The style of the brilliant young pianist Keith Brown exudes R & B, funk and hip hop. Influenced by musicians such as Phineas Newborn, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Kirkland and Donald Brown, Keith Brown likes to say: "Writing music in an intellectual manner should not be at the expense of melody or any which can touch people. " Keith Brown (piano, keyboards), Greg Tardy (tenor and soprano saxophone), Clint Mulligan (bass), Terreon Gully (drums)