Latest Release
- MAR 15, 2024
- 1 Song
- World Sleep Day 2024 · 2024
- Brand New Life · 2023
- The Omnichord Real Book · 2023
- Brand New Life · 2023
- Brand New Life · 2023
- Somewhere Different · 2021
- Brand New Life · 2023
- Somewhere Different · 2021
- Somewhere Different · 2021
- Brand New Life · 2023
Albums
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2016
Artist Playlists
- Brandee Younger has advanced the pioneering jazz contribution of harp predecessors like Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby (whose “Afro-Harping” she covers), but since emerging in the 2010s, she has also spread her wings creatively, tapping into R&B, hip-hop, and free jazz. No harpist is better suited to adapting such a singular instrument to so many traditions. In a duo with her bass-playing husband, Dezron Douglas, she pulls lyric beauty and deep soul out of jazz and pop classics, while her band recordings nonchalantly summon the spiritual jazz sound of the '70s, sleek post-bop and classic funk.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Appears On
- Black Is Beautiful Experience, Nicholas Payton & Marcus Gilmore
- Eric Brown
- Michael Olatuja
- Destroy Babylon
About Brandee Younger
Harpist Brandee Younger is a virtuoso performer whose genre-crossing style incorporates jazz, classical, soul, and funk traditions. Building upon the influence of artists like Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby, Younger garnered acclaim for albums like 2014's The Brandee Younger 4tet, Live at the Breeding Ground, 2016's Wax & Wane, and 2019's Soul Awakening. Along with tours as a member of drummer Makaya McCraven's band, she has contributed to a mix of projects by artists like Common, Jeremy Pelt, Alessia Cara, Drake, and more. She gained wider attention with her sixth album, 2021's Somewhere Different, which included "Beautiful Is Black," a track that made her the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. Brand New Life arrived in 2023, with guest spots by Mumu Fresh and Meshell N'degeocello.
- HOMETOWN
- Hempstead, NY, United States
- BORN
- July 1, 1983
- GENRE
- Jazz