Garden District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Brown Residence
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler
1. Brown Residence Marker
Thomas Patrick Brown (1888-1958). Trombohist, saxophonist, composer, and bandlender lived here at 3027 Magazine St. from 1942-1946. He played in Jack Laine's Bands, then in 1915, he and other Laine alumni went to Chicago as Tom Brown's Band from Dixieland. He later played and/or recorded with, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys, The Yerkes Orchs, The Benson Orch, Johnny Bayersdorffer's Orch, Brownlee's Orch, and played briefly with The Six Brown Brothers. He played a lazy laid-back "slush-pump" style on the trombone and was in demand during the revivals in New Orleans in the 40's and 50's, Brown also operated a radio and phonograph shop and appeared on the Gennett, Victor, Columbia, Vocalion, Okeh, Commodore, Southland, and GHB labels.
Erected by N.O. Jazz Commission Preservation Resource Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 29° 55.484′ N, 90° 5.119′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Garden District. It is on Magazine Street east of Seventh Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3027 Magazine Street, New Orleans LA 70115, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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Also see . . . N.O. Jazz Residence Page on Tom Brown. (Submitted on November 23, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 23, 2024
2. Brown Residence Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 23, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
