Guitarist/singer/composer
CIYO BROWN – HIDDEN CREATIVE ECONOMY AWARD WINNER ‘BEST MUSICIAN’ CATEGORY 2011
AND
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER 2012
with the Jazz Club House Band
Adrian York – Piano
Neville Malcolm – Guest Bass
Vince Dunn – Drums
Hosted by Jenny Green
Throughout his illustrious career, Jamaican-born Ciyo has participated in several different aspects of music to include theatre musicals, educational seminars and workshops, studio recordings and live performances to include theatre productions alongside a parade of internationally acclaimed artists.
This list includes:
Meli’sa Morgan, Glen Jones, Mica Paris, Melba Moore, Shirley Jones, Jean Carne, China Moses, Courtney Pine, Jim Mullen, Martin Taylor, YolanDa Brown, Linda Lewis, Annie Lennox, LCGC, Chakademus and Pliers, The i-Threes – Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Rita Marley, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Freddie McGregor, Dennis Bovell, Little Roy, Paul Lee, Horace Andy, Steel Pulse, Beres Hammond, Horace Andy, Carleen Anderson and Wayne Hernandez.
Ciyo is also a recording artist with his seventh album ‘Can We Pretend’ released in the Summer of 2022 and is the first Jamaican to occupy the position of Principal Guitarist in the West End hit show, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at the Gielgud Theatre for over a year.
Ciyo is also the recipient of the Weekly Gleaner UK Honours Award for Services to Entertainment 2022 and received Hidden Creative Economy Lifetime Achievement and Best Musician Awards.