Rick brown

Rick brown (2005)

Rick Braun (* 6. July 1955 in Allentown (Pennsylvania) ) is a trumpeter of Smooth Jazz and singers .

Live and act

Before Brown began his solo career, he played in several bands, first with Auracle , the Avenue Blue Band of Jeff Golub . With Boney James he played a cover version of Hugh Masekela ’s "Grazin 'in the Grass". Braun also plays in the band BWB with saxophonist Kirk Whalum and guitarist Norman Brown . In 2005 he founded the ARTizen Music Group (known as Artistry Music ) with Richard Elliot .

Discography

Solo albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	R&B	jazz
2000	Shake it up	US78 (15 weeks) US	R&B32 (18 weeks) R&B	-	with Boney James Warner Bros.
2001	Kisses in the Rain	US182 (1 week) US	-	-	Warner bros.
2003	Esperanto	-	-	jazz5 (29 weeks) jazz	Warner bros.
2014	Can you feel it	US172 (1 week) US	-	-

More solo albums

• 1992: Intimate Secrets (Mesa / Bluemoon)
• 1994: Night Walk (Mesa / Bluemoon)
• 1994: Christmas Present: Music of Warmth & Celebration (Atlantic / Wea)
• 1995: Beat Street (Mesa / Bluemoon)
• 1997: Body and Soul (Mesa / Bluemoon)
• 1998: Full Stride (Mesa / Bluemoon)
• 1999: Best of Rick Braun (Atlantic)
• 2004: Sessions: Volume 1 (Artizen)
• 2005: Yours Truly (Artizen)
• 2007: R n R (with Richard Elliot , Artizen)
• 2007: Peter White Christmas with Mindi Abair and Rick Braun (with Peter White & Mindi Abair , Artizen)
• 2009: All It Takes (Artistry Music)

With BWB

• 2002: Groovin ' (Warner Bros. Records)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		jazz
2006	Shining Star	jazz1 (25 weeks) jazz
	Groove Is In The Heart Yours Truly	jazz19 (20 weeks) jazz
2007	Sao Paulo Yours Truly	jazz14 (20 weeks) jazz
	R n R R n R	jazz1 (29 weeks) jazz	with Richard Elliot
2008	Better Times R n R	jazz14 (20 weeks) jazz	with Richard Elliot
2009	Tijuana Dance All It Takes	jazz7 (34 weeks) jazz
2010	Christiane All It Takes	jazz1 (32 weeks) jazz
2014	Get Up And Dance Can You Feel It	jazz1 (18 weeks) jazz
	Back To Back Can You Feel It	jazz1 (22 weeks) jazz
2015	Silk Can You Feel It	jazz3 (20 weeks) jazz
	Can You Feel It Can You Feel It	jazz4 (20 weeks) jazz
2017	We Don't Talk Anymore Around The Horn	jazz3 (16 weeks) jazz	feat. Peter White
	So strong around the horn	jazz3 (20 weeks) jazz
2019	Crossroads Crossroads	jazz1 (15 weeks) jazz

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		jazz
2008	The First Noel Christmas Present	jazz29 (1 week) jazz	Boney James feat. Rick brown
2009	The Little Drummer Boy Christmas Present	jazz28 (1 week) jazz	Peter White with Rick Braun & Mindi Abair
2010	Love, Love, Love Everything is Everything	jazz23 (7 weeks) jazz	Kirk Whalum feat. Rick brown
2013	Batucada (The Beat) The Beat	jazz1 (20 weeks) jazz	Boney James feat. Rick brown
	Hornets	jazz30 (1 week) jazz	Groove55 feat. Rick brown
2015	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher	jazz4 (15 weeks) jazz	Dave Koz feat. Kenny Lattimore & Rick Braun
2016	Voyage	jazz18 (15 weeks) jazz	Patrick Bradley feat. Rick brown
	Funk Avenue Sonic Boom	jazz7 (20 weeks) jazz	Darren Rahn feat. Rick brown
2018	It's Not You, It's Me Love Inside	jazz14 (12 weeks) jazz	Lindsey Webster feat. Rick brown
	Morning after	jazz23 (8 weeks) jazz	The Allen Carman Project feat. Rick brown
	Before I Let Go	jazz1 (... week) jazz	Dave Koz / Gerald Albright / Rick Braun / Richard Elliot / Aubrey Logan

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1. ↑ Jason Ankeny: Rick Braun Biography . Allmusic . Retrieved March 20, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US

Web links

• official page
• ARTizen Music Group