国籍：美国
出生地：康涅狄格州哈特福德
生日：1962年8月7日
职业：词曲作者、音乐家、唱片制作人
简介：Alison Brown是美国班卓琴演奏家、吉他手、作曲家和制作人。她曾多次获得格莱美奖提名，并因其独特的演奏风格经常被拿来与另一位班卓琴天才贝拉·弗莱克（Béla Fleck）比较。她的音乐融合了蓝草音乐、爵士乐、拉丁音乐和凯尔特音乐的影响。
从艺历程：Progressive bluegrass banjoist Alison Brown made her name not only as a virtuosic instrumentalist, but as an accomplished, jazz-influenced composer, a combination that earned plenty of comparisons to Béla Fleck and David Grisman. Brown began playing the banjo before reaching her teens and developed quickly, winning numerous contests and even getting a chance to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. She was also an excellent student, and temporarily left music to attend Harvard University; following graduation, she worked as an investment banker for a couple of years, but quit to pursue music. Brown gained her first wide exposure as a member of Alison Krauss Union Station, covering the banjo slot from Krauss 1987 debut album through 1990. That year, she departed to record her own debut, the entirely instrumental Simple Pleasures, for Vanguard, and also spent some time as the musical director for folkie Michelle Shocked. Browns 1992 follow-up, Twilight Motel, was jazzier and more eclectic, and 1994s Look Left displayed her increasing interest in world and ethnic music. 1996s The Alison Brown Quartet refocused on her jazz sensibility and found her switching to guitar on a few tracks; it was also her last album before moving to the Compass imprint, for which she debuted in 1998 with Out of the Blue. 2000s Fair Weather featured a duet with Béla Fleck on Leaving Cottondale, which won Brown a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental. Her follow-up album, Replay, was another of her jazzier outings. Brown sang about parenthood and musicianship on Stolen Moments, which arrived in spring 2005.
荣誉记录：2001年，布朗与贝拉·弗莱克合作，凭借专辑《Fair Weather》中的歌曲《Leaving Cottondale》获得格莱美最佳乡村器乐演奏奖。她参与了艾莉森·克劳斯的格莱美获奖专辑《I've Got That Old Feeling 》，并凭借自己的唱片《Simple Pleasures》（1990） 获得格莱美奖提名。
