.Mobetta Brown Launches His Spring Tour Sunday in San Jose

May 18, 2023

The Levitt Foundation provides funding to make free community concerts possible in underused outdoor spaces throughout the country—from an amphitheater in Alabama to festival grounds in Maryland to St. James Park right here in San Jose. Trumpet extraordinaire Maurice “Mobetta” Brown embodies these ideas of joy and unity with his unique blend of jazz, hip-hop, blues and rock. Often found playing horns onstage next to Anderson .Paak, Brown launches his spring solo tour this Sunday in San Jose. Opening is Melanie Charles, a bold and excitingly progressive voice in contemporary jazz.

Maurice “Mobetta” Brown

Sun, 3:30pm, Free

St. James Park, San Jose

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.