Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown (February 2, 1900 - August 1960) was an American jazz reedist. He played clarinet, bass saxophone, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone, and is best known for his longtime association with Cab Calloway. Early in the 1920s Brown worked in the bands of P.B. Langford and Wilson Robinson. He was a member of the house band at Harlem's Cotton Club starting in 1925. This group eventually came to be known as the Missourians under bandleader Andrew Preer; by the end of the 1920s, Cab Calloway had taken leadership of it. Brown played in Calloway's band until 1945, including on many recording sessions and a tour of Europe in 1934. He appeared alongside Calloway as a performer in sound films including Hi-De-Ho (1937), Blues in the Night (1942), and Minnie the Moocher (1942). In the late 1940s Brown ran a music education studio in New York. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 2, 1900 (St. Louis), Died January 30, 1960 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-53802 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Market street stomp | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53803 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Ozark mountain blues | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53804 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | You'll cry for me, but I'll be gone | Missourians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53805 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Missouri moan | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53971 | 10-in. | 8/1/1929 | I've got someone | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53972 | 10-in. | 8/1/1929 | '400' hop | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53973 | 10-in. | 8/1/1929 | Vine Street drag | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet | |
Victor | BVE-53974 | 10-in. | 8/1/1929 | Scotty blues | Missourians | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | |
Brunswick | E36212 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | Minnie the moocher | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, clarinet | |
Decca | 80749 | 3/28/1951 | Bad luck child | Joey Thomas Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | |||
Decca | 80750 | 3/28/1951 | Investigation blues | Joey Thomas Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | |||
Decca | 80751 | 3/28/1951 | There ain't enough room here to boogie | Joey Thomas Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | |||
Decca | 80752 | 3/28/1951 | Sarah Kelly from Plumbnelly | Joey Thomas Orchestra | instrumentalist, baritone saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Andrew," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115452.
Brown, Andrew. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115452.
"Brown, Andrew." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Brown, Andrew, 1900-1960 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010188594
Wikidata: Andrew Brown - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21039178
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/95869995
MusicBrainz: Andrew Brown - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1e3b2bf-9149-4bfd-a4ae-fb929c02883d
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