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  • Re: Sam Brown

    From paul gerkin@21:1/5 to RalphPatt on Fri Dec 23 18:53:07 2022
    On Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, RalphPatt wrote:
    Sam Brown was from Detroit, studied with Joe Fava. Came to New York about 1960.
    Took Kenny Burrell's place in the Broadway show Bye Bye Birdie. Left that show
    to work with Miriam Makeba and traveled with her. He was an excellent classic and jazz guitarist. Worked with many small jazz groups in the 1960's and 70's.
    Had a drug problem but got clean in and was doing well in New York as all around player. Was murdered by an intruder in his apartment. A tragedy. Sam was
    a great talent and a great friend. Not a mean bone in his body.
    Ralph

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  • From gtr@21:1/5 to paul gerkin on Tue Jan 3 04:03:06 2023
    On Dec 23, 2022 at 6:53:07 PM PST, "paul gerkin" <leogerkin9@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, RalphPatt wrote:
    Sam Brown was from Detroit, studied with Joe Fava. Came to New York about 1960.
    Took Kenny Burrell's place in the Broadway show Bye Bye Birdie. Left that show
    to work with Miriam Makeba and traveled with her. He was an excellent classic
    and jazz guitarist. Worked with many small jazz groups in the 1960's and 70's.
    Had a drug problem but got clean in and was doing well in New York as all
    around player. Was murdered by an intruder in his apartment. A tragedy. Sam was
    a great talent and a great friend. Not a mean bone in his body.
    Ralph

    I miss Ralph Patt. He was an incredibly kind and generous man and musician. A worthy model for all.

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