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Theodore George Brown

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Cool-influenced tenor saxophonist who once studied under Lennie Tristano. Brown learned banjo and violin from his father, and clarinet and tenor sax from his uncle. After playing in army bands from 1945 - 1947 nd the in Hollywood from '47 - '48, Brown moved to New York. He worked with Tristano and fellow pupils and associates Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh from 1955 - 1957. During that time he also recorded a session fo Vanguard and worked with Ronnie Ball, plus a date in Hollywood with Marsh. He later returned to New York and worked extensively in clubs. Brown recorded with Konitz in 1959, and again in 1976, while heading his own group in the late '70s.

Album

Preservation

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Three Little Words/ Yesterdays/ The Man I Love/ Preservation/ Lover Man/ Broadway/ Willow Weep for Me/ Somebody Loves Me/ Little Quail.

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Article: Album Review

Ted Brown: Preservation

Read "Preservation" reviewed by Derek Taylor


As one of the last surviving original Tristanoites, Ted Brown’s reputation is surprisingly the least prominent of his peers. Though he shared the frontline with Warne Marsh on Jazz of Two Cities (1957), his discography since that seminal date has been a checkered affair with plenty of protracted holes, mostly due to a gig as an ...


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