Cameron Brown (musician)

Cameron Brown (musician)
Cameron Langdon Brown (born December 21, 1945) is an American jazz double bassist known for his association with the Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet.
Biography
Cameron started studying music at age 10, first on piano, later on clarinet. But, drawn to the bass, he found himself playing a tin bass in a student dance band. As an exchange student in Europe, he worked with George Russell's Sextet and Big Band for one year and played with Don Cherry, Aldo Romano, Booker Ervin, and Donald Byrd. In 1966 he returned to graduate at Columbia College, Columbia University (1969, B.A. in Sociology).
In 1974, Brown met Sheila Jordan, gigged with free jazz pioneers Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris, joined Archie Shepp's quintet in 1975, and recorded with Harris' and The 360 Degree Music Experience around that time.
The famous Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet, with him and drummer Dannie Richmond, developed into an intense and rewarding partnership which lasted during the 1980s. In addition to this quartet, Brown played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and various groups led by Shepp, Cherry, Rudd, and Richmond. He has also performed and recorded with Ted Curson, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Mal Waldron, Ricky Ford, Steve Grossman, Betty Carter and the John Hicks Trio, Etta Jones and Jane Ira Bloom.
Brown has appeared on more than 200 recordings. His first recording as a leader, after nearly 40 years of performing, was published in 2003 with his group The Hear and Now featuring Dewey Redman.
In addition to playing gigs and touring nationally and internationally, Brown is currently teaching jazz double bass at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, New York, as well as offering private lessons. The musician also substitute teaches music theory classes at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.
Discography
As leader
Spring Cleaning (VKH, 1992)
Here and How (Omnitone, 2003)
Celebration: Live at the Triad (HighNote, 2005)
Here and How, Vol. 2 (Omnitone, 2008)
Black Nile (Radiosnj, 2011)
Is That So? (Stunt, 2014)
As sideman
With Archie Shepp
A Sea of Faces, 1975
Montreux Two, 1975
Montreux, Vol. 1, 1975
Montreux, Vols. 1 & 2, 1975
U-Jaama (Unite) (1975)
Steam, 1976
The Rising Sun Collection, 1977
Parisian Concert, Vol. 1, 1996
Tomorrow Will Be Another Day, 2003
Gemini, 2007
With Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus (Timeless, 1980)
The Last Mingus Band A.D. (Landmark, 1980 [1994])
Three or Four Shades of Dannie Richmond Quintet (Tutu, 1981 [1994])
Dionysius (Red, 1983)
With Connie Crothers
New York Night 1989
In Motion 1991
Love Energy 1992
Jazz Spring 1993
Session 1997
With George Russell
George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965)
New York Big Band (1978)
With George Adams & Don Pullen
All That Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
More Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
Don't Lose Control (Soul Note, 1979)
Earth Beams (Timeless, 1981)
Life Line (Timeless, 1981)
City Gates (Timeless, 1983)
Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1983)
Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Soul Note, 1983)
Decisions (Timeless, 1984)
Live at Montmartre (Timeless, 1985)
Breakthrough (Blue Note, 1986)
Song Everlasting (Blue Note, 1987)
With Houston Person
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (Muse, 1994)
With Dewey Redman
Living on the Edge (Black Saint, 1989)
Choices (Enja, 1992)
In London (Palmetto, 1996)
With Mal Waldron
Moods (Enja, 1978)
With Jack Walrath
Revenge of the Fat People (Stash, 1981)
With Joe Lovano
Friendly Fire with Greg Osby (Blue Note, 1998)
Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two (Blue Note, 2000)
With Jon Lucien
Mind's Eye 1974
Song for My Lady 1975
With Sheila Jordan
Confirmation 1975
I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass 2000
With Salvatore Bonafede
Actor Actress 1990
Plays Gershwin 1993
With Steve Slagle
Reincarnation 1994
New New York 2000
With others
1976 Doublet, Mickey Tucker
1979 Beautiful Africa, Beaver Harris
1979 Live at Nyon, Beaver Harris
1982 Real Jazz for the Folks Who Feel Jazz, David Lahm
1986 A House Full of Love, Grover Washington Jr.
1992 In the Moment, Richard Tabnik Trio
1992 Spring Cleaning, Gilbert Isbin
1992 " Bihogo", Chris Joris
1992 Travelin' Light, Della Griffin
1994 360 Aeutopia, Massimo Urbani
1994 Original Superband, Charlie Persip
1994 Reverence, Michael Bocian
1995 Other Half of Me, Bernie Bierman
1996 Walls–Bridges, Ed Blackwell
1999 Feeling Free, Grady Tate
1999 Modern Jazz, Neal Haiduck
1999 Swimming, Tom Varner
1999 The Great Bridge, Emil Hess
1999 Walking Woman, Mary LaRose
2000 Explosion, Mike Longo
2001 Group Therapy, Jim McNeely
2001 Second Communion, Tom Varner
2002 Into the Sunlight, Bob Magnuson
2002 Rothko, Dave Ballou
2003 Ti Adoro, Luciano Pavarotti
2004 Presence, Lisa Sokolov
2004 Spirits, Michael Musillami
2006 Translucent Space, Jason Rigby
2008 Ceremony, Ceremony
2008 It's Always You, Lainie Cooke
2008 Soul & Creation, Raul de Souza
2011 Just Sayin''', Alan Rosenthal
2012 Boplicity, Ronnie Cuber
2012 Early Reflections, Niels Vincentz
2012 Old LP, Bob Telson
2013 Sixteen Sunsets'', Jane Ira Bloom
References
External links
Extended homepage with discography
1945 births
American jazz double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Living people
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Columbia College (New York) alumni
The 360 Degree Music Experience members
HighNote Records artists