Ted Brown

A cool-influenced tenor saxophonist who once studied under <a href="spotify:artist:6VoQTYD2vUVvm1H031lp3e">Lennie Tristano</a>, Ted Brown learned banjo and violin from his father, and clarinet and tenor sax from his uncle. After playing in Army bands from 1945-1947 and in Hollywood from 1947-1948, Brown moved to New York. He worked with <a href="spotify:artist:6VoQTYD2vUVvm1H031lp3e">Tristano</a> and fellow pupils and associates <a href="spotify:artist:4YNvbaOaqp5pzC5US5t48k">Lee Konitz</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1yVmVSKnpfLDIAbghFMN3D">Warne Marsh</a> from 1955-1957. During that time he also recorded a session for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vanguard%22">Vanguard</a> and worked with <a href="spotify:artist:20NVWKMECW8qq4ccqvc8Ci">Ronnie Ball</a>, plus a date in Hollywood with <a href="spotify:artist:1yVmVSKnpfLDIAbghFMN3D">Marsh</a>. He later returned to New York and worked extensively in clubs. Brown recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:4YNvbaOaqp5pzC5US5t48k">Konitz</a> in 1959, and again in 1976, while heading his own group in the late '70s. Brown continued performing and recording -- occasionally as a leader or co-leader -- into the 21st century, including several dates for the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22SteepleChase%22">SteepleChase</a> label: Dig It (1999, co-led with <a href="spotify:artist:4YNvbaOaqp5pzC5US5t48k">Konitz</a>), Preservation (2003, with the Harold Danko Trio), and Shades of Brown (2007, recorded as the saxophonist approached his 80th birthday). ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi