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Andrew Brown
jazz saxophonist
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- St. Louis, United States
- Active
- 1900–1960
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Andrew Brown, sometimes given as Andy Brown, (February 2, 1900 – August 1960) was an American jazz reedist. He played clarinet, bass saxophone, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone, and is best known for his longtime association with Cab Calloway.
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Early in the 1920s, Brown worked in the bands of P.B. Langford and Wilson Robinson. He was a member of the house band at Harlem's Cotton Club starting in 1925. This group eventually came to be known as the Missourians under bandleader Andrew Preer; by the end of the 1920s, Cab Calloway had taken leadership of it. Brown played in Calloway's band until 1945, including on many recording sessions and a tour of Europe in 1934. He appeared alongside Calloway as a performer in sound films including Hi-De-Ho (1937), Blues in the Night (1942), and Minnie the Moocher (1942). In the late 1940s Brown ran a music education studio in New York.
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- MusicBrainz
- b1e3b2bf-9149-4bfd-a4ae-fb929c02883d
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- 0000000114780560
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