“Ms. Bown was an excellent technical pianist, rooted in bop but with a strong dose of gospel-soul in her left hand. … Famed jazz critic Whitney Balliett was a big fan, describing her performance at a Newport ’75 Jam Session as ‘a mischievous wonder. She is an intense performer…Her own improvisations are hard-swinging précis of longer, more elaborate statements that she edits in her head.’ ”
–curtjazz.com