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Ray Brown (13 Oct 1926 - 02 Jul 2002)

Male Person - United States jazz bassist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (22)

Official

Album

  1. Bass Hit! 1957
  2. Brown's Bag 1976
  3. This Is Ray Brown 1981
  4. One O'Clock Jump 1953 1983
  5. A Ray Brown 3 1983
  6. Something for Lester 01 Jul 1991
  7. Ray Brown's New Two Bass Hits 1994
  8. Tasty! 1995
  9. Bass Face 1995
  10. Moonlight Serenade 1998
  11. Some of My Best Friends Are... the Trumpet Players 2000
  12. Jazz Cello 25 Mar 2003
  13. Autumn Leaves 01 Jan 2007

Album - Live

  1. The 20th Concord Festival All Stars 1989

Album - Compilation

  1. Some of My Best Friends Are...... the Piano Players 1995
  2. The Concord Jazz Heritage Series 1998
  3. Ultimate Ray Brown 28 Sep 1999
  4. The Best of the Concord Years 2002
  5. The Best of Ray Brown 20 Jul 2009
  6. The Man: Complete Recordings 1946-1959 2009
  7. Seven Classic Albums 22 Aug 2013

Relationships (17)

Member Of

  1. The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951 - 1965) double bass
  2. The Poll Winners double bass
  3. LA4 double bass
  4. Charlie Parker Big Band
  5. Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen double bass
  6. Bud Powell Trio double bass
  7. The Buddy Rich Trio
  8. Tempo Jazz Men double bass
  9. The Oscar Peterson Quartet double bass
  10. The Ray Brown Big Band double bass
  11. The Flip Phillips Quintet double bass
  12. The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison double bass
  13. The Gene Harris / Scott Hamilton Quintet double bass
  14. Flip Phillips and His Orchestra double bass
  15. The Ray Brown Trio double bass
  16. Flip Phillips Sextet double bass

Married

  1. Ella Fitzgerald (10 Dec 1947 - 28 Aug 1953)

Recordings by (214)

  1. Blues for Sylvia 5:00 (1957)
  2. All of You 3:56 (1957)
  3. Everything I Have Is Yours 4:24 (1957)
  4. Will You Still Be Mine? 3:39 (1957)
  5. Little Toe 4:48 (1957)
  6. Alone Together 4:43 (1957)
  7. Solo for Unaccompanied Bass 2:26 (1957)
  8. My Foolish Heart 4:05 (1957)
  9. Blues for Lorraine 3:17 (1957)
  10. Work Song 5:16 (1962)
  11. Polo Pony 4:04 (1970)
  12. Go Down Dying 4:08 (1970)
  13. Coming and Going 3:26 (1970)
  14. Blues for Eddie Lee 3:37 (1976)
  15. A Time for Love 7:43 (1976)
  16. Keep on Pumpin' 6:44 (1976)
  17. Surrey With the Fringe on Top 4:33 (1976)
  18. You Are My Sunshine 4:33 (1976)
  19. Emily 6:15 (1976)
  20. Surrey With the Fringe on Top (reprise) 1:54 (1976)
  21. Bric-A-Brac 5:31 (1981)
  22. Indiana 4:36 (1981)
  23. Upstairs Blues 6:36 (1981)
  24. The Nearness of You 6:13 (1981)
  25. Take the "A" Train 8:02 (1981)
  26. Cool Walk 6:29 (1981)
  27. Jim 8:56 (1981)
  28. Cool Blues 25:10 (1983)
  29. The Challenges 13:09 (1983)
  30. One O'Clock Jump 14:52 (1983)
  31. I Wish You Love 6:00 (1983)
  32. I Can't Stop Loving You 4:56 (1983)
  33. Jamento 3:08 (1983)
  34. Blue Monk 4:40 (1983)
  35. The Candy Man 4:41 (1983)
  36. Too Late Now 7:08 (1983)
  37. You're My Everything 4:03 (1983)
  38. There Is No Greater Love 3:08 (1983)
  39. Blues for Sam Nassi 6:41 (1989)
  40. Sophisticated Lady 4:58 (1989)
  41. Time after Time 5:05 (1989)
  42. Bye Bye Blackbird 5:53 (1989)
  43. C.C. Rider 4:27 (1989)
  44. I Wish I Knew 5:25 (1989)
  45. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good 7:26 (1989)
  46. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 8:54 (1989)
  47. Laurindos 2:33 (1990)
  48. I'm Walking ?:?? (1990)
  49. Couch Rotate Blues ?:?? (1990)
  50. Drum Feature ?:?? (1990)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. 'Round Midnight 2:47 Tempo Jazz Men (1946) double bass, double bass
  2. Diggin' Diz (Bongo Beep) ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1946) double bass
  3. Confirmation 2:52 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1946) double bass
  4. How High the Moon 3:13 Ella Fitzgerald (Apr 1948) double bass
  5. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 3:14 Charlie Parker (30 Nov 1949) double bass
  6. Everything Happens to Me 3:17 Charlie Parker (1950) double bass
  7. April in Paris 3:08 Charlie Parker (1950) double bass
  8. Cherokee 3:38 Bud Powell (1950) double bass
  9. If I Should Lose You 2:48 Charlie Parker (1950) double bass
  10. Just Friends 3:32 Charlie Parker (1950) double bass
  11. Turnip Blood ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  12. Night Mist ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  13. Coolie-Rini ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  14. You ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  15. Sleepwalker Boogie ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  16. Dorothy ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  17. Surrender ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  18. The Bird 4:47 Charlie Parker Quartet (1950) double bass
  19. Stop-Time Blues ?:?? James Moody (1950) bass
  20. Hallelujah 3:00 Bud Powell (1951) double bass
  21. Dynamo ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1951) double bass
  22. Diggin’ Dizzy ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1951) double bass
  23. Dynamo B ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1951) double bass
  24. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 2:51 Tempo Jazz Men featuring Gabriel on trumpet (1951) double bass
  25. Dynamo A ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen (1951) double bass
  26. Tea for Two (take 10) 3:48 Bud Powell (1951) double bass
  27. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 3:35 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  28. You Go to My Head 2:55 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  29. Everything I Have Is Yours (10″ version) 3:45 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  30. Easy to Love 3:01 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  31. I Only Have Eyes for You 2:54 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  32. Blue Moon 3:30 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) double bass
  33. Milt Meets Sid 3:08 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  34. D & E 2:56 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  35. Stompin' at The Savoy ?:?? The Oscar Peterson Quartet (1952) bass
  36. East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) 3:41 Charlie Parker (1952) double bass
  37. I Can’t Get Started 3:09 Charlie Parker Big Band (1952) double bass
  38. East of the Sun 2:56 Billie Holiday (1952) bass
  39. Moving Nicely 3:15 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  40. Yesterdays 2:34 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  41. Round About Midnight 2:58 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  42. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:34 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  43. Heart and Soul 2:31 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  44. Bluesology 2:48 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  45. Autumn Breeze 2:56 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  46. The Astaire Blues ?:?? The Oscar Peterson Quartet (1952) bass
  47. Yesterdays 2:48 Billie Holiday & Her Lads of Joy (Mar 1953) double bass
  48. That's All 3:50 Ben Webster (1953) bass, double bass
  49. Bounce Blues 4:35 Ben Webster (1953) bass
  50. ’s Wonderful 2:59 Fred Astaire (1953) double bass

Credited as (202)

  1. Ray Brown
  2. Ray Brown & Laurindo Almeida
  3. Milt Jackson, Joe Pass & Ray Brown
  4. Ray Brown & Pierre Boussaguet & Dado Moroni
  5. Ray Brown & John Clayton & Christian McBride
  6. Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Jimmie Smith
  7. Oscar Peterson & Ray Brown
  8. André Previn, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne & Herb Ellis
  9. Herb Ellis · Joe Pass · Ray Brown · Jake Hanna
  10. Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  11. Monty Alexander, Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
  12. Ray Brown & Lorindo Almeida
  13. James Morrison & Ray Brown
  14. Steve Brown, Gerry Niewood, Steve Gilmore, Ray Brown, Billy Hart, Brian Murphy, Bill Goodwin & Chris Gordon
  15. Milt Jackson & Ray Brown
  16. André Previn with Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown
  17. André Previn with Joe Pass & Ray Brown
  18. Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass & Ray Brown
  19. Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Mickey Roker
  20. Tal Farlow, Hank Jones, Red Norvo, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  21. Tal Farlow, Hank Jones, Red Norvo & Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  22. S. Mos feat. Ice Cube, Ray Brown & Cannonball Adderley
  23. Ernestine Anderson, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander & Jeff Hamilton
  24. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander & Sam Most
  25. Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
  26. Brown / Alexander / Griffin / Drew
  27. Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Bobby Durham
  28. Louis Bellson, Ray Brown & Paul Smith
  29. Ray Brown, Gene Harris & Jeff Hamilton
  30. Cannonball Adderley feat. Ray Brown
  31. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin & Martin Drew
  32. Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Johnny Griffin, Martin Drew
  33. Howard Roberts, Ray Brown, Ross Tompkins & Jimmie Smith
  34. Joe Pass, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  35. George Barnes, Joe Venuti, Ross Tompkins, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  36. Remo Palmier, Lou Levy, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  37. Herb Ellis, Ross Tompkins, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  38. Tal Farlow, Hank Jones & Ray Brown
  39. Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  40. Herb Ellis, Freddie Green, Ross Tompkins, Ray Brown & Jake Hanna
  41. Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown
  42. Sarah Vaughan, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown & Mickey Roker
  43. Ray Brown & Oscar Peterson
  44. Louis Armstrong, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson & Buddy Rich
  45. Louis Armstrong, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson & Louie Bellson
  46. Ray Brown, Christian McBride, John Clayton & WDR Big Band Köln
  47. Ray Brown / Milt Jackson
  48. Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton & Mickey Roker
  49. André Previn, Joe Pass, Ray Brown
  50. Laurindo Almeida, Ray Brown
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Works (32)

Arranged

  1. Love Medley

Wrote

  1. No Sense

Composed

  1. That's Earl, Brother
  2. Orange, Brown and Green
  3. Oop Bop Sh'Bam
  4. Much in Common
  5. Les Mains d'une femme dans la farine
  6. Blues in the Bassment
  7. I Know You, Oh So Well
  8. Gravy Waltz
  9. Alternate Blues: Alternate One
  10. Alternate Blues: Alternate Two
  11. Alternate Blues: Alternate Three
  12. Alternate Blues: Alternate Four
  13. Ray's Idea
  14. One Bass Hit
  15. Lined With a Groove
  16. Chicken Wings
  17. Ray Brown Suite
  18. Hello Girls
  19. Waltzing Is Hip
  20. Used to Be Jackson
  21. Coming and Going
  22. Smokey Hollow Jump
  23. Boppin’ the Blues
  24. For Hecklers Only
  25. Blues for Groundhog
  26. Slippery
  27. F.S.R.
  28. A Very Hip Rock'n Roll Tune
  29. R & R

Lyrics

  1. Coming and Going

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81058271
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81058271
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sj1sr7
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/120558947
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103164
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891909n

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/252998

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001576867

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114477/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/114617513

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354542

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/75656
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SvD7DL5CQTbcrMtns1US8

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3502952

Biographies

  1. http://www.telarc.com/biography/bios.asp?aid=9&mscssid=SFDK9KEWJMCC9P90GFT83DS8EKPQ3GUC

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray_Brown_(cropped).jpg