Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Electric bassist Rich Brown has been an active member of Toronto’s culturally diverse music scene since 1992. He has since become one of the most called upon musicians in the country. He currently leads his new band, The Abeng, and has released his third album as a leader in October 2015. Rich has also performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians in the world including jazz vocalist Carol Welsman, Jane Siberry, Glenn Lewis, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman and 5 Elements, Dapp Theory, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lehman, James ‘Blood’ Ulmer, Vernon Reid, Bruce Cockburn, Marc Jordan, Kim Mitchell, David Clayton Thomas and The Parachute Club to name a few.