Cameron Brown (born December 21, 1945) is an US-american jazz-musician (double bass). Cameron started studying music at age 10, first on piano, later on clarinet. But, drawn to the bass, he found himself playing a tin bass in a student dance band. As exchange student in Europe, he worked with George Russell's Sextet and Big Band for one year and played with Don Cherry, Aldo Romano, Booker Ervin, and Donald Byrd. In 1966 he returned to graduate at Columbia College resp. Columbia University (1969, B.A. in Sociology). In 1974, Brown met Sheila Jordan, gigged with free jazz pioneers Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris, joined Archie Shepp's quintet in 1975, and recorded with Harris' 360 Degree Music Experience around that time. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... George Allen Russell (born June 23, 1923) is an American jazz composer and theorist. ... Don Cherry is the name of more than one notable person. ... Booker Telleferro Ervin II (1930 – 1970) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player perhaps best known for his association with Charles Mingus, with whom he played and recorded from 1956 to 1962. ... Donaldson Toussaint LOuverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. ... Columbia College is the main undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the universitys main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd, Jr. ... William Godvin Beaver Harris (April 20, 1936 - December 22, 1991) was an American jazz drummer. ... Archie Shepp on the cover of his album Tomorrow Will Be Another Day Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist. ...

The famous Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet, with him and drummer Dannie Richmond, developed into an intense and rewarding partnership which lasted during the 1980's. In addition to this quartet, Brown played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and various groups led be Shepp, Cherry, Rudd, and Richmond. He has also performed and recorded with Ted Curson, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Mal Waldron, Ricky Ford, Steve Grossman, Betty Carter and the John Hicks Trio, Etta Jones and Jane Ira Bloom. Don Pullen (December 25, 1941 - April 22, 1995) was an American jazz pianist and organist. ... George Adams is the name of several people: George Adams (optician), an optician and scientific writer. ... Dannie Richmond (15 December 1935–15 March 1988) was an American drummer who was best known among jazz fans for his work with Charles Mingus, and among pop fans for his work with Joe Cocker and Elton John. ... Arthur (Art) Blakey (October 11, 1919–October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... Ted Curson is a jazz trumpeter. ... Lee Konitz (born 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz composer and saxophone player. ... The Chet Baker Monument in Amsterdam Chesney Henry Chet Baker Jr. ... Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinet player. ... Malcolm Earl Waldron (August 16, 1926 - December 2, 2002) was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer. ... Steve Grossman (born January 18, 1951 in New York City) is a jazz saxophonist who started in jazz fusion, but is most known for hard bop. ... Betty Carter Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was a prominent American jazz singer, who was renowned for her improvisational techniques. ... For other persons named John Hicks, see John Hicks (disambiguation). ... Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer noted for elegant interpretations of standards, ballads, and blues. ... Jane Ira Bloom Jane Ira Bloom (b. ...

Brown has appeared on more than 80 recordings. His first recording as a leader, after nearly 40 years of performing, was published in 2003 with his group The Hear and Now featuring Dewey Redman. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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