Otis Brown III

Otis Brown III is a Grammy-nominated jazz drummer, composer, and recording artist who is a go-to session and touring sideman. He is best-known for his work with Joe Lovano in Us Five, though he has been on dozens of sessions and is as noteworthy for backing singers as he is instrumentalists. Brown III was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. His mother was a vocal music teacher and choir director, and his father a school band instructor and noted percussionist who played with Al Green and James Brown. The younger Brown III began his musical studies on alto saxophone at the age o...