Ray Brown discography explained
Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- New Sounds in Modern Music (Savoy, 1946)
- Bass Hit! (Verve, 1957) – rec. 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! with Duke Ellington (Pablo, 1973) – rec. 1972
- Brown's Bag (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- Overseas Special (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- The Big 3 with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass (Pablo, 1975)
- Herb Ellis and the Ray Brown Sextet, Hot Tracks (Concord Jazz, 1976)
- Jones-Brown-Smith with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith (Concord Jazz, 1976)
- As Good as It Gets (Concord Jazz, 1977)
- Quadrant with Milt Jackson, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass (Original Jazz Classics, 1977)
- Rockin' in Rhythm with Hank Jones, Jimmie Smith (Concord Jazz, 1977)
- Tasty with Jimmy Rowles, (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- Something for Lester (Contemporary, 1978) – rec. 1977
- Tasty! (Concord Jazz, 1979)
- Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz, 1979) – live
- All Too Soon: The Duke Ellington Album with Milt Jackson, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1980)
- Echoes from West (Atlas, 1981)
- The Ray Brown 3 (Concord Jazz, 1982)
- Milt Jackson - Ray Brown Jam (Pablo, 1982)
- Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (Original Jazz Classics, 1983)
- Soular Energy (Concord Jazz, 1984)
- One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1984)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
- Don't Forget the Blues (Concord Jazz, 1985)
- The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1987) – rec. 1985
- Breakin' Out with George Shearing, Marvin Smith (Concord Jazz, 1987)
- Two Bass Hits (Capri, 1988)
- Bam Bam Bam (Concord Jazz, 1988)
- Georgia on My Mind (LOB, 1989)
- Listen Here! with Gene Harris Quartet (Concord Jazz, 1989)
- After Hours (Telarc, 1989)
- Uptown (Telarc, 1990)
- Moore Makes 4 (Concord Jazz, 1990)
- (Concord Jazz, 1990) – live
- (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- Old Friends (Telarc, 1992)
- (Polygram, 1992)
- Bassface (Telarc, 1993)
- Black Orpheus (Evidence, 1994)
- Don't Get Sassy (Telarc, 1994)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Telarc, 1994)
- Seven Steps to Heaven (Telarc, 1995)
- Introducing Kristin Korb with the Ray Brown Trio (Telarc, 1996)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Sax Players (Telarc, 1996)
- Live at Scullers (Telarc, 1996) – live
- SuperBass (Telarc, 1997)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (Telarc, 1998)
- Triple Play (Telarc, 1998)
- Summertime (Ray Brown Trio, Ulf Wakenius) (Telarc, 1998)
- Moonlight in Vermont (Prevue, 1998)
- Christmas Songs with The Ray Brown Trio (Telarc, 1999)
- Some of My Best Friends Are... The Trumpet Players (Telarc, 2000)
- Blues for Jazzo (Prevue, 2000)
- The Duo Sessions with Jimmy Rowles (Concord Jazz, 2000)
- Live at Starbucks (Telarc, 2001) – live
- SuperBass 2 (Telarc, 2001)
- Herb Ellis/Ray Brown Sextet, In the Pocket (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)[2CD]
- Straight Ahead with Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis (Concord Jazz, 2003)
- Walk On (Telarc, 2003)
- As Good as It Gets (Concord Jazz, 2000)
- Live from New York to Tokyo (Concord Jazz, 2003) – live
Compilation
- Bassics: Best of Ray Brown Trio 1977-2000 (Concord Jazz, 2006) – remastered
As sideman
With Benny Carter
With Blossom Dearie
With Roy Eldridge
With José Feliciano
With Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Coleman Hawkins
With Milt Jackson
With Hank Jones
With Quincy Jones
- In the Heat of the Night OST (United Artists, 1967)
- The Lost Man (soundtrack) (Uni, 1969)
- Walking in Space (A&M, 1969)
- The Hot Rock (soundtrack) (Prophesy, 1972)
With Barney Kessel
- The Poll Winners with Shelly Manne (Contemporary, 1957)
- The Poll Winners Ride Again! (Contemporary, 1958)
- Poll Winners Three! (Contemporary, 1959)
- Exploring the Scene! (Contemporary, 1960)
- Straight Ahead (Contemporary, 1975)
- Soaring (Concord Jazz, 1977)
With Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
With The L.A. Four
- The L.A. Four Scores! (Concord Jazz, 1975)
- The L.A.4 (Concord Jazz, 1976) – also issued as Concierto de Aranjuez
- Pavane pour une infante défunte (Nautilus, 1976)
- Just Friends (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- Watch What Happens (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- Going Home (East Wind, 1978)
- Live at Montreux, 1978 (Concord Jazz, 1978)
- Zaca (Concord Jazz, 1980)
- Montage (Concord Jazz, 1981)
- Executive Suite (Concord Jazz, 1982)
With Howard McGhee
With James Morrison
- Snappy Doo (East West, 1991)
- Two the Max (East West, 1992)
With Maria Muldaur
- Maria Muldaur (Reprise, 1973)
- Waitress in a Donut Shop (Reprise, 1974)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
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 with Ben Webster (Verve, 1957)
- 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)
- (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 (Verve, 1959)
- 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)
- Action (MPS, 1968)
- Girl Talk (MPS, 1968) – rec. 1965–1968
- Reunion Blues with Milt Jackson (MPS, 1971)
- 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)
- (MPS, 1995) – rec. 1965–1968
- A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (Telarc, 1997)
- Oscar and Benny (Telarc, 1998)
With André Previn
With Linda Ronstadt
With Lalo Schifrin
With Bud Shank
With The Manhattan Transfer
With Sarah Vaughan
With Ben Webster
With Joe Williams
With others
- Count Basie, Basie Jazz (Clef, 1954) – rec. 1952
- Louis Bellson, Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)
- Marc Benno, Ambush (A&M, 1972)
- Stephen Bishop, Bish (ABC, 1978)
- Blondie, Autoamerican (Chrysalis, 1980)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)
- Till Brönner, Generations of Jazz (Minor Music, 1994)
- Natalie Cole, Unforgettable... with Love (Elektra, 1991)
- Priscilla Coolidge, Gypsy Queen (Sussex, 1970)
- Elvis Costello, King of America (F-Beat, 1986)
- Harry Edison, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Verve, 1957)
- Craig Doerge, Craig Doerge (Columbia, 1973)
- Teddy Edwards, Feelin's (Muse, 1974)
- Duke Ellington, Duke's Big 4 (Pablo, 1973)
- Don Ellis, Haiku (MPS, 1974)
- Art Farmer, On the Road (Contemporary, 1976)
- Maynard Ferguson, Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson (EmArcy, 1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald, These Are the Blues (Verve, 1963)
- Aretha Franklin, Sweet Passion (Atlantic, 1977)
- Ted Gärdestad, Blue Virgin Isles (Polar, 1978)
- Bobbie Gentry, The Delta Sweete (Capitol, 1968)
- Jimmy Giuffre, The Easy Way (Verve, 1959)
- Johnny Hartman, Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman (ABC, 1966)
- Hampton Hawes, Hampton Hawes at the Piano (Contemporary, 1978) – rec. 1976
- Johnny Hodges, The Blues (Norgran, 1955) – rec. 1952–1954
- Illinois Jacquet, Swing's the Thing (Clef, 1956)
- Dr. John, Afterglow (Blue Thumb, 1995)
- Elton John, Duets (Rocket, 1993)
- J. J. Johnson, Concepts in Blue (Pablo Today, 1981)
- Diana Krall, Only Trust Your Heart (GRP, 1995)
- Peggy Lee, Mirrors (A&M, 1975)
- Nick Lowe, Party of One (Reprise, 1990)
- Junior Mance, Junior (Verve, 1959)
- Barry Manilow, Manilow Sings Sinatra (Arista, 1998)
- Frank Morgan, Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995)
- Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (Verve, 1957)
- Oliver Nelson, Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966)
- Charlie Parker, Big Band (Clef, 1954)
- Art Pepper and Zoot Sims, Art 'n' Zoot (Pablo, 1995) – rec. 1981
- André Previn and Kiri Te Kanawa, (Polygram, 1992)
- Della Reese, On Strings of Blue (ABC, 1967)
- Della Reese, I Gotta Be Me... This Trip Out (ABC, 1968)
- Buddy Rich, The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955)
- Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (Motown, 1982)
- Red Rodney, Superbop (Muse, 1974)
- Sonny Rollins and Shelly Manne, Way Out West (Contemporary, 1957)
- Rosebud, Rosebud (Reprise, 1971)
- Richard Roundtree, The Man from Shaft (MGM, 1972)
- Frank Sinatra, L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)
- Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstasy (ABC, 1973)
- Clark Terry, Memories of Duke (Pablo Today, 1980)
- Big Joe Turner, The Bosses (Pablo, 1974)
- Big Joe Turner, Life Ain't Easy (Pablo, 1983)
- Jack Wilson, Something Personal (Blue Note, 1966)
- Jerry Yester, Farewell Aldebaran (Straight, 1969)
- Lester Young and Harry Edison, Pres and Sweets (Norgran, 1955)
- V.A., Jazz: Live from New York (Telarc, 2001)