Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger & Educator Keith Brown .. He talked about his new 2021 CD with your Trio called African Ripples .. He was born in Memphis and raised in Knoxville, TN and began playing piano and bass at an early age. His father Donald Brown is a world-renowned jazz pianist/composer having performed with many greats and he first learned to play songs of R&B artists like Stevie Wonder by ear and then started classical piano lessons at 8yrs old. By age 18, Keith was playing piano and bass around Knoxville in a variety of jazz, r&b, funk, and country bands. His story is a great one .. Enjoy ..