WEST COAST JAM TRIPLE THREAT OF BROWN, BRAUN & ELLIOT Led by Rick Braun, Richard Elliot and Norman Brown, the Berks got a triple dose of the cutting edge WEST COAST JAM sound as they took a cut from Elliot’s ‘Summer Madness’ CD, originally produced by Rick Braun to showcase the new experimental format. Norman Brown and his ‘West Coast Coolin’ sound was the perfect complement for the trumpet of Braun and the sax and electronic flute that Elliot showcased on ‘EUROPA’ . Add special vocal guest Lindsey Webster and the Berks was treated to three of the heavy hitters in the evolving sound of Smooth Jazz. And I was fortunate to have the opportunity to take it all in from the VIP section of the spacious and acoustically perfect Double Tree by Hilton ballroom, the new home base of the Berks Jazz Festival.
© 2017 Malcolm Lewis Barnes.