One man bands are something of a novelty: some guy with a half a dozen instruments (or more)—guitar, drums, harmonica—affixed to his body in various ways. Saxophonist Derek Brown blows the one man ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with musician Derek Brown about his new album Beatbox Sax. Brown squeezes sounds out of his instrument that sound more like stand up bass, than saxophone. When you ...

A Michigan man who has created his own way of beatboxing with a saxophone, used the unique acoustics of an old flour mill on August 24 to play his own version of a Bach piece. Derek Brown, now based ...

In a unique concert, beatbox saxophonist and Hope alumni Derek Brown is returning to his alma mater to present a concert. The concert is 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H.

From his 30+ million views across social media to his appearance on international television and NPR’s Weekend Edition, Billboard-charting saxophonist/innovator Derek Brown and his one-of-a-kind solo ...

His sound is unique — and it takes years to master. Derek Brown is an instructor at the Jerry Evans School of Music in Wheaton. He's got a master of arts degree in jazz studies from the prestigious ...

If you’re sick of hearing Uptown Funk, you’re not the only one. The tune has been hanging around in the charts for months, while the inevitable cover versions have inevitably come rolling in. But even ...

Offbeat combines beatboxing with string and brass instruments. “It’s about kind of having that one person in your life where you want to be with them all the time but you recognize you … both have ...

While most other artists, including beatboxers, used to rely almost completely on television to gain recognition, social media's extensive use in India has given both established and upcoming artists ...

When you listen to Derek Brown play the sax, you figure this guy has got to be using all kinds of loops and overdubs and electronic pyrotechnics. And then when you figure out it's just him playing ...

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