Jack Brownlow

Jack Brownlow (March 3, 1923 - October 27, 2007) was an American jazz piano player.[1]

After serving in the Navy in World War II he lived in Los Angeles playing with Boyd Raeburn, among others, 1945-1946.[2] He returned to Wenatchee after that to work in the family printing business. In the mid-1960s he returned to playing music full time.[3] Jack Brownlow was the most respected jazz pianist working in Seattle from the late 1960s until his death. "According to JazzTimes contributing writer Doug Ramsey's liner notes, Brownlow is a legend in the Pacific Northwest."[4] At a party at Doug Ramsey's house in 1971 the saxophone player Paul Desmond heard Jack play and said "If I played piano, that's how I'd want to play it." [5]

"Ray Blagoff, later a lead trumpeter in name bands and the Hollywood studios, was with Jack at the Faragut Naval base in Idaho. “We were all in awe of his ear,” Blagoff says. “He could play anything in any key."[6]

Brownlow died on 27 October 2007 of kidney failure. He was 84 when he died.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Suddenly It's Bruno, Audio CD Doug Ramsey liner notes,Jazz Focus, ASIN: B00000IJHX
  2. ↑ http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/brownlow-jack retrieved 11/29/15
  3. ↑ "Tacoma Public Library - Image Archives". tacomapubliclibrary.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Jack Brownlow - Suddenly It's Bruno
  5. ↑ http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/brownlow-jack retrieved 2/11/15
  6. ↑ His Friends Called Him Bruno
  7. ↑ "Local News - Jack Brownlow made a mark as jazz pianist - Seattle Times Newspaper". nwsource.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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