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About Me

Rich Brown has been an active member of Toronto's culturally diverse music scene since 1992. He taught himself to play bass at the age of 17 by listening to artists such as Jaco Pastorius, Victor Bailey, Jimmy Haslip, and Alain Caron. Later, he expanded his vocabulary by drawing on influences outside the bass realm. In a recent interview Brown explains, "I wanted to sing like Stevie, play like Miles, and phrase like Scofield and do it all on this instrument."Rich is one of the most in demand musicians in Toronto. He is currently a member of the JUNO nominated indo-jazz group autorickshaw and has performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians in the world including jazz vocalist Carol Welsman, Jane Siberry, Glenn Lewis, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman & 5 Elements, James "Blood" Ulmer, Andy Narrell and Bruce Cockburn to name a few. He has appeared in the feature film "Glitter" starring Mariah Carey and the made for TV movie "The Natalie Cole Story" starring Natalie Cole as well as the television series "Soul Food". Rich is currently at work on a new solo project called rinsethealgorithm and has appeared on over 40 recordings ranging from Jazz to Funk to Latin to traditional Asian and Arabic music. He can currently be seen in a feature interview with the online magazine activebass.com. MyGen Profile Generator
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Member Since: 10/10/2005
Band Website: autorickshaw.ca
Band Members: Bands: rich brown & rinsethealgorithm autorickshaw Jesse Cook The A-Team Larra Skye Yvette Tollar ...oh there's more... ..
Sounds Like: "One of the finest electric bass players you’ll hear anywhere." David R. Adler - All About Jazz

Type of Label: None

My Blog

God II... (for you. you know who you are)

I received this message a few days ago. I'm writing this because i've just red your blog called "God". Good things hapend in your life lately, and that's great.  let me tell you something, what i...
Posted by rich brown on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:02:00 PST

God...

I can't put a face to the name.  I don't care.  Over the past few weeks (and almost on a daily basis) God has worked miracles in my life.  Too many things to list and too many thin...
Posted by rich brown on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:47:00 PST

J Dilla aka Jay Dee

R.I.P. J Dilla 1974-2006 We lost one of the saviors of hip hop and one of the greatest producers of all time to lupus. For those of you who have never heard of Jay Dee, you've probably heard his work....
Posted by rich brown on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:32:00 PST

HEY!! Do you live in Toronto? Well.... Put on FLOW 93.5

HEY!! Do you live in Toronto? Well.... Put on FLOW 93.5 right now.... And you'll hear the worst crap on the airwaves.  It's a crying shame.  For over 10 years the black community in this ci...
Posted by rich brown on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:20:00 PST

autorickshaw @ the Kennedy Center WATCH THE VIDEO

The Indo-jazz group autorickshaw had the distinct honour of playing the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.  The show was recorded and archived and you can see it here: htt...
Posted by rich brown on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:07:00 PST