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ALBUMAngels We Have Heard On High (feat. Joyce San Mateo) [remix] - SingleTom Browne
Albums by Tom Browne
ALBUMLegacyTom Browne
ALBUMS' UpTom Browne
ALBUMAnother Shade of BrowneTom Browne
ALBUMMo' Jamaica FunkTom Browne
ALBUMNo Longer ITom Browne
ALBUMTommy Gun (Bonus Track Version)Tom Browne
ALBUMRockin' Radio (Bonus Track Version)Tom Browne
ALBUMYours TrulyTom Browne
ALBUMMagic (Expanded)Tom Browne
ALBUMLove Approach (Bonus Track)Tom Browne
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Funkin' for Jamaica
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The trumpeter who put the jazz in funk.
Artist Biography
Tom Browne was a familiar figure on the R&B charts during the 1979-1989 period when he was recording pop-oriented material for GRP and Arista. Browne studied piano for a year when he was 11 and then switched to trumpet, attending New York City's High School of Music and Art. Originally interested in classical music, Browne discovered jazz while in college in the mid-'70s. He worked with Sonny Fortune, recorded with Lonnie Smith, and then signed with GRP. Although influenced by Freddie Hubbard and occasionally recording a hard bop number, most of Browne's output during that era was clearly geared toward the marketplace. A commercial pilot, Browne largely dropped out of music by the late '80s, but came back in 1994 with a recording for Hip Bop in several settings that included the credible jazz date Another Shade of Browne, which made one wonder "What took so long?" ~ Scott Yanow
Hometown
Queens, NY, United States
Genre
Jazz