Lester Raymond Brown (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American jazz musician who for over six decades (1938–2000) led his big band, later called Les Brown and His Band of Renown. == Biography == Brown was born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Lykens, Pennsylvania where he attended school through ninth grade. He enrolled in the Conway Military Band School (later part of Ithaca College) in 1926, studying with famous bandleader Patrick Conway for three years... [more on Wikipedia]