Maurice "Mobetta" Brown (born January 6, 1981) originally from Harvey, Illinois is a Grammy Award-winning American jazz trumpeter, producer and composer.
Later, he moved to New Orleans, where he led a regular Tuesday night residency at the Snug Harbor jazz club and released his first album, "Hip to Bop".
These include working with Ellis Marsalis, Jr., Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Lonnie Plaxico, Stefon Harris and recording with Fred Anderson (musician), Ernest Dawkins, Curtis Fuller, Roy Hargrove, George Freeman (guitarist), Michelle Carr, CeeLo Green, Aretha Franklin, De La Soul, Musiq Soulchild, The Roots, Wyclef Jean and the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
On Brown's latest CD release, "Maurice vs Mobetta", he features Jean Grae on the track "Back at the Ranch".
In 2010 he toured internationally with his band Maurice Brown and the Full Effect appearing in such locales as New Delhi, India and Jakarta, Indonesia as well as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Maurice has been a featured artist at the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015 Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, one of the world's largest celebrations of jazz artistry.