Victor Brown (musician)

Victor Brown (musician)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	20 century
Mutuwa	2016
Sana'a
Sana'a	mawaƙi

Victor Brown (ya mutu a shekara ta 2016), wanda aka fi sani da Vic Evans, ɗan Cuban ne, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo iri-iri na Jamaica-Birtaniya, wanda aka sani da kasancewa rabin Harriott & Evans.

Rayuwa

An haifi Victor Brown a Banes, Cuba, ɗan iyayen Jamaican: John Brown, injiniya, da matarsa Mirian, mai suna Brown . Ya horar da shi a matsayin mai aikin jirgin ruwa kuma ya bar Jamaica zuwa Burtaniya a 1939, kafin ya yi aiki a yakin duniya na biyu . Daga baya ya yi (a ƙarshe, tare da ɗan'uwansa Noel, a matsayin Brown Brothers) don Ƙungiyar Ayyuka ta Kasa da League of Coloured Peoples, sannan a cikin gidajen dare. Ya yi aiki tare da Yarima Zulamkah sannan ya haɗu da dakarun tare da pianist Winifred Atwell .

A shekara ta 1947, ya koma tare da matarsa, Kameedea, née Packwood, zuwa Afirka ta Yamma, inda take aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya. Yayinda yake can, ya shiga ƙungiyar kiɗa ta Ghana (yana wasa tare da ET Mensah da Guy Warren) kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya kafa kasuwancin katako. Lokacin da hakan ya gaza, sai ya koma Burtaniya kuma ya fara yin wasa tare da ɗan'uwansa Noel, suna aiki a hanyarsu zuwa Gateways, kulob din 'yan mata na farko a Chelsea, inda ya sadu da pianist Chester Harriott. Ma'aurata sun kafa duo, tare da Harriott a kan piano da Brown suna raira waƙa (ya kasance tenor), wani tsari wanda ya sami nasara; sun shafe shekaru takwas suna wasa da yawon shakatawa a matsayin ayyuka iri-iri, Harriott & Evans (don Victor Brown an san shi a kan mataki kamar Vic Evans), suna haɗuwa da yanayin jazz mai tasowa da tafiya a duk faɗin duniya. A matsayin aikin tallafi ga wasan kwaikwayo na Tommy Steele a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Blackpool a watan Agustan 1961, an bayyana su a matsayin "mafi girman masu ba da nishaɗi na Turai". Harriott da Evans sun tafi hanyoyi daban-daban a shekarar 1962.

Daga baya, Brown da matarsa suka koma Lancashire, suka zauna a Morecambe. Ya mutu a shekara ta 2016, yana da shekaru 95.

Haɗin waje

• Harriott & Evans, "A saman Tsohon Smokey"