I walked into Snug Harbor (New Orleans) one night and caught Joanne playing with Jason Marsalis (drums), sorry, but the name of the bass player escapes me now (and I'm a bass player, go figure)... anyways, halfway though the evening Jason's dad Ellis Marsalis walks up on stage and starts playing 4-hand piano with Joanne... just amazing... everyone was blown away and felt privileged to have been in the right place at the right time.
Joanne is a great composer. She starts off in C and it's all dissonant and then.......suddenly there's clarity. She plays so hard that the keys need a rest after she plays. She's fantastic!
She's ridiculously talented. In about 1976 I was playing piano with a band, traveling the country. We a had a week off and we spent it bumming around NYC. I walked into this really crappy little bar in the Village, late one night, and there were about 6 customers - and she and a bass player were performing. No one was even paying attention. It was like a factory bar in Michigan. Tiny place - I asked her name and she kinda growled, "Joanne Brackeen". She's incredible.
One of my favorite pianists for thirty years! Joanne Brackeen is fabulous.
Burghound 2 months ago
shes my gf's grandma, met her at Thanksgiving. shes a really nice lady :)
KandyREW 4 months ago
I walked into Snug Harbor (New Orleans) one night and caught Joanne playing with Jason Marsalis (drums), sorry, but the name of the bass player escapes me now (and I'm a bass player, go figure)... anyways, halfway though the evening Jason's dad Ellis Marsalis walks up on stage and starts playing 4-hand piano with Joanne... just amazing... everyone was blown away and felt privileged to have been in the right place at the right time.
erhovey 4 months ago in playlist jazz
@bopplayer LOL nice
tfsimon85 1 year ago
Joanne is a great composer. She starts off in C and it's all dissonant and then.......suddenly there's clarity. She plays so hard that the keys need a rest after she plays. She's fantastic!
lrlforfun 1 year ago
Fantastic video, really enjoy her playing. Does anyone know who the other two members are?
RevWrona 1 year ago
She's ridiculously talented. In about 1976 I was playing piano with a band, traveling the country. We a had a week off and we spent it bumming around NYC. I walked into this really crappy little bar in the Village, late one night, and there were about 6 customers - and she and a bass player were performing. No one was even paying attention. It was like a factory bar in Michigan. Tiny place - I asked her name and she kinda growled, "Joanne Brackeen". She's incredible.
guymerritt 1 year ago
woot! Brackeen is my last name and i dont know who this women is..
Mason5666 1 year ago
What an innovator. What's the next level beyond Avant Garde? Cuz certainly, Joanne has reached that point!
dbleagle69 1 year ago
I met her the last May in Jazzfest in Puebla, México
The only thing I have to say: She's an AMAZING PERSON, not just for her extraordinary way to play piano, also she is a beautiful human being
bandalav 1 year ago