Jazz producer and re-issue compiler, UK. Born 1933, Hendon, to parents James Carey Brown aka Harold James/Reginald James (1887–1966) and Phyllis Minnie Dawkins (1903–1998), who were unmarried. He had a half-brother, Harold James Reginald Brown (1910–1996) and half-sister Maud Louisa Brown (1914–2000), from his father's marriage to Ellen Louisa Brown.

Colin Brown died on 14 August 2012. In his later years, Brown lived at 3, Havenwood, HA9 9AR (Wembley, Middlesex, England).