Herbal Scent ♫ Tom Browne

From the album «Browne Sugar» 1979 Composed By: Marcus Miller Producer: Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen Credits Tom Browne - trumpet Dave Grusin, Bernard Wright - keyboards Buddy Williams - drums Ronald Miller - guitar Marcus Miller - bass Michael Brecker - sax Born October 30, 1954 in Queens (New York), Tom Browne is an American jazz trumpeter, who rose to prominence first through his early work with Sonny Fortune, and scored two major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No. 1 US Billboard R&B single"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" and the No. 4 US R&B single, "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)". Later in 1982 he released a minor hit called, "Fungi Mama (bebopafunkadiscolypso)" which was also recorded on the Arista record label. It reached number 58 in the UK chart. Tom Browne was a familiar figure on the R&B charts during the 1979-1989 period when he was recording pop-oriented material for GRP and Arista. Browne studied piano for a year when he was 11 and then switched to trumpet, attending New York City's High School of Music and Art. Originally interested in classical music, Browne discovered jazz while in college in the mid-'70s. He worked with Sonny Fortune, recorded with Lonnie Smith, and then signed with GRP. Although influenced by Freddie Hubbard and occasionally recording a hard bop number, most of Browne's output during that era was clearly geared toward the marketplace. A commercial pilot, Brownelargely dropped out of music by the late '80s, but came back in 1994 with a recording for Hip Bop in several settings that included the credible jazz date Another Shade of Browne, which made one wonder "What took so long?" VIDEO DISCLAIMER : Video is made for entertainment purposes. No copyright infringement is intended in the making of this video.