Biographie

Dean Brown (geboren 1955 in Chateauroux) ist ein Jazzfusion-Gitarrist und -Komponist.

Dean Brown wurde in Frankreich als Sohn eines aus der Bronx stammenden Berufssoldaten und einer Jazz-Sängerin aus South Carolina geboren. In Südkorea, wohin seine Eltern anschließend gezogen waren, wurde er mit 14 Jahren zum Popstar. Brown studierte dann am Berklee College of Music Jazzkomposition. Er arbeitete zunächst vorrangig als Studiomusiker. Seit mehr als 25 Jahren ist er ein gesuchter Gitarrenspieler für Aufnahmen und Touren. Zu erwähnen ist die Zusammenarbeit mit David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Joe Zawinul, Randy und Michael Brecker, Bill Evans und vor allem Billy Cobham. Er hat auch mit Roberta Flack, Gil Evans, Eddie Harris, Gato Barbieri, Bob James, Victor Bailey, Lenny White, Steps Ahead oder Color Me Badd aufgenommen.

Diskographie

• Randy Brecker- “The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion”, 2013
• The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine- “It’s About Time”, 2013
• Global Noize- “Sly reimagined”, 2013
• Dean Brown- “Unfinished Business”, 2012
• MSM Schmidt & Team Amerika- “Evolution”, 2012
• Roberta Flack- “Let It Be Roberta”, 2012
• Billy Cobham- “Palindrome”, 2010
• Dean Brown- “DBIII”, 2009
• Michael Schmidt- “Destination”, 2009
• Cheikh Ndoye-”A Child’s Tale”, 2009
• Mauri Sanchis-”Groove Words” (Produced by Mauri Sanchis and Dean Brown), 2009
• Dean Brown- “Modern Techniques for the Electric Guitarist”- DVD, 2008
• Billy Cobham- “Fruit From The Loom”, 2008
• Razl- “Rotonova”, 2008
• Billy Cobham/Louie Bellson-”Cobham Meets Bellson”-DVD, 2007
• Keith Anderson & Full of Soul-”Let’s Roll”, 2007
• Various Artists- “Funky Planet Earth”, 2007
• Steve Adelson-”Adventures In Stickology”, 2007
• Poogie Bell-”Get On The Kit”, 2006
• Dennis Chambers-”Planet Earth” (Camel Hump written by Dean Brown), 2006
• Marcus Miller-”Master Of All Trades”-DVD, 2006
• Mauri Sanchez-”Good Vibes”, 2006
• Alex Fox-”Influences”, 2006
• Various Artists-”Funk Academy”, 2006
• Jason Miles -”What’s Going On-The Music Of Marvin Gaye”, 2006
• Bradley Leighton with Jason Miles-”Bradley Leighton with Jason Miles”, 2006
• Marcus Miller-”Silver Rain”, 2005
• Various Artists-”As One-Tsunami Relief”-(Gemini written by Dean Brown), 2005
• Jason Miles-”Miles to Miles-In The Spirit of Miles Davis”, 2005
• Dean Brown-”Groove Warrior”, 2004
• Various Artists-”Undercover (Hip Bop)“, 2004
• Maximum Grooves-”Coast to Coast” (You Da Mann, Attitude, Karma Kanic co-written by Dean Brown), 2004
• Cassandra Reed-”Cassandra Reed”, 2003
• Eric Marienthal-”Sweet Talk”, 2003
• Freddie Cole-”In The Name Of Love”, 2003
• Marcus Miller-”Ozell Tapes”, 2003
• Roberta Flack-”Holiday”, 2003
• Louie Bellson-”Louie Bellson and His Big Band” DVD, 2003
• Bernard Maseli-”The Globetrotters: Fairytales of the Trees”, 2003
• Various Artists-”Living Theater, Vol. 3, 2003
• Gato Barbieri-”Shadow Of The Cat”, 2002
• Dennis Chambers-”Outbreak” (Plan-B co-written by Dean Brown), 2002
• Joe Zawinul-”Faces and Places”, 2002
• Gil Evans-”Gil Evans and His Orchestra”- DVD, 2002
• Walkaway- “Double Walk”, 2002
• Les McCann-”Pump It Up” (Buckshot & LeFonque, Funk It co- written by Dean Brown), 2002
• Kirk Whalum-”Best of Kirk Whalum”, 2002
• Dean Brown-”Here”, 2001
• Victor Bailey-”That’s Right”, 2001
• Jason Miles/Various Artists-”To Grover With Love”, 2001
• Bob James-”Restoration: The Best of Bob James”, 2001
• Various Artists-”Telarc Sampler”, 2001
• John Favicchia-”Dharma” (The Gauntlet written by Dean Brown), 2001
• Randy Brecker-”Hangin’ In The City”, 2001
• David Mann-”Touch”, 2001
• David Sanborn-”David Sanborn and Friends” – DVD, 2001
• Bill Evans-”Soul Insider”, 2001
• Bikithi Kumalo-”In Front Of My Eyes”, 2000
• Jason Miles/Various Artists- “Celebrating The Music Of Weather Report”, 2000
• Joe Piket-”Nine Times Framed”, 2000
• Jason Miles/Various Artists-”A Love Affair – The Music of Ivan Lins” (Grammy-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance-Sting for “She Walks This Earth” (Soberana Rosa), 2000
• Ricky Peterson-”Souvenir” (Ignorance is Bliss co-written by Dean Brown), 1999
• Bill Evans-”Touch”, 1999
• Nelson Rangell-”Always”, 1999
• David Sanborn-”Inside” (Grammy-Best Contemporary Jazz Performance), 1999
• Billy Cobham-”By Design”, 1999
• Master Vel-”The Price Of Freedom”, 1999
• Marcus Miller-”Live And More”, 1999
• Brecker Brothers-”Priceless Jazz”, 1999
• Walkaway-”Night Life” (Headless Horseman, Beatin’ Silver, written by Dean Brown), 1998
• Various Artists-”Hot Jazz Biscuits”, 1998
• Roberta Flack-”The Christmas Album”, 1997
• Weldon Irvine-”Spoken Melodies”, 1997
• Various Artists-”NBA at 50: A Musical Celebration”, 1997
• Till Bronner-”Midnight”, 1997
• Eddie Harris-”The Last Concert”, 1997
• John Favicchia-”World Time”, 1997
• Various Artists-”Hot Jazz Biscuits, 1997
• David Sanborn-”Songs From The Night Before”, 1996
• Lenny White-”Renderers of Spirit”, 1996
• Tom Coster-”From the Street”, 1996
• Bernard Purdie’s-”Soul to Jazz”, 1996
• Various Artists-”JVC XRCD Sampler”, 1996
• Jason Miles-”Mr. X”, 1996
• Various Artists-”People”, 1995
• Lenny White-”Present Tense”, 1995
• Various Artists- “Blue Suede Sneakers”, 1995
• The Brecker Brothers- “Out Of The Loop” (Grammy -Best Instrumental Composition “African Skies” and Grammy -Best Contemporary Jazz Performance-”Out Of The Loop”), 1994
• David Sanborn-”Hearsay”, 1994
• Bob James- “Restless”, 1994
• Marcus Miller-”Tales”, 1994
• Jason Miles-”World Tour”, 1994
• Marcus Miller-”The Sun Don’t Lie”, 1993
• Kirk Whalum-”Cache”, 1993
• Gary Rosen-”Tot Rock”, 1993
• Color Me Badd-”Time And Chance”, 1993
• The Mann Brothers-”Mann to Mann”, 1993
• The Brecker Brothers-”Return of the Brecker Brothers”, 1992
• Takeshi T.K. Ito-”Visions”, 1992
• Steps Ahead-”Yin-Yang”, 1992
• Various Artists-”Beyond the Groove: Contemporary Jazz on The Move”, 1991
• Bob James- “Grand Piano Canyon”, 1990
• Various Artists-”GRP Digital Sampler, Vol. 2, 1990
• Kirk Whalum-”The Promise”, 1989
• Kirk Whalum-”And You Know That”, 1988
• Rob Prester-”Trillium”, 1988
• Roland Vasquez-”The Tides Of Time”, 1988
• Al Corley- “The Big Picture”, 1988
• Bob James- “Ivory Coast”, 1988
• Steve Smith-”Global Beat” (One Flight Up co-written by Dean Brown), 1987
• Lee Venters- “388 Marlborough Street” (Noah’s Ark written by Dean Brown), 1987
• Steve Smith- “Part I and II” DVD/Video, 1987
• Billy Cobham- “Power Play”, 1986
• Billy Cobham- “Warning”, 1985
• Steve Smith- “Orion” (The Strut written by Dean Brown), 1984
• Steve Smith- “Vital Information”, 1983
• Billy Cobham- “Smokin – Live at Montreux” (Some Other Kind written by Dean Brown), 1982
• Tiger Okoshi- “Mudd Cake”, 1982
• Billy Cobham “Observations+” (M.S.R. written by Dean Brown), 1982

Links

Dean Brown Internetseite:
http://www.deanbrown.com