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Prepare to enter the realm of the
World Renown Dixieland Jazz Musician
Clarinetist and saxophonist Albert "Pud" Brown died of a heart attack at his
home in Algiers, LA on May 27, 1996. He was 79. For the last 20 years of his life,
Brown was a strong presence in traditional New Orleans jazz circles, but he
learned to play in Shreveport, where he was raised, and later moved to
Chicago and Los Angeles. He spent nearly 30 years as a professional jazz
musician in Los Angeles, playing with Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins,
Les Brown, Lawrence Welk and others. In 1975, Brown traveled to New
Orleans for a brief engagement and decided to make the city his home.
Pud Does It Again
In Hollywood at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 1951, after the Les Brown, Louis Armstrong and Pud Brown concert Louis returns to the stage and Pud and Louis spontaneously jam.
If you have any stories, music, photos, or anything about Pud you would like to share, please Email them to me or contact me for mailing address: Pud's son, John Brown.
Pud Rescues Satchmo from Mob
In the '30's, while Pud was living in Shreveport, he had a guest staying at his house but he was not the usual guest. Evading the Mob in Chicago, Louis Armstrong had fled to Louisiana to hide out. It was not know where Satchmo hid out, but now thanks to Joe E. Holland, he sheds some light on the story.
Pud grew up in a family band on the road traveling from city to city, town to town in a large truck converted into a house car playing to audiences in parks or whereever they could. While at the Sacramento Jazz Fest Pud meets the Coulson Family who are following in the same American tradition of a family band traveling on the road, and here is their story.
The Crescent City is best known for jazz, which made some of its most significant advances here --thanks to music pioneers like Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, King Oliver and Jellyroll Morton. Traditional jazz is alive and healthy today, several generations later, fostered at establishments such as Preservation Hall and the Palm Court Cafe by musicians like the Percy Humphrey, Wendell Brunious, Pud Brown
and Dr. Michael White.
Performers: Clancy Hayes - vox; Pud Brown - clarinet; Jess Stone - piano; Bob Short - tuba; Shelly Manne - drums.
Pud played with musicains such as
Snoozer Quinn
Wingy Manone
Ernie Carson
Bob Haggart
Eddie Miller
Yank Lawson
Joe Venuti
Jack Teagarden
Charlie Teagarden
Norma Teagarden
Benny Goodman
Dick Cary
Abe Most
Les Brown
Louis Armstrong
Shelly Manne
Peanuts Hucko
Billy Butterfield
Nappy Lamare
Pete Daily
Ray Bauduc
Bill Campbell
Charlie Lodice
Tommy Gekler
Barrett Deems
Les Muscutt
George Ball
Kid Ory
Freddie Walters
Archie Lorant
Jimmy Burrage
bob Havens
Monty budwig
Ward Kimball
Bud Freeman
Pee Wee Russell
Burt Johnson
Warren Smith
Joe Darensbourg
Jackie Coon
Zutty Singleton
Bruce MacDonald
Jess Stacy
Urbie Green
Kid Thomas
Walter Payton
Cliff Jackson
Tab Garmly
Davie Quinton
Steve Pistorious
Pete Pepke
Kid Sheik
Monte Mont Joy
Wild Bill Davison
Bob Scoby
Ubie Blake
Danny Barker
Chris Clifton
Herb Garner
Red Nichols Five Pennies
Jean Simmons
Teddy Buckner
Bob Havens
Jess Stacy
Hank Castro
Pete Urqurdi
Nappy Lamare
Strawhat Seven
Joe Graves
Brad Gowans
Johnny Costello
Jack Peoples
Budd Hatch
Roy Harte
Tim Herbez
Duke Heitger
Scott Black
John Thomas
Jerry Boquet
Louis RED Morgan
Layton Martens
Mike Owen
Alton Carson
Lous Cottrell
Frank Oxley
E.C. Martens
Bob Walters
John Brunious
Topsy Chapman
Sweet Emma Barrett
Jimmy Ille
Connie Jones
George Finola
Lawrence Welk
Pete Fountian
Coleman Hawkins
Ray Linn
Lionel Ferbos
Paul Crawford
Chris Tyle
Al Bernard
Wex Mix
Pud's record Co.
Delta King, West Craft & New Orleans Jazz Recording Co.
List of albums Pud is on
Spirit Of New Orleans Brass Band
Doc Cheatham and Sammy Price in New Orleans with Lars Edegran's Jazz Band
Father Al Lewis with Lars Edegran's jazz band
Pud Brown Plays Clarinet
Pud Brown and his New Orleans Jazzmen Palm Court Strut
New Orleans Dixieland Banjo featuring Les Muscutt
From New Orleans Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Clancy Hayes Swinging Minstrel
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Creole Jazz Band at Club Hangover
Raid The Juke Box
Louis and His Friends
A Salute to Louis Armstrong
Just a Little While with Aline White and Magnolia Jazz Band
Chris Clifton and his All Stars Memories of a Friend