A leading voice of the harp, Brandee Younger recently made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards as the first Black female solo artist nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her song ‚”Beautiful Is Black.” The mesmerizing track is from her 2021 major label debut album, Somewhere Different, that also received a 2022 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Jazz Album —  Instrumental. Over her career Younger has performed and recorded across countless genres with artists including John Legend, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common, Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Ron Carter, and Charlie Haden.

Noon30: Brandee Younger Trio

Trustees' Garden

A leading voice of the harp, Brandee Younger recently made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards as the first Black female solo artist nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her song “Beautiful Is Black.” The mesmerizing track is from her 2021 major label debut album, Somewhere Different, that also received a 2022 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Jazz Album — Instrumental. Over her career Younger has performed and recorded across countless genres with artists including John Legend, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common, Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Ron Carter, and Charlie Haden.

Brandee Younger Trio / Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

"You feel almost embraced by the transparent harp sounds. There's no question that Brandee Younger has captured the hearts of the Hamburg audience with her music and charisma," enthused the Hamburger Abendblatt when the charismatic jazz harpist Brandee Younger made her debut in the Recital Hall of the Elbphilharmonie in October 2023. And even then, it prophesied: "The next time she comes, her path will probably lead not to the Recital Hall, but to the Grand Hall." How true!

Brandee Younger Trio

Jan 28, 2026