The Brown Beatnik Tomes

Ron Carter and Danny Simmons Live at BRIC

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Relix Magazine Brown Beatnik Tomes Review

Relix Magazine

Ron Carter has played on more than 2,200 recording sessions­– most famously with Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet-in every conceivable configuration. It's second nature for him to find his place within the music while simultaneously influencing its direction. He is one of few acoustic­ jazz bassists who could step out onto a stage, as he does here, accompanied only by a … [Read more...] about Relix Magazine Brown Beatnik Tomes Review

Ron Carter, Beatniks and Corrective History

Down Beat

When bassist and bandleader Ron Carter left the Blue Note stage on a recent night in lower Manhattan, a group of fans trailed behind him as he headed to the upstairs dressing rooms. A line of autograph seekers with albums, books, programs and other memorabilia already had formed outside the door. Two or three were called in at time to bask in Carter’s presence, and he seemed … [Read more...] about Ron Carter, Beatniks and Corrective History

Danny Simmons & Ron Carter: The Brown Beatnik Speaks, The Jazz Legend Plays

Rock & Roll Globe

Back in October of 2015, poet Danny Simmons and the bass playing jazz legend Ron Carter took the stage at the BRIC House to play a set for the venue’s Jazz Festival. While Cater improvised, Simmons performed poems from his most recent book, The Brown Beatnik Tomes. Carter’s nuanced improvisations fit perfectly with the powerful images Simmons conjured with … [Read more...] about Danny Simmons & Ron Carter: The Brown Beatnik Speaks, The Jazz Legend Plays

Ron Carter of Bars

Gobuz

Even the Guinness Book of Records says so: Ron Carter has been involved in the production of over 2,200 albums! At 82 years old, the double bass player extraordinaire still has things left to say. And he does so here, with this live album co-written with Danny Simmons. Not very well known in Europe, Simmons is none other than the older brother of Joseph Simmons (Run in Run-DMC) and … [Read more...] about Ron Carter of Bars

MAYNARD G KREBS LIVES! Ron Carter & Danny Simmons: The Brown Beatnik Tomes

Jazz Weekly

In case you’re under 70 and don’t know who the name Maynard G Krebs, he was the fictional beatnik character, complete with bongos and goatee, on the classic 50s TV show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Well, if that show were still around (and it was a clever one), this album with the famed bassist Ron Carter (along with his trio of guitarist Russell Malone and … [Read more...] about MAYNARD G KREBS LIVES! Ron Carter & Danny Simmons: The Brown Beatnik Tomes

Dramatic Poetry from Danny Simmons and Scintillating Bass Playing by Ron Carter Highlight “The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House”

Glide Magazine

This collaboration between two giants could likely only happen live in a special setting to produce the drama and improvisation contained in The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC. Bassist Ron Carter (who just turned 82) not only played in Miles Davis’ vaunted Quintet but holds the Guinness-certified most-recorded jazz bassist in history with well over 2200 sessions. … [Read more...] about Dramatic Poetry from Danny Simmons and Scintillating Bass Playing by Ron Carter Highlight “The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House”

Ron Carter and Danny Simmons Announce The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House

Bass Magazine

On one autumn night at Brooklyn’s BRIC House, Carter and Simmons turned raw-plucked bass lines and hotly read poetry into something that rang with meaning. Ron Carter and Danny Simmons announce The Brown Beatnik Tomes - Live at BRIC House, a new album to be released on June 7th via Blue Note. On the bass: Ron Carter (who will turn 82 next week) not only played in Miles … [Read more...] about Ron Carter and Danny Simmons Announce The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House

Ron Carter and Danny Simmons Release “The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House”

No Treble

Jazz legend Ron Carter has teamed up with abstract painter and poet Danny Simmons for a new album called The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House. The album features Simmons performing readings from his 2014 book of poems and paintings, The Brown Beatnik Tomes, with Carter accompanying him on bass. Simmons came up with the idea to integrate black culture and community … [Read more...] about Ron Carter and Danny Simmons Release “The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House”

Listen to “For a Pistol” from Ron Carter and Danny Simmons’ Forthcoming Album

JAZZIZ

Bass legend Ron Carter and acclaimed poet Danny Simmons will release a new album, The Brown Beatnik Tomes – Live at BRIC House, on June 7 via Blue Note. The album documents a night of jazz and poetry that took place last autumn at Brooklyn’s BRIC House – a project that began as a book, became an event and is now an album. “I was trying to imagine myself as a Beat … [Read more...] about Listen to “For a Pistol” from Ron Carter and Danny Simmons’ Forthcoming Album

Ron Carter & Danny Simmons The Brown Beatnik Tomes (Blue Note/Universal)

Jazz Thing

You feel transported back to blissful beat times when author Danny Simmons fires his eloquent volleys into the audience. Who would have thought that Ron Carter, the grand seigneur of the double bass and probably the most recorded bass player of the planet, has a thing for "something like that". The album is a live recording of New York's BRIC JazzFest, and Carter draws … [Read more...] about Ron Carter & Danny Simmons The Brown Beatnik Tomes (Blue Note/Universal)