I don’t think there could have been a better way to spend the second night of Passover than at SubCulture with my sensational band, a full horn section, and the gorgeous and wonderful …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:41AMYou’re going to be underestimated, you know. That’s how this goes, especially when you start young.
SOURCE: time.com at 11:28AMJason Robert Brown in Concert, with Special Guest Anika Noni Rose
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:44PMMy yearly tribute to the Irish ladies, whose shamrock milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard. Jason Robert Brown in Concert, with Special Guest Anika Noni Rose Now available for download …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:04AMA sublime and ridiculous evening at SubCulture with the amazing Ana Gasteyer (whose sensational album I’m Hip is available now on iTunes). Not only did Ana rip our hearts out with her …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:11PMI read an article last year about a middle-aged guy who was learning, for the first time, to drive. His realization was this: Driving is not particularly difficult, it’s just incredibl…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:18PMAn incendiary night at SubCulture, with the blaze lit by the incomparable Lena Hall, force of nature beyond compare, and stoked by the dazzling Dave Eggar on cello. I don’t remotely su…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 10:20PMIn honor of the great Randy Landau’s birthday today, a heretofore unreleased track. Gary, Randy and I did a trio date in Copenhagen in 2009, and this recording comes directly from the …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 09:26PMStarting the New Year and the New Residency with a blizzard of notes! Among the high points: the boys and I revisited “I’m In Bizness” for what I’m pretty sure is the…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 05:25PMI can’t think of a better way to start out the New Year than by making music with my favorite singers and players in the world. Shoshana texted me the day I got to LA and said “Y…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:52PMA couple of months ago, I got an email saying that a high school principal had told one of his students that they couldn’t do “13” for their Spring Musical because one of t…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 03:26AMHere’s what I got in 2015. I got to conduct Parade at Avery Fisher Hall. I got to conduct The Trumpet of the Swan at the Halle Staatskapelle. I got to conduct three songs from Bridges …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 06:46PMJRB, piano; w Benny Koonyevsky (dr), Randy Landau (bs), Steve Benson (gtr), Tony Kadleck (tpt), Sal Spicola (sx) and Rob DeBellis (cl); special appearance by Jeffrey Lesser's head. Kilgore S…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:49PMOh, I suspect there are many things in the world that can be blamed on Larry Blank, but only some of them are musical, and this is the story of one of those things.
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 06:42AMI will remember their names and I will sing them to a safer place.
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 11:06AMSince the dawn of time, Man has told tales of horror and devastation. Perhaps they serve as a warning. Perhaps they draw a community together. Or maybe people just have a collective need to …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 12:32PMStill Hurting/Jessica Molaskey (world premiere, 1999) The first public performance of this song. Jessica Molaskey, vocals; Jason Robert Brown, piano; Gary Sieger, guitar; September 27, 199…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24AMYes, it's true, the 2012 JRB Karaoke Competition is now closed to any further entries. You can hear all 694 renditions by going to the JRB Karaoke Group on SoundCloud.com. I am amazed and ho…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:53PMIt's time once again for the JRB Summer Karaoke Competition! Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! I did this once before, back in 2008, and to my shock and amazement, I got over 200 ent…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 09:12PMMy first concert at the Red Mountain Theatre Company was back in 2006 (when they had a different name), and I've been back almost every year since then, always amazed at the incredible talen…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 04:08PMAs Songs for a New World evolved over the course of my first five years in New York City, I was absorbing a lot of different music in that way that is really only possible when you live by y…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 07:40PMI was interviewed for Scott Brown's feature in this week's New York magazine. My interview was cut and pasted to the point where I'm not certain it makes any sense, but heck, I'm adorable. A…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 04:19PMMy editor at Hal Leonard, the estimable Rick Walters, called me in 2010 with the idea that we should do a book-and-CD folio of me playing accompaniments to my own songs, with a male and fema…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 03:12PMI've always sort of liked the Drama Desk Awards. Over the years, I've appreciated that they really did try to be inclusive of a wide swath of New York theater, not just big-money Broadway sh…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 01:49AMAn unbelievable night with Anika, who was even more brilliant than ever, and a fantastic band in the gorgeous Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center. Sold out with al…
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