Donald Brown (musician)

Donald Brown
Svoy, Donald Brown, Kenny Garrett & Vernell Brown
Svoy, Donald Brown, Kenny Garrett & Vernell Brown, Jr. at Sear Sound Recording, NYC
Background information
Birth nameDonald Ray Brown
Born (1954-03-28) March 28, 1954 (age 70)
Hernando, Mississippi, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Music producer, musician
InstrumentPiano
Years active1972–2020
LabelsMuse, Sunnyside, Evidence, Space Time
WebsiteOfficial website

Donald Ray Brown (born March 28, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and producer.[1]

Brown was born in Hernando, Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play trumpet and drums in his youth. From 1972 to 1975, he was a student at Memphis State University, by which time he had made piano his primary instrument. He was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1981 to 1982, then took teaching positions at Berklee College of Music from 1983 to 1985 and the University of Tennessee from 1988.[2] Brown has recorded for Evidence, Muse, and Sunnyside.[3]

  1. ^ "Donald Brown | Credits".
  2. ^ "Brown at The University of Tennessee". music.utk.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6186 Donald Brown] at Allmusic