Lawrence Brown

Lawrence Brown
Born: Aug 3, 1907 in Lawrence, KS
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Died: Sep 5, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA
Styles: Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Big Band, Ballads, Standards
Biography: One of the great swing trombonists, Lawrence Brown tends to be underrated because he spent so much of his career with Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Actually, Brown's initial solos with Ellington upset some of Duke's fans because it was feared that his virtuosity did not fit into a band where primitive ...Read full biography
Slide Trombone
Released: 1955
Label: Verve Records
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Lawrence Brown played trombone off and on with Duke Ellington's orchestra for nearly 40 years. Surprisingly, he only led two albums of his own in his entire career, a set for Impulse in 1965, and this ...Read full review
Inspired Abandon
Released: 1965
Label: Impulse!
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More Lawrence Brown albums: Main Albums (2), Compilations (1)
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