CHRISTOPHER BROWN

Christopher Brown is an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz and American culture. Born and raised in Portland, OR Christopher’s life in music was cultivated early between his father Mel Brown and the healthy culture of Jazz that surrounded him between the late 1980’s and early 1990’s—which would lead to many local, state, and national awards.

Currently he serves as the Jazz Drums instructor at Portland State University (OR), leads the Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s (OR) Jazz program, and partners with Montavilla Jazz to host a monthly workshop that he created for younger musicians called “Behind the Scene,” as it seeks to prepare them for the rigors of the toughest Jazz scenes in the world (namely NYC). And lastly, he’s a former Ambassador Council board member for Habitat for Humanity (Portland Region), a current steering committee member for “TASTE for Equity” (OR), a part of the 2025 class of TEDx presenters (OR), can be found performing several times a month at Portland’s famed 1905 Jazz club, and has released a debut album as of December 3rd, 2025 entitled “Sole City” on the PJCE record label.