Bass Hit! Explained

Bass Hit!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ray Brown
Cover:	basshit.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	November 21, 23, 1956
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	32:18
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Next Title:	This Is Ray Brown
Next Year:	1958

Bass Hit! is a 1956 album by Ray Brown, his first album as a leader. It was produced by Norman Granz.^[1] "Solo for Unaccompanied Bass" contains whispered singing from 1:18 to 1:25.

Track listing

1. "Bass Introduction" / "Blues for Sylvia" (Ray Brown / Brown, Marty Paich) – 5:04
2. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:00
3. "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane) – 4:28
4. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:42
5. "Little Toe" (Brown) – 4:52
6. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:46
7. "Solo for Unaccompanied Bass" (Brown) – 2:30
8. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:09
9. "Blues for Lorraine" / "Bass Conclusion" (Brown, Paich / Brown) – 5:36

Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 1999:

10. "After You've Gone Medley" (False Start/Breakdown/False Start/Complete Take) (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:50
11. "After You've Gone" (Complete Take) – 4:49
12. "After You've Gone Medley" (False Start/Breakdown/Breakdown/Complete Take) – 3:01
13. "After You've Gone" (Complete Take) – 2:44

Personnel

Performance

• Ray Brown – double bass
• Pete Candoli – trumpet
• Herbie Harper – trombone
• Jack DuLong – alto saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Rowles – piano
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Marty Paich – arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. Book: Beaudoin, Richard . Sounds as They Are . 2024 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-765928-1 . 6 .