Boyce Brown

Boyce Brown (April 16, 1910 – January 30, 1959) was an American jazz dixieland alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois. Brown worked with Wingy Manone, 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, but returned in 1956 to release his one and only album as Brother Matthew, backed by a band organized by Eddie Condon.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 16, 1910 (Chicago), Died January 30, 1959

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, alto saxophone, yodeling

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-102634	10-in.	6/16/1936	My little darling	Brown Brothers	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-102635	10-in.	6/16/1936	We will not forget	Brown Brothers	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-102636	10-in.	6/16/1936	My mother and dear old Dad	Brown Brothers	Male vocal duet and yodeling, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling
Victor	BS-102637	10-in.	6/16/1936	Son, please come home	Brown Brothers	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-102638	10-in.	6/16/1936	Innocent of murder	Brown Brothers	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BS-102639	10-in.	6/16/1936	I'm a lonely hobo	Brown Brothers	Male vocal solo and yodeling, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling
Victor	BS-018795	10-in.	1/27/1938	When the old cow went dry	Carlisle Brothers	Male vocal trio, with 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	91832	10-in.	10/11/1939	Jazz me blues	Jimmy McPartland Orchestra		instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	91833	10-in.	10/11/1939	China boy	Jimmy McPartland Orchestra		instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	91834	10-in.	10/11/1939	The world is waiting for the sunrise	Jimmy McPartland Orchestra		instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	91835	10-in.	10/11/1939	Sugar	Jimmy McPartland Orchestra		instrumentalist, alto saxophone

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Boyce," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201146.

Brown, Boyce. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201146.

"Brown, Boyce." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.