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Kathy Brown was born April 18th in Mandeville, Jamaica and began playing the family piano at age 5. Initially self-taught in reading and playing by ear, she studied classical piano up to the sixth grade at the Royal School of Music in England. She took music as an elective in high school, college, while attaining her medical degree at the University of the West Indies and took classes in jazz piano after graduation.
Leading her bands Dr. Kathy Brown & Friends or Kathy Brown Band, she plays throughout Jamaica and has graced the stages of the Port Royal Music Festival, Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, the Island Soul Festival in Toronto, Canada as well as performing in Suriname, Antigua and at the World Choir Games in Austria.
The pianist, composer, bandleader and recording artist, whose influences were Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdes, Monty Alexander, Kenny Barron, and Michel Camilo, released her debut CD, Mission: A Musical Journey, which was nominated for Best Instrumental Album at the inaugural Jamaica Music Awards. Aside from performing as a jazz pianist and furthering her medical career, Dr. Kathy Brown is a vocalist and a member of the University Singers. When she puts on her educator hat she can be seen working with the East Queen Street Baptist and Nexus Performing Arts choirs.
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