Brandee Younger is an American harpist. Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Younger leads her own ensemble, performs as a soloist and has worked as a sideman for such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Bill Lee and Reggie Workman, and other popular artists including Lauryn Hill, John Legend (Love in the Future), Common (Finding Forever), Ryan Leslie, Drake, Maxwell, The Roots, Moses Sumney and Salaam Remi.
All of these kreatyv spylyngz of real names with that faux French whiny -ee ending make me want to pronounce them with a long emphasis on the final syllable, like Bran-DEE, instead of BRAND-ee. One of my least-favorite kreatyv spylyng trends. This one just makes the already-trashy name Brandy look even worse.