Sam Brown | |
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Born |
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
February 19, 1939
Died | December 28, 1977 Bloomington, Indiana |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar |
Sam Brown (January 19, 1939 – December 27, 1977) was a jazz guitarist.
Sam T. Brown's playing style was unusual in that he performed in a generally jazz-rock format, while performing in Keith Jarrett's ensembles that sometimes veered close to a free jazz style. His initial recording success included membership of the jazz rock group Ars Nova during the 1967-1969 period.
Brown's most noteworthy recorded performances were on recordings of Keith Jarrett (particularly, his "American band" with Dewey Redman); and Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. On the Liberation Music Orchestra album he has a spotlighted performance on the 21-minute suite, "El Quinto Regimiento/Los Cuatro Generales/Viva la Quince Brigada".
He also performed as a session performer for popular artists as diverse as James Brown, Astrud Gilberto, Peter Allen and Barry Manilow.
With Carla Bley
With Gary Burton
With Ron Carter
With Richard Davis
With Astrud Gilberto
With Gene Harris
With Hubert Laws
With Paul Desmond
With the Bill Evans-George Russell Orchestra