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Jeff St. Julian Brown

Jeff St. Julian Brown (aka Jeff "Soulman" Brown or Julian Brown) was born in Philadelphia, PA on June 14, 1940. Brown started a band, The Challengers, with his cousin Larry Young Jr., before joining the Birdlanders. He left The Birdlanders and played with various R&B groups and acts including Shep & The Limelights, Little Anthony & The Imperials, The Young Philadelphians, Solomon Burke, and Rufus Thomas. In 1961, he joined the Earl Lett quartet who visited Montreal in 1962. Brown decided to stay in Montreal and form his own group - The Jeff Brown Quartet. This group would become the house band at The Esquire Show Bar and released one single on the Dinosaur record label. At the insistence of Duke Edwards, Sun Ra's percussionist, Brown put together The Young Ones.