Chandler Browne

Browne strives to investigate the unending capabilities taps have as a percussive form and contributor to the rhythmic fabric of music.  As a bandleader Browne is dedicated to discovering how jazz would sound if tap dance hadn’t been erased from the form during the big band era, and instead was allowed to develop in tandem through bebop and beyond. Browne meditates on this work with their group Chandler Browne Trio and Chandler Browne Quintet. Their electronic project “WithanE” (a reference to  their surname, Browne with an ‘e’) takes off from the legacy left for us by the prolific Gregory Hines in the final scene of the movie Tap, an electronic taps layered rhythmic landscape centered on a potential future of The Dance.