[1] Throughout her early career, Younger worked with a diverse range of artists across genres, including Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Common, John Legend, The Roots, and Lauryn Hill.
[3] In 2020, Younger released Force Majeure, a duo album with bassist Dezron Douglas recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown, praised for its intimacy and spontaneity.
In 2023, she released Brand New Life, an album paying tribute to harpist Dorothy Ashby [6]while continuing to push the instrument forward.
Brandee Younger is widely recognized for revolutionizing the harp’s role in modern music, drawing inspiration from trailblazers like Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane while forging her own path.
As a composer, performer, and educator, she continues to inspire new generations of musicians and expand the presence of the harp in contemporary jazz, hip-hop, and beyond.