Bass guitarist Gary Brown is the son of a jazz trumpeter and was brought up with music, playing in Bay Area jazz clubs with his dad and two brothers from the age of 11. He went on to form various bands of his own and to develop his talent as a skillful and versatile bassist. An impressive list of credits over the past decade includes gigs with Toninho Horta, Michael Shrieve, Ernie Watts, Joan Baez, Kit Walker, Bud Shank and Dori Caymmi, among others.

In 1992, Windham Hill released a Gary Brown solo project which included such artists as Lyle Mays (Pat Metheny Group), William Kennedy (Yellow Jackets), Paul McAndles (Oreagon) and was produced by Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group). Gary Brown performing at Hove Town Hall with Fourth World 1995 Gary is a member of the Marcos Silva group (Concord recording artists) as well as one quarter of a powerful pop group called Pray For Rain, who may be familiar from the soundtracks of movies like Sid & Nancy, Straight To Hell and The Linguini Incident. Pray For Rain also score TV movies and feature films including the latest Alex Cox vehicle, The Winner, and Boy Called Hate. For the past couple of years, Gary has been a member of Fourth World with Airto Moreira, Flora Purim and José Neto. He appears on the live CD, Encounters Of The Fourth World (BW045) and as a member of the Neto Band on In Memory of Thunder (BW056). Gary also played on Madala Kunene's album, Kon'ko Man (BW058).