The JazzLeopard

@tedgioia Humble brag.

This is ridiculous. Yesterday Rick Beato put up a snippet from our interview on Instagram—and it already has a million views. A million? That has to be a typo. I usually do gigs for a hundred bucks plus a free drink from the bar.

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” -Isaac Asimov. Was invited by my agency @painted.words to create a postcard for @j.f.foxbooks grass roots campaign to support School Librarians, kids' freedom to read, and to stand up against book bans.

It’s almost that time of year! My annual two-week residency at the world-famous Village Vanguard (@vanguardjazz) starts next week, December 5th. Get your tickets now!!!! Look at the photo to see what bands are on deck. Tickets: villagevanguard.squadup.com/2022.html

“It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” @ninasimone #ninasimone #keithhenrybrown🎨 #chinamarker #markerdrawing #portrait #markerdrawingart #mississippigoddamn #illustration #pianist #soulsinger #portraitart @pwlicensing @paintedwordsartrep @painted.words

Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong thenation.com/article/cultur…

@ethan_iverson AWESOME

The current issue of The Nation has my deep dive into Louis Armstrong and his archives housed at the Armstrong Center in Queens. It is the cover story! I’m delighted. Absolutely Louis Armstrong should be on the cover of our major magazines. thenation.com/article/cultur…

“The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.” Happy Birthday, ANNE RICE. #keithhenrybrown🎨 @iamtheleopard @annericeauthor @annericevampireball #watercolor #interviewwiththevampire #thevampirelestat #watercolorpainting #watercolorportrait e @painted.words

“I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.” Happy Birthday, JACK KIRBY! There would be no Marvel Comics without JK!

“Life is loneliness… Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship — but the loneliness of the soul, in its appalling self-consciousness, is horrible and overpowering.” - Sylvia Path Running In The Sand (African woman) #markers #china marker #photoshopcolor

“No, I don’t believe in heaven or hell. I don’t believe in any sort of burning. I don’t believe it’s right to teach children that God is somebody that will punish them if they misbehave, that God isn’t somebody who understands. That’s an abuse of children.”

“Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes—this was Johnny Hodges. This is Johnny Hodges." - Duke Ellington Happy Birthday, JOHNNY "Rabbit" HODGES #johnnyhodges #dukeellington

“You have to lose yourself to find yourself.” Happy Birthday to the versatile actor WILLEM DAFOE. #keithhenrybrown #iamtheleopard #markerillustration #penanink #willemdafoe #actor #actorportrait #cityoffire #platoon #thelighthouse #antichrist #spiderman #floridaproject

@tedgioia 🤣

Word.

@tedgioia 😂😂😂

@JoshundaSanders @parkrowbooks @htp_books @LB1899 Congratulations!!!

Thinking about the great JOHN LEWIS who passed away 3 years ago today. 10 year old Tybre Faw drove 7 hours with his grandmothers from Tennessee to meet John Lewis. Then this happened. This is the moment that told me I HAD to draw our book! Repost from @danabashcnn

Nils Lofgren wearing the jacket I gave him (which I wore on my first album cover)  and playing James Honeyman Scott’s Zermatis  guitar at the recent Bruce Springsteen show in Hyde Park. Now, that’s what I call flying the flag. Nice one Nils! We love you! XCH

I’m Princess 👑 Abigail The STORY Teller @iamtheleopard @KathyErskine Tag 🏷️ You’re It!! MY DAD IS A DJ ❤️

From the #IDPodcast archive: In Episode 157, Giuseppe spoke with Keith Henry Brown (@iamtheleopard) about what illustrators can learn from musicians; what it means to feel entitled to your mistakes—and how that applies to creativity; and more. illustrationdept.com/podcast/giusep…