A few decades ago, when longtime L.A. gigging singer/pianist Bruce Brown first tried his hand at songwriting, he feared he could never measure up to icons like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Frank Loesser who had animated his own musical muse. While still humorously dubbing himself one of the “children of a Frank Loesser god,” the multi-talented artist – a resident of Wellington, New Zealand for over 20 years – showcases a likeminded mastery of both wistful and whimsical song