiliiam Parker, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey.
ALBUMS
Rob Brown
Oceanic
2023, CD, Album, Rogueart
Rob Brown (4) / Juan Pablo Carletti
Fertile Garden
2022, CD, Album, NoBusiness Records, 
,
, Free Jazz
Rob Brown (4), Daniel Levin
Watching And Listening
2021, CD, Mahakala Music
Matthew Shipp - Rob Brown
Then Now
2020, CD, Album, Rogueart
William Parker, Rob Brown (4), Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake - In Order To Survive
Live / Shapeshifter
2019, 2xCD, Album, AUM Fidelity
Joe Morris / Luther Gray, Locksmith Isidore*, Rob Brown (4) / Daniel Levin (2), Pete Robbins, Construction Party
Green Box
2016, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Not Two Records
Daniel Levin (2) / Rob Brown
Divergent Paths
2015, CD, Album, Ltd, Cipsela
Rob Brown (4) / Daniel Levin (2), Jacek Mazurkiewicz
Day In The Life Of A City
2014, CD, Album, Multikulti Project
Rob Brown (4) / Daniel Levin
Natural Disorder
2010, CD, Album, Not Two Records
Rob Brown
Unexplained Phenomena
2010, CD, Album, Marge, 
,
, Free Jazz
Oleś Brothers, Rob Brown
Live At SJC
2009, CD, Album, Fenommedia
Amiri Baraka & Rob Brown
Somebody Blew Up America: Free Jazz From The Sanctuary
2009, DVDr, DVD-V, NTSC, The Sanctuary For Independent Media
Rob Brown
Silver Sun Afternoon
2003
Rob Brown (4) Duo With Matthew Shipp
Blink Of An Eye
1997, CD, Album, No More Records, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Rob Brown (4), Guerino Mazzola, Heinz Geisser
Orbit
1997, CD, Album, Music & Arts
Rob Brown (4), Whit Dickey, Joe Morris
Youniverse
1992, CD, Album, Riti Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown
Sonic Explorations
1988
Rob Brown Ensemble
Crown Trunk Root Funk
2008, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity
Rob Brown Trio
Sounds
2007, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Joe Morris - Rob Brown Quartet
Illuminate
1995, CD, Leo Lab, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Rob Brown Trio
Breath Rhyme
1989
PNY Quintet
Over The Wall
2024, CD, Album, Rogueart
Rob Brown Quartet
Oblongata
2023, CD, Album, Rogueart
Whit Dickey Quartet
Astral Long Form (Staircase In Space)
2022, CD, Album, TAO Forms
Whit Dickey Trio
Expanding Light
2020, CD, Album, Tao Forms
Rob Brown Quartet
From Here To Hear
2019, CD, Album, Rogueart, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
William Parker Quartet
Ao Vivo Jazz Na Fábrica
2016, CD, Album, Selo SESC SP
William Parker Quartet
Live In Wroclove
2013, CD, Album, For Tune, 
,
, Free Jazz
Rob Brown Trio
Unknown Skies
2011, CD, Album, Rogueart, ,
, Free Improvisation
Rob Brown Trio
Live At Firehouse 12
2009, CD, Album, Not Two Records, ,
, Free Improvisation
Right Hemisphere
Right Hemisphere
2008, CD, Album, Rogueart
Rob Brown & Andrew Barker Duo
Live In Chicago
2008, CD, Album, Ruby Red Editora
William Parker Quartet
Petit Oiseau
2008
William Parker Double Quartet
Alphaville Suite, Music Inspired By The Jean Luc Godard Film
2007, CD, Album, Rogueart, ,
, Free Jazz
The Diplomats
We Are Not Obstinate Islands
2006, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Rob Brown Quartet
Radiant Pools
2005, CD, Album, RogueArt
William Parker Quartet
Sound Unity
2005, ,
, Free Jazz
Rob Brown Quartet
The Big Picture
2004, CD, Album, Marge
Whit Dickey Quartet
Coalescence
2004, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Lou Grassi Quartet
Avanti Galoppi
2004, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
, Free Jazz
Rob Brown Trio
Round The Bend
2002, CD, Album, Bleu Regard
The Nommonsemble
Life Cycle
2001, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker Quartet
O'Neal's Porch
2001
Rob Brown Quartet
Jumping Off The Page
2000, CD, Album, No More Records
Rob Brown Trio
Visage
2000, CD, Album, Marge
Whit Dickey Trio
Transonic
1998, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity, AUM Fidelity
Rob Brown-Lou Grassi Quartet
Scratching The Surface
1998, CD, Album, CIMP
Bruce Eisenbeil Trio
Nine Wings
1997, CD, CIMP,
Rob Brown Trio
High Wire
1996, CD, Album, Soul Note, Soul Note, 
,
, Free Jazz
APPEARANCES +
Karen Borca Trio, Quartet* & Quintet*
Good News Blues (Live At The Vision Festival • 1998 & 2005)
2024, CD, Ltd, NoBusiness Records, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker
Universal Tonality
2022, 2xCD, Centering Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Whit Dickey, Tao Quartets
Peace Planet & Box Of Light
2019, 2xCD, Album, AUM Fidelity
William Parker
Voices Fall From The Sky
2018, Box, Ltd + 3xCD, Album, Centering Records, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Dave Desmelik
Dave Desmelik With An Army Of Love Childhood Battles
2018, CD, Album, Sound Lab (5)
Matthew Shipp
Magnetism(s)
2017, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album + Comp, Rogueart
William Parker Quartets*
Meditation / Resurrection
2017, 2xCD, Album, Aum Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz
Steve Swell
Music For Six Musicians: Hommage À Olivier Messiaen
2017, CD, Album, Silkheart
William Parker
For Those Who Are, Still
2015, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Box, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary
William Parker / Raining On The Moon
Great Spirit
2015, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity, 
,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Steve Swell's Kende Dreams
Hommage À Bartók
2015, CD, Silkheart
William Parker : Quartet* / Quintet* / Sextet* / Septet* / Ensemble*
Wood Flute Songs. Anthology / Live 2006-2012
2013, 8xCD + Box, Ltd, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
William Parker Orchestra W/Special Guest Kidd Jordan
Essence Of Ellington
2012, 2xCD, Album, Centering Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Michael Wycoff
Love Conquers All
2011,
Groder* & Greene*
Groder & Greene
2009, CD, Album, Ltd, Latham Records, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker
Double Sunrise Over Neptune
2008, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz
Various
Inside Out In The Open (An Expressionist Journey Into The World Known As Free Jazz)
2008, DVD-V, D/Sided, NTSC, PAL, ESP-Disk'
William Parker / Raining On The Moon
Corn Meal Dance
2007
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
For Percy Heath
2006, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, ,
, Free Jazz
Whit Dickey
Sacred Ground
2006, CD, Album, Clean Feed, 
,
, Free Jazz
Steve Swell's Nation Of We
Live At The Bowery Poetry Club
2006, 4xFile, MP3, Ayler Records, 
,
, Free Jazz/Big Band
Various
Vision Volume 3
2005, CD, Ltd + DVD, Arts For Art, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Whit Dickey
In A Heartbeat
2005, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Zimbabwe Nkenya
Zimbabwe Nkenya And The New Jazz
2005, CD, Album, Ltd, High Mayhem, ,
, Modal/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 15
2005, CD, Comp, CIMP, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
Irving Stone Memorial Concert
2004, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Spontaneous
2003, CD, Splasc(H) Records, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Mass For The Healing Of The World
2003, CD, Album, Black Saint, ,
, Free Jazz
Various
Visionfest : Visionlive
2003, CD, Album + DVD-V, Multichannel, Thirsty Ear, ,
, Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Avantgarde/Experimental
Stone House
Likewise
2003, CD, Album, Ltd, Riti Records
William Parker Quartet Featuring Leena Conquest
Raining On The Moon
2002, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Whit Dickey / Trio Ahxoloxha
Prophet Moon
2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Riti Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Raincoat In The River Vol.1 / ICA Concert
2002
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
2001, CD, Album, Eremite Records
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Mayor Of Punkville
2000, 2xCD, Album, AUM Fidelity
Whit Dickey
Big Top
2000, CD, Album, Wobbly Rail
Various
New Communities Of Sound
2000, CD, Album, IntrepidEar, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Chris Dahlgren
Best Intentions
2000
Joe Morris
Many Rings
1999, CD, Knitting Factory Works, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
William Parker / In Order To Survive
Posium Pendasem
1999, CD, Album, FMP
Assif Tsahar's Brass Reeds Ensemble
The Hollow World
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Anthony Braxton
Four Compositions (Washington, D.C.) 1998
1999, 2xCD, Album, Braxton House, ,
, Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Trillium R
1999, 4xCD, Album, Braxton House
Matthew Shipp
Magnetism
1999, CD, Album, Bleu Regard
Steve Dalachinsky
Incomplete Directions
1999, CD, Knitting Factory Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Poetry
Various
Vision Volume One: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 5
1998, CD, Comp, CIMP, CIMP, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker / In Order To Survive
The Peach Orchard
1998, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Sunrise In The Tone World
1997, 2xCD, Album, AUM Fidelity, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker / In Order To Survive
Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy
1996, CD, Album, Homestead Records
William Parker
In Order To Survive
1995, CD, ,
, Free Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Flowers Grow In My Room
1994, CD, Album, Centering Records
Marc Edwards
Time & Space Vol.1
1993, CD, Album, Alpha Phonics
Marc Edwards Quartet
Black Queen
1991, CD, Album, Alpha Phonics
Matthew Shipp Quartet
Points
CD, Silkheart, ,
, Free Jazz
Various
Spirit Of New Jazz
CD, Comp, Smplr, Silkheart, ,
, Free Jazz/Modal/Free Improvisation
Various
At The Moment No Idea
2017, Cass, Album, Comp, Psych.KG, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Poetry
