Brown and van Nuis gravitated to jazz, and in 1999 they married. ... Brown will be at the Green Mill, as usual, later this week. The Recession Seven performs at the Jazz Showcase on Feb. 28.

Joe Van Brown, 80, passed away at Reid Hospital on October 25, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born on December 2, 1942, in Piedmont, Alabama. The son of John Geter and Ocie Mae Brown, he ...