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• Legendary drummer in Bend this weekend.

Drummer Mel Brown has been around. In music circles, the guy’s name is legendary and he’s got the talent to back it up. Not only that, but Brown surrounds himself was fantastic musicians whenever he plays. That’s why it’s always a treat when he come to Bend.

For two days (and three shows) this weekend, The Mel Brown Septet will be jazzing up The Oxford Hotel and the Minnesota Ballroom. Sax, trombone, trumpet, piano, and drums will all be represented. So there will be a little something for everyone, no matter which jazz instrument you prefer.

Here’s a little video of the Mel Brown Septet getting things going a few years back at Jimmy Mak’s in Portland.

This article appears in Feb 14-20, 2013.

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Mel Brown in Bend. Hot Hot Jazz!

by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 18, 2013

<h1>Mel Brown in Bend. Hot Hot Jazz!</h1> <p class="byline">by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 18, 2013</p> <p><div class="blogImageLeft"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/legendary-drummer-in-bend-this-weekend/u/original/2218937/1361216969-mel_brown.jpg" alt="Legendary drummer in Bend this weekend." title="Legendary drummer in Bend this weekend. " width="250" height="374" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Legendary drummer in Bend this weekend.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Drummer Mel Brown has been around. In music circles, the guy's name is legendary and he's got the talent to back it up. Not only that, but Brown surrounds himself was fantastic musicians whenever he plays. That's why it's always a treat when he come to Bend. </p> <p>For two days (and three shows) this weekend, The Mel Brown Septet will be jazzing up The Oxford Hotel and the Minnesota Ballroom. Sax, trombone, trumpet, piano, and drums will all be represented. So there will be a little something for everyone, no matter which jazz instrument you prefer. </p> <p>Here's a little video of the Mel Brown Septet getting things going a few years back at Jimmy Mak's in Portland. </p> </p> <p><div><strong>Mel Brown Steptet</strong></div> </p> <p><div>8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22</div> </p> <p><div>5 p.m. &amp; 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23</div> </p> <p><div>The Oxford Hotel</div> </p> <p><div>10 N.W. Minnesota Ave.</div> </p> <p><div>tickets $35 at <a href="http://www.oxfordhotelbend.com/jazz-at-the-oxford.htm" target="_blank">www.oxfordhotelbend.com</a></div> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/embed/tbxIuQT-OMg </div> </figure> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/mel-brown-in-bend-hot-hot-jazz-2218935/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17813&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/mel-brown-in-bend-hot-hot-jazz-2218935/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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