franklin street

is now completed! With a release date of May 25, 2008, the CD features more great piano music, lots of new original tunes, and Peter's jazz trio (Chris Breitner, bass and Bruce Wittet, drums).

Here's what people have been saying about Franklin Street:

"Peter's consummate keyboard skills are still front and centre ... Franklin Street ... benefits from the longstanding musical relationship forged between members of the trio." -Kris Riendeau, The Humm, May, 2008
"Franklin Street ... is a masterful work that both showcases and profiles the incredible talent that is Peter Brown. Musically, the collection is jazz in nature but features a full range of styles and influences that speak of the blues, showtime and class." -Lyle Dillabough, Mississippi Weekender, May 30, 2008
"Brown's album ought to be assessed as more thana jazz record. Instead, it would be better thought of as the work of a singer/songwriter who leans towards the language of jazz but is not entirely defined by it." -John Kelman, AllAboutJazz.Com, May, 2008

Listen to clips from selections from his CD (in MP3 format).

Forest Flower (53 sec.)

Franklin Street (48 sec.)

Spanish Lesley (40 sec.)

Choices We Made (65 sec.)

Never Fall For a Broken Heart (53 sec.)

Franklin Street can be purchased at the following retail locations:

CD Warehouse, all 3 Ottawa, Ontario locations
Mississippi Musicworks, Almonte, Ontario
The Miller's Tale, Almonte, Ontario
Shadowfax, Perth, Ontario
Read's Bookstore, Carleton Place, Ontario
SRC Music, Carleton Place, Ontario

marie-claude

Released in 2002, Marie-Claude is a collection of piano improvisations that crosses several genres — jazz, blues, country, and new age — played exclusively on acoustic instruments and somewhat "old-timey" in style and sound.

Listen to clips from selections from his CD (in MP3 format).

Boogie Woogie Boogie (30 sec.)

Fool Such As I (59 sec.)

Marie-Claude (38 sec.)

Sunshine Boogie (37 sec.)

I Must Love You (48 sec.)

The Holy Land (41 sec.)

Marie-Claude can be purchased at the following retail locations:

CD Warehouse, all 3 Ottawa, Ontario locations
Compact Music, Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Folklore Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

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Contact Peter Brown to order either of these CDs. Members of the media may contact Peter Brown directly at promotions@peterbrown.ca