James Ostend "Pete" Brown (November 9, 1906 – September 20, 1963)[1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader.

Brown learned to play piano, trumpet, and saxophone while young.

In addition to recording under his own name, Brown also recorded with Willie "The Lion" Smith, Jimmie Noone, Buster Bailey, Leonard Feather, Joe Marsala, and Maxine Sullivan in the 1930s.

In the 1950s, Brown's health began to fail, and he receded from full-time performance.

[1] He played with Joe Wilder (1954), Big Joe Turner (1956), Sammy Price, and Champion Jack Dupree, and appeared at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge.