Dean Brown (guitarist)

Dean Brown
Born August 19, 1955
Chateauroux, France
Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion
Instruments Guitar, Guitar synthesizer
Years active 1982-present
Website http://www.deanbrown.com/
Notable instruments
Parker Fly, Roland GR-505, Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS

Dean Brown (born August 19, 1955) is an American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician.

Career

Dean Brown graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1977. During that time in Boston he performed with his own groups as well as Tiger's Baku, replacing Mike Stern in that group before moving to New York around 1980.

Since 1982 Brown has recorded and/or toured worldwide with artists Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Eric Clapton, Billy Cobham, The Brecker Brothers, Roberta Flack, Bob James, Joe Zawinul, George Duke, Victor Bailey, Bill Evans, Steve Smith's Vital Information as well as with his own projects.

Brown's guitar work can be heard on over 100 albums including four Grammy Award winners. Records such as The Brecker Brothers' "Return of the Brecker Brothers"[1] and "Out of the Loop",[2] Marcus Miller's "The Sun Don't Lie", Billy Cobham's "Warning", and Joe Zawinul's "Faces and Places" are just a few out of the long list. His live performances include DVDs with Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham, Gil Evans, David Sanborn and Friends, Louie Belson, Bob James, and Steve Smith's Vital Information. Brown has his original compositions and arrangements featured on albums for Les McCann, Dennis Chambers, Ricky Peterson, Steve Smith's Vital Information, and Billy Cobham among others.

Brown has produced four solo CDs. His first titled "Here"(2001) on ESC records, is his all-star debut CD featuring jazz greats Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Billy Cobham, George Duke, Randy Brecker, Christian McBride, Don Alias, Bill Evans, Bernard Wright and many others. His second record "Groove Warrior" (2004) on ESC records, features another all-star lineup with Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Bernard Wright, JuJu House, Poogie Bell, Schuyler Deale, Booker King, and Patches Stewart, just to name a few. His third "DBIII" (2009) [3] on the BHM label features an all-star power trio with musical greats Dennis Chambers and Will Lee. And his fourth CD "Unfinished Business"(2012) featuring yet another all-star cast of musicians with Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Kirk Whalum, Dennis Chambers, Jimmy Earl, Gerry Etkins and Hadrien Feraud among others. As an educator Dean has also released an instructional/live DVD with Hal Leonard for Musicians Institute titled "Modern Techniques for the Electric Guitarist"(2008) and has had several articles in Guitar Player and Guitar World magazines. Dean Brown and Runfly Studios have developed and released an iPhone/iPad app called "Pickup Tunes". "The idea was to base a game on the ear training techniques that I use in teaching. We developed it to look and feel more like a game than an academic exercise." says Dean. Dean conducts clinics all over the world and teaches several classes of his own curriculum at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

Brown continues to tour and sell out venues all over the world with his own all-star groups and recently returned to Japan for the third year with his trio DB III which has featured Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers and Will Lee.

He has artist endorsements with Roland, Parker and Fender guitars, as well as DV Mark, Paco Cases,[4] Peavey and Fender amplifiers and Xotic effects.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Return of the Brecker Brothers". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Out of the Loop: Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  3. ↑ "CD/LP Review: Dean Brown with Dennis Chambers and Will Lee Release "DBIII: Live in Tokyo"". All About Jazz. 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  4. ↑ http://www.paco-cases.pl/galeria/gitarzysci.htm

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