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Ted Brown

 
Artist: Ted Brown
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Influenced By:

Zoot Sims, Warne Marsh, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz
  • Born: December 01, 1927, Rochester, NY
  • Active: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Sax (Tenor)
  • Representative Albums: "Free Spirit," "Shades of Brown," "In Good Company"

Biography

Cool-influenced tenor saxophonist who once studied under Lennie Tristano. Brown learned banjo and violin from his father, and clarinet and tenor sax from his uncle. After playing in army bands from 1945 - 1947 nd the in Hollywood from '47 - '48, Brown moved to New York. He worked with Tristano and fellow pupils and associates Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh from 1955 - 1957. During that time he also recorded a session fo Vanguard and worked with Ronnie Ball, plus a date in Hollywood with Marsh. He later returned to New York and worked extensively in clubs. Brown recorded with Konitz in 1959, and again in 1976, while heading his own group in the late '70s. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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Ted Brown
Date of birth: February 15, 1957 (1957-02-15) (age 52)
Place of birth: High Point, North Carolina
Career information
Position(s): Running Back
College: North Carolina State
NFL Draft: 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick 16
Organizations
 As player:
1979-1986 Minnesota Vikings
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Ted Brown (born February 15, 1957 in High Point, North Carolina) is an American and former collegiate and professional football player. By the time Brown graduated from North Carolina State University in 1978 he had set the Atlantic Coast Conference career rushing record with 4,602 yards and the single game rushing record with 251 yards against Penn State in 1977. He was an All-ACC all four years in college and a consensus All-American in 1978. The Minnesota Vikings drafted him in the first round in the 1979 NFL Draft where he played eight years.

Brown was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

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