Donald Brown (musician)
Donald Ray Brown is an American jazz pianist and producer.
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. Brown has recorded for Evidence, Muse, and Sunnyside.Discography
As leader/co-leader
As sideman
With Art Blakey
With Donald Byrd
- Getting Down to Business
- A City Called Heaven
With Ricky Ford
With Wallace Roney
With Kenny Garrett
With Scott Tixier
