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Edwin Orion Brownell (November 30, 1964) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a neo-classical composer and concert pianist whose original music has been described as highly melodic; a strong blues influence upon a solid classical foundation. ==History== WP:GNG Brownell began studying piano at the age of four and two years later started working through the Royal Conservatory curriculum (Canada) until his late teens, when he began playing rock and roll professionally. From 1984–1991, Brownell was a member of the popular Ontario rock groups Longbottom, Inside Out and Straight No Chaser.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Evolution of Musical Eclecticism )〕 After moving to Montreal in 1990 he founded Edwin and the Bedouins, and with this band toured throughout eastern Canada and North Africa, recording the albums ''Somebody’s Watching You'' (1996), ''Bering and Beyond'' (2006) and ''One for All'' (2011).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brownell Back with Bedouins )〕 Throughout this time he also played as a sideman in many of Montreal’s top local acts including Black and Blue, Angel and the Bad Boys,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Faces at Soul 'n' Blues )〕 Crawdaddy and Souled Out. As a bandleader, Brownell also worked nightclubs and arenas in central Canada with many top Montreal musicians including singers Angel Forrest and Bobby Lee Silcott, drummer Jerry Mercer (Mashmakhan, Triangle, April Wine),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NDG Free Press, Jan 27, 2010 page 12 )〕 and guitarist John McGale and bassist Breen LeBoeuf (Offenbach).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Montreal Gazette, Nov 28, 2008 )〕 He has also had the honour of opening shows for Bruce Cockburn and Burton Cummings (The Guess Who). Brownell earned his Honours in History in 1997, specializing on the Sino-American relationship from 1928–1949. He earned his master's degree in History at Concordia University in 2000, with a thesis based on oral-histories of members of the R&B scene in Montreal from 1967 to 1999. In 2003, Edwin Orion Brownell returned to his classical roots, studying performance, composition and orchestration. His first two solo-piano recordings ''Maimonides Pops'' and ''Music of the Dance'' (2005) contain a highly acclaimed mix of originals and classical standards and these successes were followed up with his release of his all-original double album: ''Journey of the Spirit'' (2007) and another all-original CD album with an accompanying DVD documentary: ''Smile'' (2009).〔 He followed this up with the launch of ''Songs of Love and Marriage'' in 2012. This album marked his first foray into arranging and featured Flaviu and Loredana Zanca as ''The Zara Strings''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Orion Brownell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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