Garnett Brown

Garnett Pompilius Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and later studied film scoring and electronic music at UCLA. In 1974 he won the Down Beat Reader's poll for trombonist, and appears on the classic 1976 recording Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live.

Brown did some work in film and television composition due to his training in the field. In 1989 he was the conductor and orchestrator for Harlem Nights.

Coincident with Kenny Burrell joining UCLA as Director of Jazz Studies in 1996, Brown co-led UCLA Jazz Ensemble I with John Clayton.

Garnett and his wife Anna had two daughters, Ariana Brown and Miranda Brown-Muir, and three grandchildren: Luca Muir, Francesca Muir and Alessandra Muir. Brown died in Los Angeles on October 9, 2021, at 85. At the time of his death, he was retired and had been diagnosed with dementia.

Discography

As sideman 1962: The Outer View – George Russell 1962: Drumfusion – Chico Hamilton 1964: Nirvana – Charles Lloyd 1965: Slightly Latin – Roland Kirk 1965 Hold On, I'm Coming – Art Blakey 1965: Honeybuns – Duke Pearson 1966: Heavy!!! – Booker Ervin 1966: Flute By-Laws – Hubert Laws 1967: Lush Life – Lou Donaldson 1967: The Return of the Prodigal Son – Stanley Turrentine 1967: Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band – Duke Pearson 1967: It's All Right! – Teddy Edwards 1968: Easterly Winds – Jack Wilson 1968: Manhattan Fever – Frank Foster 1968: Now Hear This – Duke Pearson 1968: Plug Me In – Eddie Harris 1968: Goodies – George Benson 1969: Crying Song – Hubert Laws 1969: The Prisoner – Herbie Hancock 1970: MCMLXX – Ray Bryant – guest on 1 track 1970: Music Inc. – Charles Tolliver 1970: 3 Shades of Blue – Johnny Hodges 1970: Houston Express – Houston Person 1970: Louis Armstrong and His Friends – Louis Armstrong 1971: My Way – Gene Ammons 1971: Plastic Dreams – Modern Jazz Quartet 1971: Blues in Orbit – Gil Evans 1971: What's Going On – Johnny "Hammond" Smith 1972: The London Muddy Waters Sessions – Muddy Waters 1972: Blue Moses – Randy Weston 1972: Joy of Cookin' – Joe Thomas 1972: Soul Is... Pretty Purdie – Bernard Purdie 1972: Time & Love – Jackie and Roy 1972: Free – Airto Moreira 1972: Sweet Revival – Ronnie Foster 1972: Morning Star – Hubert Laws 1973: I Want a Country Man – Dakota Staton 1973: The Cisco Kid – Reuben Wilson 1973: Night Glider – Groove Holmes 1973: Part of the Search – Yusef Lateef 1973: Charles III – Charles Earland 1973: Giant Box – Don Sebesky 1973: Sassy Soul Strut – Lou Donaldson 1973: Today's Man – Charles McPherson 1974: The Almoravid – Joe Chambers 1974: 10 Years Hence – Yusef Lateef 1974: The Fourth Dimension – Jack McDuff 1974: Big Bad Bo – Bo Diddley 1974: Until It's Time for You to Go – Rusty Bryant 1974: Another Beginning – Les McCann 1974: Crosswinds – Billy Cobham 1974: Journey – Arif Mardin (Atlantic) 1975: Man-Child – Herbie Hancock 1975: Brass Fever – Brass Fever 1975: Impact – Charles Tolliver 1975: Six Million Dollar Man – Richard "Groove" Holmes 1976: Time Is Running Out – Brass Fever 1976: How Can You Live Like That? – Eddie Harris 1976: Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live 1976: Silver 'n Wood – Horace Silver 1979: Street Life – The Crusaders 1980: Night Song – Ahmad Jamal 1981: Lomelin – Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80's (Discovery) 1982: Jessica – Gerald Wilson's Orchestra of the 80's (Trend) 1984: Calafia – Gerald Wilson's Orchestra of the 80's (Trend) 1988: Tribute to Count Basie – The Gene Harris All Star Big Band

As session player 1974 Continental American – Peter Allen