Guitar
Andrew Brown grew up in a house full of music. His father was a Motown session musician playing with the likes of Chuck Berry and the Four Tops, and his uncle was a world-class jazz bassist accompanying Art Blakey and Chet Baker, among others. A steady stream of musicians passed through Brown’s childhood home, leaving a rich sediment of musical interests and influences.
Though he played his first show at age nine, and was a member of several rock bands in high school, it wasn’t until his early twenties that Andrew began performing professionally as a touring musician in the folk & roots world. Starting in 2017, Brown decided to dedicate himself fully to jazz manouche, and in 2018 he attended Django in June for the first time and started his own group, Djangophonique – a band that has since gone on to win multiple Michigan-based music awards for their debut studio album, Introducing Djangophonique.
Andrew lives in Ypsilanti, MI, just outside of Ann Arbor, and keeps a full performing and private music teaching schedule. Here he is with Djangophonique…