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- Brian Browne was born on March 16, 1937 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was married to Carol Banens. He died on June 5, 2018 in Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
- SpouseCarol Banens(? - June 5, 2018) (his death, 4 children)
- Brian Browne was one of the leading jazz pianists in Canada in the 1960s. As a teenager, he idolized Art Tatum, George Shearing and Oscar Peterson. He played piano at hospitals and retirement homes when he was in high school. He attended the University of Ottawa for a short time, ostensibly to become a lawyer. He had steady gigs in Ottawa, played live-to-radio concerts, studied at Berklee School of Music, and won a scholarship to study with Oscar Peterson in Toronto.
- If you play music for people drinking cocktails, it's called cocktail music. If you play for people who can't afford cocktails, that's jazz.
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