In this business NOTHING beats longevity, a big gig or two doesn’t hurt either. Drummer Gerry Brown has had all of that plus a whole lot more. Gerry had early aspirations to become a classical percussionist, but after seeing the Delfonics playing live, those goals changed. Recordings and longtime touring gigs with Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House, George Benson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross would tell us that Gerry made the right choice. In the 70s Gerry even co-led one of the more popular fusion bands with bassist John Lee, and together their band released seven records on Blue Note and Columbia records. You can see him today grooving and touring with living legend Diana Ross. Gerry came up in the fertile Philadelphia music scene, so that’s where we started our talk.  Photos by Alex Kluft MD: What was it like […]

August 2024 Issue