The Brandee Younger Trio

The fact that the trio is led by an African-American concert harp player could theoretically be enough to consider The Brandee Younger Trio a completely unique formation. But that would be too superficial. It is not just about an atypical sound, but simply about unique music as such. Now forty-one, Brandee Younger took music very seriously from a very young age and subordinated her studies to it. She first graduated in harp playing and music management at the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, and then received a Master of Music degree from New York University. Early in her career, she managed to collaborate with jazz greats of the caliber of Pharoah Sanders or Jack DeJohnette, as well as hip-hop and R&B stars such as Lauryn Hill, The Roots or John Legend.