Robert Northern (May 21, 1934 – May 31, 2020), known professionally as Brother Ah, was an American jazz French hornist.
Born in 1934 in Kinston, North Carolina and raised in The Bronx,[1] Northern studied at the Manhattan School of Music[2] and at the Vienna Academy in the 1950s.
[3] He also worked with Don Cherry, Thelonious Monk,[1] Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie,[1] Eric Dolphy, Charlie Haden, and John Lewis.
He lived in New York City from 1963 to 1971, and after a period of increasing interest in non-Western music, visited and studied in Africa (Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania) during seven consecutive summers (1972 -1977).
[2][8] With Donald Byrd With John Coltrane With Gil Evans With Art Farmer With Benny Golson With Charlie Haden With Andrew Hill With Freddie Hubbard With Milt Jackson With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra With J. J. Johnson With Quincy Jones With John Lewis With Jack McDuff With Gary McFarland With Thelonious Monk With Oliver Nelson With Lalo Schifrin With Cal Tjader With McCoy Tyner With Julius Watkins