Tom Browne

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Tom Browne

For the former BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
chart presenter, see Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor)
Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor)

Tom Browne is a British broadcaster and actor, born in Lymington, Hampshire, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, London....
.

Tom Browne (born October 30, 1954, Queens

Queens

Queens is the largest in area, the second-largest in population, and the easternmost of the Borough which form the New York City. The Borough of Queens' boundaries are identical to those of the County of Queens , a Administrative divisions of New York#County of the State of New York in the Northeastern United States United States....
, New York

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) is a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
er who rose to prominence first through his early work with Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune is an United States jazz alto saxophone saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet....
, and for his 1980 single

Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
"Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.)".

Browne originally played piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
, having taken lessons from the age of 11. Turning to the trumpet, inspired by his collection of jazz albums, his first gig

Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
was in a Queens' club

Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
, The Village Door.

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Queens

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) is a jazz

Jazz

Trumpet

Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune is an United States jazz alto saxophone saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet....
, and for his 1980 single

Single (music)

Piano

Concert

Nightclub

Concert

Weldon Irvine

Weldon Jonathan Irvine, Jr. , also known Master Wel, was an United States composer, playwright, poet, pianist and organist....
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From here he played with Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune is an United States jazz alto saxophone saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet....
and Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He made his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2, 1978 and later played for the St....
and was later introduced to Dave Grusin

Dave Grusin

David Grusin is an Academy Award-winning United States composer, arranger and pianist. Grusin has composed many film score for feature films and television, and he has won numerous awards for his soundtrack work....
and Larry Rosen

Larry Rosen

Larry Rosen can refer to:*Lawrence Rosen, lawyer, specialized in technology-related intellectual property issues.*Larry Rosen , musician and record producer....
at GRP Records

GRP Records

GRP Records is an United States jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982....
via Earl Klugh

Earl Klugh

Earl Klugh is an United States smooth jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and composer. Klugh currently resides in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia....
. Grusin and Rosen signed him to GRP (via Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
) and Browne broke onto the music scene in 1979 with an acclaimed instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments....
jazz fusion album

Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
Browne Sugar, although this was not released in the UK

United Kingdom

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. His first real breakthrough came in 1980 with the release of the self-penned

Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
"Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.)", taken from his second album Love Approach. The single hit #1 on Billboard 's R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in Urban area, or primarily African-American, venues....
chart

Record chart

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for four weeks, and was also a UK

United Kingdom

Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
. It featured the lead vocals

Human voice

The human voice consists of sound Voice production by a human being using the vocal folds for Speech communication, singing, Laughter, crying, screaming, etc....
of Tonni Smith.

Continuing his association with the record producer

Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
s Grusin and Rosen, his next albums were Yours Truly (1981), including "Fungi Mama" and "Bye Gones", and Magic (1982), before he signed directly to Arista. Here he progressed into an electro style of jazz with "Rockin' Radio" from a 1983 album of the same name (which also included a final GRP production "Brighter Tomorrow"). In 1984 he recorded a final Arista album Tommy Gun, which featured Siedah Garrett

Siedah Garrett

Siedah Garrett is an Academy Award-nominated, Grammy-winning United States singer-songwriter....
singing lead on the leading moment "Secret Fantasy", and was produced by Maurice Starr

Maurice Starr

Maurice "The General" Starr is a Boston-based musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his role in the careers of New Edition and New Kids on the Block....
. Also in 1984 he recorded with Fuse One

Fuse One

Fuse One were a group of Jazz musicains who collaborated for two albums released on CTI Records.Both albums were produced by Creed Taylor. The first album was arranged by Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra and the second by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler of Weather Report....
on their Ice album.

He also recorded with Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers is a funk, soul music and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a jazz player, releasing several albums with Arista Records before his tenure at Polydor Records, during which he progressed a new R&B style, slowly molding the new Disco genre....
on "Goree Island", taken from his In The Dark album. Browne moved to Malaco Records

Malaco Records

Malaco Records is an independent record label based out of Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of several blues music and gospel music acts such as Johnnie Taylor, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, and the Mississippi Mass Choir....
and performed a large amount of session

Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
work. In 2000, Browne re-recorded "Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.)" on Jazz FM

Jazz FM

Jazz FM may refer to:*WMCE, JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station 88.5 & 104.9 FM. A mainstream 24 hour / 7 day a week Jazz station in Erie, PA.*Jazz FM , a digital jazz radio station in the United Kingdom...
's 101 Eastbound compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter....
, alongside fellow jazz artist, Bob Baldwin

Bob Baldwin

Robert Charles "Bob" Baldwin , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to October 1998 and again since November 2001, representing the...
. The track re-utilised the vocal skills of Tonni Smith (featured on the original).

Albums

Browne Sugar (GRP 1979)
Love Approach (GRP Records
GRP Records

GRP Records is an United States jazz record company that was founded in New York by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1982....
; 1979)
Yours Truly (GRP 1981)
Magic (Arista Records
Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
; 1981)
Rockin' Radio (Arista 1983)
Tommy Gun (Arista 1984)
No Longer I (Malaco Records
Malaco Records

Malaco Records is an independent record label based out of Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of several blues music and gospel music acts such as Johnnie Taylor, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, and the Mississippi Mass Choir....
; 1988)
Mo' Jamaica Funk (Hip Bop Records 1994)
Another Shade of Browne (Hip Bop 1996)
R 'N' Browne (Hip Bop 1999)