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Rich Brown

Bassist, Rich Brown has been an active member the culturally diverse music scene in his hometown of Toronto since 1992. Brown taught himself to play bass at the age of 17 listening to artists such as Jaco Pastorius, Victor Bailey, Jimmy Haslip, and Alain Caron. He then decided to expand his vocabulary by drawing on influences outside of the bass realm. In a recent interview Brown explains, "I wanted to sing like Stevie, play like Miles, and phrase like Scofield and do it all on this instrument." This mentality has helped Brown to become one of the most in demand musicians in Toronto.

Currently touring with Andy Milne & Dapp Theory, Brown has also performed with Canadian jazz vocalist Carol Welsman, former Ani diFranco drummer Andy Stochansky and Glenn Lewis, and has appeared in the television series "Soul Food" as well as in "The Natalie Cole Story" and the feature film "Glitter" starring Mariah Carey. Brown has appeared on over 30 recordings ranging from Jazz to Latin to traditional Asian and Arabic music. He can currently be seen in a feature interview with the online magazine ActiveBass.com.

Discography:

Bill Usher	Baby Boomers Go Boom		1995
Ron Korb	Behind The Mask	Oasis	1995
Stephen Baccus	Bardo	Oasis	1996
Vuja De	Mudancas	Vuja Music	1997
Sunset Music Group	Imagine	SMG	1998
The Grove Group Group	Marashino Harmonicas	B-Fish	2000
Cosmic Dapp Theory	New Age of Aquarius	Contrology	2000
Kite Kite	Tales	Independent	2000
Eddie Bullen	Make It Real	Independent	2000
Yvette Tollar	Cactus Flowers	Rolovermaryem	2000
Dave Restivo	Prayer For Humankind(ness)	Radioland	2000
Martina Sobara	The Cure For Bad Deeds	Little-Big-Music	2000
Samba Squad	Samba Squad	Independent	2000
Adam Smale	Fun City	Independent	2000
Sharon Brooks	Taste of Life	Independent	2000
John Southworth	Banff Springs Hotel	Independent	2000
What You Gonna Fo	The Compilation	Independent	2000
Molly Johnson	Molly Johnson		2000
Ricky J	Lose Control	Warner Music Can.	2001
R Generation	Absulutely		2001
Kalabash	Kalabash		2001
Vuja De	Mistra	Vuja Music	2001
Rebecca Campbell & Justin Haynes	The Sweetest Noise		2002
Rick Tait	Through It All	SeaJam Recordings	2002
Mernie!	Flowers of Forgiveness	Rolovermaryem	2002