Boyce Brown (April 16, 1910 – January 30, 1959) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

dixieland

alto saxophonist The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

born in

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. Brown worked with

Wingy Manone Joseph Matthews "Wingy" Manone (February 13, 1900 – July 9, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His recordings included " Tar Paper Stomp", "Nickel in the Slot", "Downright Disgusted Blues", "There'll Come a ...

, Paul Mares, and Danny Alvin. His best-known recordings are a 1935 session with Paul Mares and his Friars Society Orchestra (first issued on LP in 1955 as part of Columbia's ''Chicago Style Jazz'' album) and a 1939 session with Jimmy McPartland & his Jazz Band, which was first released as part of Decca's ''Chicago Jazz'' album. In both sessions, Brown demonstrates a driving, harmonically advanced style. In 1953, Brown entered a monastery of the Roman Catholic Servite Order, and returned in 1956 to release his one and only album as ''Brother Matthew'', backed by a band organized by

Eddie Condon Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang. Early years Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...

.Michael Steinman, from his blog ''Jazz Lives''
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