Ray Brown discography
Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.
Discography[]
As leader/coleader[]
- (Savoy, 1946)
- Bass Hit! (Verve, 1956)
- This Is Ray Brown (Polygram, 1958)
- Jazz Cello (Verve, 1960)
- Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (Verve, 1962)
- Much in Common with Milt Jackson (Polygram, 1962)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (Verve, 1965)
- This One's for Blanton! (Pablo, 1972) with Duke Ellington
- (Herb Ellis and the Ray Brown Sextet) (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- The Big 3 (Pablo, 1975) with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass
- Jones-Brown-Smith (Concord Jazz, 1976) with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith
- (Concord Jazz, 1977)
- Something for Lester (1977), (Japanese)
- Quadrant (Original Jazz Classics, 1977) with Milt Jackson, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass
- Rockin' in Rhythm (Concord Jazz, 1977) with Hank Jones, Jimmie Smith
- Tasty[1] (1978) with Jimmy Rowles, Concord Jazz
- (Concord Jazz, 1979)
- Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz, 1979)
- All Too Soon: The Duke Ellington Album with Milt Jackson, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1980)
- Echoes from West (Atlas, 1981)
- (1982), Japanese
- (Pablo, 1982)
- (Original Jazz Classics, 1983)
- (Groove Note/Concord Jazz, 1984)
- (Verve, 1984)
- (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
- (Concord Jazz, 1985)
- [2] (Concord Jazz, 1985)
- Breakin' Out (Concord Jazz, 1987) with George Shearing, Marvin Smith
- (Capri, 1988)
- [2] (Concord Jazz, 1988)
- (LOB, 1989)
- Listen Here! (Concord Jazz, 1989) with Gene Harris Quartet
- After Hours (Telarc, 1989)
- Uptown (Telarc, 1990)
- (Concord Jazz, 1990)
- (Concord Jazz, 1990)
- (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- Old Friends (Telarc, 1992)
- Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (Polygram, 1992)
- (Telarc, 1993)
- (Evidence, 1994)
- (Telarc, 1994)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Telarc, 1994)
- Seven Steps to Heaven (Telarc, 1995)
- (Telarc, 1996)
- (Telarc, 1996)
- (Telarc, 1996)
- SuperBass (Telarc, 1997)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (Telarc, 1998)
- Triple Play (Telarc, 1998)
- (Ray Brown Trio, Ulf Wakenius) (Telarc, 1998)
- (Prevue, 1998)
- Christmas Songs with The Ray Brown Trio (Telarc, 1999)
- (Telarc, 2000)
- (Prevue, 2000)
- (Concord Jazz, 2000) with Jimmy Rowles
- Live at Starbucks (Telarc, 2001)
- SuperBass 2 (Telarc, 2001)
- In the Pocket (Herb Ellis/Ray Brown Sextet) (Concord Jazz, 2002)
- Some of My Best Friends Are ... Guitarists (Telarc, 2002)
- Triple Scoop (Concord Jazz, 2002)
- Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, & Russell Malone (Telarc, 2002)
- Straight Ahead (Concord Jazz, 2003) with Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis
- Walk On (Telarc, 2003)
- As Good as It Gets[1] (Concord Jazz, 2000)
- Live from New York to Tokyo (Concord Jazz, 2003)
- Bassics: Best of Ray Brown Trio 1977-2000 (Concord Jazz, 2006, compilation, remastered)
As sideman[]
With Count Basie
- Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954])
With Louis Bellson
- Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)
With Elton John
- Duets (Rocket, 1993)
With Benny Carter
- Alone Together (Norgran, 1952 [1955])
- Cosmopolite (Norgran, 1952 [1955])
- Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
- Elegy in Blue (MusicMasters, 1994)
With Linda Ronstadt
- What's New (Asylum Records, 1983)
- For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum Records, 1986)
With Blossom Dearie
- Blossom Dearie (Verve, 1957)
- Give Him the Ooh-La-La (Verve, 1957)
- Once Upon a Summertime (Verve, 1958)
- Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Verve, 1959)
- My Gentleman Friend (Verve, 1959)
With Harry Edison
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Verve, 1957)
With Maria Muldaur
- Maria Muldaur (Reprise Records, 1973)
- Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise Records, 1974)
With Sarah Vaughan
- Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream Records, 1972)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)
With Teddy Edwards
With Stephen Bishop
- Bish (ABC Records, 1978)
With Barry Manilow
- Manilow Sings Sinatra (Arista, 1998)
With Roy Eldridge
- Rockin' Chair (Clef, 1953)
- Dale's Wail (Clef, 1953)
- Little Jazz (Clef, 1954)
With Peggy Lee
- Mirrors (A&M, 1975)
With Lionel Richie
- Lionel Richie (Motown Records, 1982)
With Aretha Franklin
- Sweet Passion (Atlantic Records, 1977)
With Nick Lowe
- Party of One (Reprise Records, 1990)
With Don Ellis
- Haiku (MPS, 1974)
With Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
- Ella and Louis (Verve, 1956)
- Ella and Louis Again (Verve, 1957)
With Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)
With Maynard Ferguson
With José Feliciano
- Feliciano! (RCA Victor, 1968)
- Souled (RCA Victor, 1968)
- 10 to 23 (RCA Victor, 1969)
With Ella Fitzgerald
- These Are the Blues (Verve, 1963)
With Elvis Costello
- King of America (F-Beat Records, 1986)
With Natalie Cole
- Unforgettable... with Love (Elektra, 1991)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937–1949, [1995])
- Diz and Getz (Norgran, 1953)
- Roy and Diz (Clef, 1954)
- For Musicians Only (Verve, 1956)
- Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo, 1974)
- Dizzy Gillespie Jam (Pablo, 1977)
With Jimmy Giuffre
- The Easy Way (Verve, 1959)
With Coleman Hawkins
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (Verve, 1958)
- The High and Mighty Hawk (Felsted, 1958)
With Johnny Hodges
- The Blues (Norgran, 1952–54, [1955])
With Illinois Jacquet
- Swing's the Thing (Clef, 1956)
With Milt Jackson
- That's the Way It Is (Impulse!, 1969)
- Just the Way It Had to Be (Impulse!, 1969)
- Memphis Jackson (Impulse!, 1969)
- Feelings (Pablo, 1976)
With J. J. Johnson
- Concepts in Blue (Pablo Today, 1981)
With Hank Jones
- Urbanity (Clef, 1947–53 [1956])
- Just for Fun (Galaxy, 1977)
With Quincy Jones
- In the Heat of the Night OST (United Artists, 1967)
- The Lost Man (soundtrack) (Uni, 1969)
- The Hot Rock (soundtrack) (Prophesy, 1972)
With Diana Krall
- Only Trust Your Heart (GRP Records, 1995)
With Barney Kessel
- The Poll Winners (Contemporary, 1957) with Shelly Manne
- The Poll Winners Ride Again! (Contemporary, 1958)
- Poll Winners Three! (Contemporary, 1959)
- Exploring the Scene! (Contemporary, 1960)
- (Contemporary, 1975)
With Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
- The Drum Battle (Verve, 1952 [1960])
With The L.A. Four
- (1975, Concord Jazz)
- (1976, Concord Jazz also issued as Concierto de Aranjuez)
- Pavane pour une infante défunte (Nautilus, 1976)
- (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- (East Wind, 1978)
- (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- (Concord Jazz, 1980)
- (Concord Jazz, 1981)
- (Concord Jazz, 1982)
With Junior Mance
- Junior (Verve, 1959)
With Howard McGhee
- Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1948 [1955])
- Together Again!!!! (Contemporary, 1961) with Teddy Edwards
With Frank Morgan
- Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995)
With Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (Verve, 1957)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
- Please Send Me Someone to Love (Contemporary, 1969)
- Harlem Blues (Contemporary, 1969 [1975])
- Back Home (Contemporary, 1976 [1985])
- Look Out – Phineas Is Back! (Pablo, 1976 [1978])
With Charlie Parker
- Big Band (Clef, 1954)
With Art Pepper and Zoot Sims
- Art 'n' Zoot (Pablo, 1981 [1995])
With Oscar Peterson
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Clef, 1952)
- The Astaire Story (Clef, 1952)
- Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (Clef, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (Clef, 1954)
- Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen (Clef, 1954)
- Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie (Clef, 1955)
- Toni (Verve, 1956)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Verve, 1956)
- Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Verve, 1956)
- Anita Sings the Most (Verve, 1956)
- Soft Sands (Verve, 1957)
- The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (Verve, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Verve, 1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Verve, 1957) with Sonny Stitt
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve, 1957)
- Soulville (Verve, 1957) with Ben Webster
- The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (Verve, 1957)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (Verve, 1957)
- Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw (Verve, 1958)
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (Verve, 1958)
- On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1958)
- Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady" (Verve, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1959)
- A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (Verve, 1959)
- The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve, 1959)
- Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess (Verve, 1959)
- Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1959)
- Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959, Verve)
- Fiorello! (Verve, 1960)
- The Trio (Verve, 1961)
- The Sound of the Trio (Verve, 1961)
- West Side Story (Verve, 1962)
- Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (Verve, 1962)
- Affinity (Verve, 1962)
- Something Warm (Verve, 1962)
- Put On a Happy Face (Verve, 1962)
- Very Tall (Verve, 1962)
- Night Train (Verve, 1962)
- Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1963)
- The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays (Verve, 1964)
- Oscar Peterson Trio + One (Verve, 1964)
- Canadiana Suite (Limelight, 1964)
- We Get Requests (Verve, 1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) - 1 track
- Eloquence (Limelight, 1965)
- With Respect to Nat (Limelight, 1965)
- Blues Etude (Limelight, 1965)
- Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes (MPS, recorded 1967–1968)
- Action (MPS, 1964)
- Girl Talk (MPS, 1965, 1967–1968)
- Reunion Blues (MPS, 1971) with Milt Jackson
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (Pablo, 1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (Pablo, 1972)
- Satch and Josh (Pablo, 1974) with Count Basie
- The Giants (Pablo, 1974)
- The Giants, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, (Original Jazz Classics, 1974)
- Ella and Oscar (Pablo, 1975)
- Happy Time (Pablo, 1975) with Roy Eldridge
- Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? Sarah Vaughan (Pablo, 1978)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (Pablo, 1980) (Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry)
- The Alternate Blues (Pablo, 1980), Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Palbo, 1981) Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate
- Live at the Blue Note (Telarc, 1990)
- Saturday Night at the Blue Note (Telarc, 1990)
- Last Call at the Blue Note (Telarc, 1990)
- Encore at the Blue Note (Telarc, 1990)
- Side by Side (Telarc, 1994)
- The More I See You, Benny Carter, Clark Terry (Telarc, 1995)
- A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (Telarc, 1997)
- Oscar and Benny (Telarc, 1998)
With André Previn
- Old Friends
- Uptown
- After Hours
- What Headphones?
- André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (Deutsche Grammophon, 1995)
With André Previn and Kiri Te Kanawa
With Buddy Rich
- The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955)
With Red Rodney
- Superbop (Muse, 1974)
With Lalo Schifrin
- Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967)
- There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot, 1968)
- More Mission: Impossible (Paramount, 1968)
- Bullitt (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1968)
- Kelly's Heroes (MGM, 1970)
- Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic, 1992)
- More Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic, 1993)
- Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 (Four Winds, 1995)
- Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony #4 (Aleph, 1998)
With Bud Shank
- Bud Shank & the Sax Section (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
- Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies (World Pacific, 1967)
- Windmills of Your Mind (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
With Frank Sinatra
- L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)
With Clark Terry
- Memories of Duke (Pablo Today, 1980)
With Ben Webster
- King of the Tenors (1953)
- Bounce Blues (1953)
- Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve, 1957)
- Ben Webster and Associates (Verve, 1959)
With Lester Young and Harry Edison
- Pres and Sweets (Norgran, 1955)
With others
- Lady Day (1952), Billie Holiday
- Krupa and Rich (Verve, 1956), Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
- Way Out West (Contemporary, 1957), Sonny Rollins and Shelly Manne
- Something Personal (Blue Note, 1966), Jack Wilson
- Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966), Oliver Nelson
- Walking in Space (A&M, 1969), Quincy Jones
- Soul on Top (1970), Louie Bellson Orchestra
- Duke's Big 4 (Pablo, 1973), Duke Ellington,
- Countdown to Ecstasy (ABC, 1973), Steely Dan
- On the Road, Art Farmer (Contemporary, 1976)
- Hampton Hawes at the Piano, Hampton Hawes (Contemporary, 1976 [1978])
- Soaring (1977) with Barney Kessel, Jake Hanna
- (1991) with James Morrison
- Live at the Apollo (1991), B.B. King
- (1993), James Morrison
- (1993), Till Brönner
- Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995), Frank Morgan
- Jazz: Live from New York (Telarc, 2001)
Notes[]
- Jazz discographies
- Ray Brown (musician) albums
- Discographies of American artists