Grayson Warren Brown

BROWN, Grayson Warren.b. Brooklyn, New York, 21 March 1948; d. Jacksonville, Florida, 2 July 2023.   Grayson Warren Brown was a pioneer in the development of the Black gospel Mass in the late 1960s. Authentic, spirit-filled worship liturgies characterized his work in a small inner-city multicultural parish in New York. Brown’s creative works mixed the genres of Black gospel music with the Western classical tradition, illustrating his sensitivity to both the Catholic tradition and the Black perspective, as well as his spirituality and dedicated involvement in the struggle for human liberation.    Brown began his work as an organist and choir director at a young age in a small...