
Vernon Brown
Vernon Brown (January 6, 1907, Venice, Illinois - May 18, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist. Brown played in St. Louis with Frankie Trumbauer in 1925-26, and moved through a variety of groups in the late 1920s and 1930s, including those of Jean Goldkette (1928), Benny Meroff, and Mezz Mezzrow (1937). Brown joined Benny Goodman's orchestra in 1937 and remained there until 1940; while he only soloed occasionally with Goodman, he became particularly well known through this association. Following this he worked with Artie Shaw (1940–41), Jan Savitt, Muggsy Spanier (1941–42), and the Casa Loma Orchestra. In the 1940s, Brown switched focus from swing to Dixieland, playing often in studio recordings and working with Sidney Bechet. Brown performed with Louis Armstrong and his All Stars for the famed ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The concert was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 7, 1953. Also featured that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, Nat "King" Cole, and Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra. He led his own band in the Pacific Northwest in 1950 and did reunion tours with Goodman in that decade. He worked with Tony Parenti in 1963, and remained a studio musician into the early 1970s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 6, 1907 (Venice), Died May 18, 1979 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-019831 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | Don't be that way | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-019832 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | One o'clock jump | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-024472 | 10-in. | 8/8/1938 | You got me | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-024473 | 10-in. | 8/8/1938 | Blue interlude | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-028997 | 10-in. | 11/23/1938 | I must see Annie tonight | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-028998 | 10-in. | 11/23/1938 | Kind'a lonesome | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-028999 | 10-in. | 11/23/1938 | My honey's lovin' arms | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-030308 | 10-in. | 11/23/1938 | Farewell blues | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-034649 | 10-in. | 5/4/1939 | Pick a rib | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-034650 | 10-in. | 5/4/1939 | You and your love | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-034651 | 10-in. | 5/4/1939 | Who'll buy my bublitchki? | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-035713 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | Show your linen Miss Richardson | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Johnny Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-035714 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | The lady's in love with you | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-035715 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | Them there eyes | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Johnny Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-035717 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Victor | BS-035718 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | The siren's song | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Decca | 70124 | 10-in. | 1/2/1942 | Little David, play on your harp | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70125 | 10-in. | 1/2/1942 | Can't we be friends? | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70126 | 10-in. | 1/2/1942 | Chicago | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70127 | 10-in. | 1/2/1942 | Hesitating blues | Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70801 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | The wreck of the old 97 | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70802 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | American patrol | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70803 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | Two o'clock jump | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 70804 | 10-in. | 6/1/1942 | More than you know | Muggsy Spanier Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
Decca | 71439 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | My heart tells me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Vernon," accessed May 19, 2022, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109769.
Brown, Vernon. (2022). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109769.
"Brown, Vernon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2022. Web. 19 May 2022.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Brown, Vernon, 1907-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93030458
Wikidata: Vernon Brown (musician) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2517328
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/27254979
MusicBrainz: Vernon Brown - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6499d836-e19d-4eb5-bfbd-504848e358a3
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