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Maurice "Mobetta" Brown
Maurice "Mobetta" Brown is a jazz trumpeter, composer, rapper & producer. His music is a modern fusion of Jazz, Hip Hop and R&B. He currently leads three groups: The Maurice Brown Effect, Mobetta & Soul'd U Out and T.B.A. As a producer, his music has licensed to ESPN, HBO & MTV. He is also a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and wrote the horn arrangements for their Grammy-nominated album "Revelator", and performs regularly with Craig Robinson, Soulive, Lettuce, The Roots, & Brand New Heavies. He produced the last track on Talib Kweli's 2011 album "Gutter Rainbows" entitled "Self Savior".

Bio
Maurice Brown was born on January 6, 1981, in Harvey, IL. Showing a remarkable affinity for the trumpet, Brown performed with Ramsey Lewis at the Symphony Center in Chicago while still a student at Hillcrest High School. Following graduation, he received a full scholarship to attend Northern Illinois University, and later continued his studies at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, where he worked with famed clarinetist Alvin Batiste. Brown relocated to New Orleans shortly thereafter, sitting in with numerous jazz veterans, including Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Ellis Marsalis, and Lonnie Plaxico, as well as recording as a sideman with Curtis Fuller, Fred Anderson, Roy Hargrove, Michelle Carr, and Ernest Dawkins, among others. In 2001 he won first place in the National Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and in 2003 he released his first album as a bandleader, "Hip to Bop". After being displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, Brown relocated to New York City, and the trumpeter's versatility allowed him to run the gamut on recordings with talented artists from Aretha Franklin to Talib Kweli, Wyclef Jean, Cee-Lo Green, De La Soul, The Roots, and P Diddy.

Atlantic Records tapped Brown to become the musical director for the recording artist and Irish soul songstress, Laura Izibor, on her first international tour. Brown's band, the Maurice Brown Effect, backed up Izibor's successful year-long maiden voyage around the world. When he wasn't on tour, Brown took his time composing and recording his sophomore album, "The Cycle of Love".

In 2010, Brown was picked up by Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi to join their new band, the Tedeschi-Trucks Band. He is credited with writing the horn arrangements on their debut album "Revelator".