Brooks Brown
{{Short description|American saxophonist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| instrument = Alto and tenor saxophone
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| years_active = 1989–1994
| associated_acts = Cherry Poppin' Daddies
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Brooks Richard Brown is an American saxophonist, known for his work as a former member of the Eugene, Oregon band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, which he co-founded with Steve Perry and Dan Schmid.{{Cite news|author=Young, Quentin |title=Interview with Dan Schmid of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies |publisher=www.scenecolorado.com |date=c. 1998}}
Biography
While attending the University of Oregon in the early 1980s, Brown was active in numerous Eugene bands, most notably as the saxophonist for the soul group The Soulsations, the ska band The Hoodlums and lead singer for the funk-reggae band The Reason Why.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NEsnAAAAIBAJ&pg=3361,7151571 |title=Music – WOW schedules medical benefit |date=April 28, 1989 |newspaper=The Register-Guard}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ke5VAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716,1181413 |title=Music – WOW Hall to spotlight Flambeaux |date=March 5, 1987 |newspaper=The Register-Guard}} A friend and classmate of Steve Perry, Brown assisted in developing and arranging several jazz and swing songs Perry was writing for a new band, helping recruit a horn section – including trumpeter Dana Heitman – to form the initial line-up of what would become the Cherry Poppin' Daddies in late 1988.{{cite journal |last=Kane |first=Laura |year=1998 |title=Pop Your Cherry |journal=Lo-Fi Magazine}}
Brown graduated from the University of Oregon in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science.{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksrichardbrown |title=Brooks Brown – LinkedIn |publisher=LinkedIn.com}} In 1994, as the Daddies were transitioning into full-time touring, Brown left the band to pursue a career. He later received both gold and platinum records for the Daddies' 1997 compilation Zoot Suit Riot, which predominantly featured songs he had performed on.
Brown currently resides in Portland, Oregon, and continues to play saxophone in several Portland jazz bands.
Discography
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Ferociously Stoned – alto saxophone
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Rapid City Muscle Car – alto saxophone, clarinet
References
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Category:American funk saxophonists
Category:American male saxophonists
Category:American jazz alto saxophonists
Category:American rock saxophonists
Category:University of Oregon alumni
Category:Musicians from Portland, Oregon
Category:Musicians from Eugene, Oregon
Category:21st-century American saxophonists
Category:21st-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians