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PRODUCED BY BOB BELDEN

FEATURING TOM BROWNE (TRUMPET)

WITH GUEST APPEARANCES BY DIANNE REEVES • SYBIL • CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE • KCB (OF US3)

STEPHANIE MCKAY (OF BEE) • CHIELI MINUCCI AND OTHERS

AFTER A 6 YEAR BREAK, DOING OCCASIONAL SIDEMEN PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS, WHILE INDULGING IN HIS HOBBY AS A JET PILOT,

TOM BROWNE GOT BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS WITH

"TOM BROWNE - "MR JAMAICA FUNK" WHO BETWEEN 1979 AND 1989 TOPPED THE JAZZ AND ADULT-CONTEMPORARY/R&B CHARTS WITH HIS KICKIN' TRUMPET AND RICH JAZZ MELODIES.

"HIS DEBUT ALBUM "BROWNE SUGAR" (1979) DOMINATED THE US JAZZ CHARTS, WHILE HIS NEXT TWO RELEASES "LOVE APPROACH" (1980) AND "MAGIC" (1982) EACH SOLD 500,000 UNITS - EARNING 2 GOLD ALBUMS.

*THE SINGLE "FUNKIN' FOR JAMAICA" EARNED TOM A GOLD SINGLE AND IS STILL A FAVOURITE AMONG DANCE DJ'S AROUND THE WORRLD.

*WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS BILLBOARD AWARDS FOR

"BEST INSTRUMENTALIST"

"BEST BLACK ORIENTED ALBUM AND SINGLE"

"BEST JAZZ CROSS-OVER ALBUM"

"BEST JAZZ ARTIST TRUMPET" "BEST JAZZ SOLO ALBUM"

DESCRIBED BY GEORGE BENSON AS "BELIEVABLE IN ANY MUSIC STYLE", TOM BROWNE HAS PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH WYNTON MARSALIS, MARCUS MILLER, STANLEY TURRENTINE, STANLEY CLARKE, BOB JAMES, LOOSE ENDS, DAVE GRUSIN, JOE SAMPLE ETC...