Ray Brown discography

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 (Verve, 1964)
• Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (Verve, 1965)
• This One's for Blanton! with Duke Ellington (Pablo, 1973) – rec. 1972
• The Big 3 with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass (Pablo, 1975)
• Brown's Bag (Concord Jazz, 1976)
• 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)
• Something for Lester (Contemporary, 1978) – rec. 1977
• Tasty! with Jimmy Rowles (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)
• Trio with Judy Roberts, Jeff Hamilton (Pausa Records, 1983)
• Soular Energy (Concord Jazz, 1984)
• Overseas Special with Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis (Concord Jazz, 1984) – rec. 1982
• One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1984)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
• Don't Forget the Blues - They Ray Brown All Stars (Concord Jazz, 1985)
• The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1987) – rec. 1985
• Breakin' Out with George Shearing, Marvin Smith (Concord Jazz, 1987)
• Bam Bam Bam (Concord Jazz, 1989)
• 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 with Ralph Moore (Concord Jazz, 1990)
• Summer Wind: Live at the Loa (Concord Jazz, 1990) – live
• New Two Bass Hits (Capri, 1991)
• 3 Dimensional: The Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1991)
• Old Friends (Telarc, 1992)
• Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (Polygram, 1992)
• Bassface: The Ray Brown Trio - Live At Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz, California) (Telarc, 1993)
• Black Orpheus: Ray brown Trio (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 in Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, Massachusetts
• 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

• Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran, 1954)
• New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
• Alone Together (Norgran, 1955) – rec. 1952
• Cosmopolite (Norgran, 1955) – rec. 1952
• Elegy in Blue (MusicMasters, 1994)

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 Roy Eldridge

• Rockin' Chair (Clef, 1953)
• Dale's Wail (Clef, 1953)
• Little Jazz (Clef, 1954)

With José Feliciano

• Feliciano! (RCA Victor, 1968)
• Souled (RCA Victor, 1968)
• Feliciano/10 to 23 (RCA Victor, 1969)

With Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

• Ella and Louis (Verve, 1956)
• Ella and Louis Again (Verve, 1957)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995) – rec. 1937–1949
• 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 Coleman Hawkins

• Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (Verve, 1958)
• The High and Mighty Hawk (Felsted, 1958)

With Milt Jackson

• That's the Way It Is (Impulse!, 1970) – rec. 1969
• Just the Way It Had to Be (Impulse!, 1970) – rec. 1969
• Memphis Jackson (Impulse!, 1970) – rec. 1969
• Feelings (Pablo, 1976)

With Hank Jones

• Urbanity (Clef, 1956) – rec. 1947–1953
• Just for Fun (Galaxy, 1977)

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

• Krupa and Rich (Verve, 1956)
• The Drum Battle (Verve, 1960) – rec. 1952

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 The Manhattan Transfer

• Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
• Swing (Atlantic, 1997)

With Howard McGhee

• Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1955) – rec. 1948
• Together Again!!!! with Teddy Edwards (Contemporary, 1961)

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.

• Please Send Me Someone to Love (Contemporary, 1969)
• Harlem Blues (Contemporary, 1975) – rec. 1969
• Look Out – Phineas Is Back! (Pablo, 1978) – rec. 1976
• Back Home (Contemporary, 1985) – rec. 1976

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)
• 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 (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 (MPS, 1972) – rec. 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)
• Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes (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

• After Hours (Telarc, 1989)
• Uptown (Telarc, 1990)
• Old Friends (Telarc, 1992)
• What Headphones? (Angel, 1993)
• André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (Deutsche Grammophon, 1995)

With Della Reese

• On Strings of Blue (ABC, 1967)
• I Gotta Be Me... This Trip Out (ABC, 1968)

With Linda Ronstadt

• What's New (Asylum, 1983)
• For Sentimental Reasons (Asylum, 1986)

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

• That's Life (Reprise, 1966)
• Sinatra & Company (Reprise, 1971)
• Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (Reprise, 1973)
• L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)

With Big Joe Turner

• The Bosses (Pablo, 1974)
• Life Ain't Easy (Pablo, 1983)

With Sarah Vaughan

• Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream, 1972)
• How Long Has This Been Going On? (Pablo, 1978)

With Ben Webster

• King of the Tenors (Verve, 1954)
• Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)
• Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve, 1957)
• Ben Webster and Associates (Verve, 1959)

With Joe Williams

• With Love (Temponic, 1972)
• Nothin' but the Blues (Delos, 1983)

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)
• James Brown, Soul on Top (King, 1970)
• Ray Charles, A Message from the People (ABC, 1972)
• 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, Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (Polygram, 1992)
• 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)
• Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstasy (ABC, 1973)
• Clark Terry, Memories of Duke (Pablo Today, 1980)
• Stanley Turrentine, Do You Have Any Sugar? (Concord Vista, 1999)
• 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)