Bassist Tyrone Brown Interview Part I
In this interview, Tyrone Brown talks about his parents and his brief time in a local gang. When drummer Rashid Ali married his sister, he dove into Ali’s record collection and found Mingus. Brown talks about his first teacher, pianist John Ellis, and later, how he started a jam session at his home (with parental approval). He describes how he quickly became proficient on his bass and ultimately became the house bassist at Pep’s. Interviewers: Suzanne Cloud and Jack McCarthy. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project.
Partially funded by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yJGEo2dynY