Alongside Lee, he also worked for Jasper van 't Hof, Toto Blanke, Charlie Mariano,[1] Eef Albers and Gary Bartz in the mid-1970s.
Subsequently, they were members of Larry Coryell's The Eleventh House for two years; Brown also played for Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea.
[1] Brown settled in Berlin for some time in 1982 and worked with George Gruntz, with Joachim Kühn, and with Chris Beckers [de], but also with Herb Geller, Anne Haigis and with Kraan until he returned to the United States.
Brown also worked as a sideman on stage and on recordings, including ones with George Benson, Michal Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak, Marcus Miller, Lionel Richie, Sonny Fortune, Alphonso Johnson, Roberta Flack, Joe Sample, Tom Harrell, Dave Samuels, Chuck Loeb, The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band [de], the NDR Bigband [de] (The Spirit of Jimi Hendrix) and Phil Collins.
With bassist Nathan Watts, he recorded the instructional video R&B Drumming - Featuring Gerry Brown and his Motown Sound.