Paul Brown's talents as producer/engineer have earned him two Grammy Awards and an impressive string of over 60 number one hits on Radio and Records' smooth jazz chart. In an career spanning multiple decades,\xa0Brown\xa0has worked on projects for artists including Luther Vandross,\xa0George Benson,\xa0Al Jarreau,\xa0Kirk Whalum,\xa0Patti Austin, Larry Carlton, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Boney James, Peter White,\xa0Jeffrey Osbourne and Bobby Caldwell,\xa0among many others.
Born in Los Angeles to musician parents who sang with\xa0Mel Torm\xe9,\xa0Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley,\xa0Brown\xa0started playing drums at age five and picked up his first guitar two years later. During high school, he played in various bands and first began working as an assistant engineer in a studio when he was 15. After studying music and math at the University of Oregon,\xa0Brown\xa0returned to L.A. and began his rise to fame producing, composing, and engineering for a bevy of artists from across the R&B, pop, and contemporary jazz spectrum.
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