Background
He is the son of a Choctaw and African-American father and a Japanese mother.
He is the son of a Choctaw and African-American father and a Japanese mother.
University of Oregon.
Long associated with the Asian-American jazz movement, he specializes in the juxtaposition of American and Asian instruments and styles in his compositions and arrangements. He has also performed with Jon Jang and Mark Izu. Brown obtained bachelor"s degrees in music and psychology at the University of Oregon, and earned master"s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Berkeley.