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Pete Brown
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Pete Brown (born James Ostend Brown) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader; 2) Pete Brown (born Peter Ronald Brown) was an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream. 1) Pete Brown (born James Ostend Brown in Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 November 1906; died in New York City on 20 September 1963) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader. Brown learned to play piano, trumpet, and saxophone while young. He played in New York with Bernie Robinson's orchestra in 1928, and played from 1928 to 1934 with Charlie Skeets. In 1937 he worked in the band of John Kirby; for several years in the 1930s he worked with Frankie Newton, who was also a member of Kirby's band. Brown and Newton recorded often. In addition to recording under his own name, Brown also recorded as a session musician with Willie "The Lion" Smith, Jimmy Noone, Buster Bailey, Leonard Feather, Joe Marsala, and Maxine Sullivan in the 1930s. He worked on 52nd Street in New York in the 1940s, both as a sideman (with Slim Gaillard, among others) and as a bandleader; he was in Allen Eager's 52nd Street All-Stars in 1946. In the 1950s Brown's health began to fail, and he receded from full-time performance. He played with Joe Wilder (1954), Big Joe Turner (1956), Sammy Price, and Champion Jack Dupree, and appeared at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge. His last
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The Shadow Club
Not Before Time
The Not Forgotten Association
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The Disco Years, Vol. 1: Turn the Beat Around
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Pete Brown and His Orchestra 1944 World Jam Session
Party in the Rain
Complete Jazz Series : 1942 - 1945
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The Quiet Revolution
Peter the Great
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That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)
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«Mehr Jazz!» sagten die Frauen [Disc 1]
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That Devilin' Tune - a Jazz History, 1895-1950 Volume 3 (Disc 4)