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dee Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan. His full name is Demitris Edwards Brown and he is the youngest of three children. His parents George and Roceal Brown exposed him to music at a young age. As a child, dee can remember hearing Jazz from his father's favorite artists: Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Les McCann, Cannonball Adderly, King Pleasure and Charles Christian. His mother, on the other hand, was into the Motown Sound. She would play music by the Four Tops, The Miracles, The Jackson 5 and James Brown. This started dee on his way to learn elements of several different forms and styles of music.

dee first became interested in guitar while in elementary school. One of his classmates could listen to a song on the radio and play it back on his guitar. Watching his classmate play fascinated dee and he wanted to emulate his classmate. dee received his first guitar as a Christmas present from his Grandmother. dee immediately started taking lessons with the hopes of one day being able to play like B.B. King.

dee continued to advance with his playing skills and while still in high school, he decided to form his own group named 'Foreplay'. The group played all over Detroit and attracted the attention of producer Quincy Jones who offered them a record deal. dee declined to be a part of the deal due to a conflict with the group's image.

After college, dee decided to form an R&B group called 'One Wish' - similar to 'Boyz II Men' and 'Silk'. The group released an album called 'I Feel Like Getting Romantic' on the TRC record label. The album gave the group a top 100 single called 'Tell Me Why' in both the country and rhythm and blues categories. 'One Wish' was also nominated for a Nashville music award and won the best single by a local artist Metro Times Detroit Music Award.

For his next project, dee wanted to create an album featuring him on guitar. With this concept in mind he put together a few songs, and began collaborating with a saxophonist Gentry Shelby to form 'Shelby Brown'. Together they put out an album on TEG Records called Miracle. The song, 'Come Into My Heart' rose to 1 on the DMX Smooth Jazz music chart and was written and produced by dee Brown.

dee Brown's solo project 'No Time to Waste' was released on Nu Groove/Sony/BMG/ Records on October 14Th 2007 where his skills as a guitarist, composer, producer and arranger were showcased, for the first time. Brown's long-time friend & producer Gerald Mitchell of Los Hermanos helped him achieve a sound targeted for Smooth Jazz listeners as guitar and saxophone leads were equally balanced. Brown's 'No Time to Waste' is currently available on CD or download. Music lovers can locate all his performances at deeBrownMusic.com

NEWS UPDATES FOR DEE BROWN:

-dee Brown's latest interview can be found at Smooth Jazz Indie Star

-Check out the new Jazz Monthly interview with dee & Smitty (Baldwin Smith) on JazzMonthly.com

-Album review in Abyss Jazz Magazine and online at AbyssJazz.com

-In just one week, dee Brown moves up the Internet Top 100 Jazz Fusion Chart from 76 to 58!

-dee Brown's first release "Reunited" enters the R&R indicator charts at 28 and quickly moves up to 20!

-"No Time to Waste" album review on SmoothJazzTherapy.com click on March 07

HERE IS A LIST OF RADIO STATIONS CURRENTLY PLAYING DEE'S CD:
Special Thanks to:
Smoothjazz.com | WGRV 93.1 Palm Bay, FL | DMX Los Angeles | KABF Little Rock, AR | WEIB 106.3 N. Hampton, MA | Smooth Jazz Therapy.com | WEAA Baltimore, MD | KCCK Cedar Rapids, IA | KCOZ Point Lookout, MO | KJLU Jefferson City, MO | KOKY Little Rock, AR | KUAP Little Rock, AR | Music Choice Tallahassee, FL | WONB Ada, OH | WQTQ Hartford, CT | WVAS Montgomery, AL | WVSU Birmingham, AL | Jazz Syndicate Radio UK (Internet) | WZJZ 100.1 Ft. Myers, FL | Gospel Jazz.com | boomerradio.com | WTCC Springfield, MA | KYSJ Coos Bay, OR | KSHK Kapaa, HI | Geerayrecords.com Los Angeles | KMIX 103 Fayetteville | Radio Jazz Plus Montreal | WPMJ New York | thejazzsuite.vox.com | Hot Live Radio Jacksonville | Whispers In The Dark Urban New York | The Source Smooth Jazz Portland | TimJacksonJrShow.net Winston-Salem