Alexander Brown Cabrera was born in Camagüey, Cuba to a family of world-renowned musicians. He attended the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba (University of Arts), Cuba’s most prestigious institution of its kind.

Since his arrival on the vibrant Havana music scene, he became one of the city’s most sought after musicians. In 1997, he was asked to join “Otra Vision”, the band of the influential flutist, composer and arranger Orlando Maraca Valle.

With this group, Brown toured extensively throughout Europe and the United States and virtually performed at every major jazz festival. In 1999, Brown joined another group of great importance in the history of Cuban music, “Havana Ensemble”.

In 2001, Brown started to appear as a special guest with Cuban Jazz pianist Ernan Lopez Nussa. This gave him the opportunity to play with the likes of Changuito Quintana and Tata Güines, both legendary percussionists that have developed the new sound of Cuban music. In 2002 Alexander is invited to play on saxophonist Dave Murray’s CD “Now is Another Time”, which has gathered great reviews and once again exposed Cuban artists to audiences across the globe.

Besides being a very active presence in the Havana jazz scene in the last few years, Brown was also very busy as a studio musician, recording for the likes of Havana Ensemble, David Murray; he recorded on another Murray album entitled “David Murray and The Gwo-ka-Masters” to great critical acclaim, Manuel Ceruto, Orlando Maraca Valle, etc.

Alexander Brown now resides in Toronto where he teaches trumpet at Huron Heights Secondary School. He continues composing and performing with many of Toronto’s finest musicians and bands such as Hilario Duran, Amanda Martinez, Luis Mario Ochoa’s Cimarron, CASSAVA and many others.