Jewel Brown
Jewel Brown (born August 30, 1937) is an American jazz and blues singer. She performed alongside artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. Brown was inducted into the Blues Smithsonian Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2013, Brown was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)' category. Early life and education 
Brown was born in Houston and her family lived in Third Ward, Houston where she attended Blackshear Elementary School. Early singing career 
Brown began singing at the Manhattan Club in Galveston. She sang alongside Elmore Nixon and Henry Hayes, and also performed at Club Ebony. She won a talent show at age 9 at the Masonic Temple, which was located in Fourth Ward, Houston. As a teenager, Brown continued performing in clubs around Houston and Galveston. She went on to join Louis Armstrong's band in the 1960s. Discography

As leader
 Show Time  (Fantasy, 1988)
 Milton Hopkins & Jewel Brown (Dialtone, 2012)
 Rollercoaster Boogie (Dynaflow, 2014)

As guest
With Louis Armstrong 
Best Live Concert 1: Jazz in Paris (Verve)

Videos
With Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong - Live in Australia (DVD) (Euroarts)

References

External links

Biography and archives at Houston Public Library

1937 births
Living people
20th-century African-American women singers
American women jazz singers
American jazz singers
American blues singers
Singers from Houston
Jazz musicians from Texas
21st-century African-American women singers