• You are listening to It's a New Day track #2 on Maurice's debut album, Hip to Bop.

• April 2008 The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium Inducted Maurice Brown into Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame. He recieved the Deacon Leroy Applin Young Lion/Lioness Award.

• Be sure to check out the LIVE Mp3's from The New Orleans Jazz Fest May 1, 2008 on the bottom of the Music page!

• Maurice is the winner of the 2005 Big Easy Awards for Contemporary Jazz.

• Maurice is the winner of the 2004/2005 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards for his composition, "Anazao."

• Hip to Bop hit radio waves nationally as the #1 most added on sept 23rd!

• Hip to Bop is available on Apple iTunes!

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Reviews & Quotes

All About Jazz -- "New Orleans Comes to Cape May: 26th Annual Jazz Festival"

"Brown’s energy almost created the first jazz mosh pit. Audience members were clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and exhorting the trumpeter to keep the fire burning..." -- Edward Zucker, All About Jazz

DownBeat Magazine -- "BROWN RISES AS NEW ORLEANS STAR"

"Brown is one of the most exciting young trumpeters in jazz--be it New Orleans or New York. His improvisations are fresh, his chops dynamic and he's writing what could very well become a new generation of hard-bop-meets-new-grooves standards." -- Jason Koransky, Editor, DownBeat Magazine

Chicago Tribune -- "The Year's Best Recordings"

In one of the most startling debuts of the year, 23-year-old trumpeter Brown -- a Chicagoan now based in New Orleans -- announced himself as a triple-threat artist, equally effective as virtuoso trumpeter, versatile composer and supremely confident bandleader. That a musician of Brown's young vintage could conceive a work as harmonically bold and structurally intricate as "Rapture," the recording's explosive opening track, suggests that this talent runs deep. So does "It's a New Day," with its unforgettably catchy main riff; "Mi Amor," a ballad of remarkable melodic beauty and poise; and the hard-charging, bebop-inspired "Look Ma No Hands." -- Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Arts Critic

Jazz Society of Oregon

"Give the younger generation its due, but do it when they deserve it. Maurice Brown is a New Orleans (via Chicago) trumpet wunderkind who's keeping the hard bop tradition alive with an exciting set of originals covering all the moods and tempos." -- Jazz Society of Oregon

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