Damon Brown And His Korean Trio

Damon Brown is one of the UK’s leading jazz trumpet players and composers. Born in Manchester he studied the trumpet at the Leeds College of Music and London’s Guildhall School of Music. In the 90’s Damon played and toured with many pop and dance stars including: Paul Weller, Maxi Priest, The Specials, and The Pasadenas. With the London Acid Jazz Group, Push and the DJ Gilles Peterson he made the first of many visits to Japan.
In the mid 90’s Damon formed his first jazz group, the Damon Brown Quintet, and toured the UK. Since this debut as composer, player and bandleader Damon Brown has confirmed his place in the UK jazz scene: he has played over the years at all the UK’s leading clubs and festivals and has performed internationally, particularly in Europe and the Far East.

Damon has just returned from a two year stay in Seoul where he established a wonderful rapport with these two brilliant Korean musicians, Woong Kang and Jin Kyo Park. This concert will launch the trio's new CD "Walking On", and though it is some distance from the hard blowing Blue Note style for which Brown is noted, the format gives maximum space to his magnificent tone and gift for melodic in invention.