Rich Brown Archives

Bassist Rich Brown releases "Nyaeba," a solo bass album blending African and Brazilian rhythms with storytelling and melody.

Rich Brown pays tribute to the late bassist Rachel Rhodes with an emotional performance of her composition, “First Snow.” Honoring her legacy, Rich shares a heartfelt message and a moving video that celebrates Rachel’s impact on the bass community.

Rich Brown just shared a video he titled “A Different Kind of Bass Solo” from his performance with the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio. He added, “Also, the moment right before my solo when Jeremy and I both realized my E-bow had been placed for safe keeping inside the piano bench.”

No Treble contributor Rich Brown has been blowing me away for years. Here’s a new video he recorded with Marito Marques on drums and João Frade. They call it “Untitled Groove”.

Jason Raso has released a new album called “Stringspan” that compiles fifteen songs from a decade of collaborations. Special guests on the record include bass royalty like Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, Rich Brown, and Alain Caron.

Like you, we’re really enjoying Rich Brown’s The Brown’stone lesson series on No Treble. But today, we’re going to watch the man play. Check out “Ukudlala”.

Here’s a dynamic duo if I ever saw one. Bassist Rich Brown and drummer Larnell Lewis have teamed up to form Lewis.Brown. This clip of “Forward Motion (redux)” recorded at the Placebo Space in Toronto last month is leaving us wanting more. Brown sets up a heavily syncopated groove with loop pedal before Lewis jumps in and the two get...

Rich Brown is always cooking up some great videos for us to share. “[Here’s a] short video of me playing one of the Bach Violin Partitas,” he said. “I love this stuff and I had such a blast learning this piece. I hope you and your readers enjoy it.” We think you will, as much as we did.

Rich Brown sent me his latest video, with his performance of “_our Hero”. Rich gets such a sweet, synth-like tone on this one.

Drummer Marito Marques runs a series of videos called “Drum & Bass Sessions”, where invites different area bassists to perform with him in his studio. Bassist Rich Brown sat in on Marito’s fourth video of the series. He shared this video with us so we can share it with you.

Last month, Rich Brown visited 80 Gladstone in Toronto with vocalist/pianist Wado Brown and drummer Larnell Lewis, and recorded some live music. Among the tunes was Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low”, which the trio makes their own. This one is a lot of fun.

Back in 2009, Rich Brown shared a video with us of him playing his original composition, “Lua”. He told us the song was “written after spending many an evening gazing at the moon in it’s luminous splendor. A bit Metheny, a bit Gismonti, a bit Garrison.” Here’s a newer video of Rich playing that tune live. The tones he gets...