This Is Ray Brown
1958 studio album by Ray Brown
This Is Ray Brown is a 1958 studio album by American jazz double bass player Ray Brown .[ 1]
Track listing
"Bric-A-Brac" (Ray Brown ) – 5:33
"Upstairs Blues" (Brown) – 6:40
"(Back Home Again in) Indiana " (James F. Hanley , Ballard MacDonald ) – 4:38
"The Nearness of You " (Hoagy Carmichael , Ned Washington ) – 6:16
"Take the "A" Train " (Billy Strayhorn ) – 8:06
"Cool Walk" (Brown) – 6:31
"Jim " (Caesar Petrillo , Milton Samuels , Nelson Shawn) – 9:00
Personnel
References
Years listed are the years the album was recorded, not released
Albums
Bass Hit! (1956)
This Is Ray Brown (1958)
Jazz Cello (1960)
Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (1962)
Much in Common (with Milt Jackson , 1964)
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
This One's for Blanton! (with Duke Ellington , 1972)
The Big 3 (with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass , 1975)
Jones-Brown-Smith (with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith , 1976)
Quadrant (with Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, and Mickey Roker , 1977)
Something for Lester (1977)
Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979)
Breakin' Out (with George Shearing and Marvin Smith , 1987)
After Hours (with André Previn and Joe Pass, 1989)
Uptown (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe , 1990)
Old Friends (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1991)
Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (with André Previn, Mundell Lowe, and Kiri Te Kanawa , 1991)
Don't Get Sassy (1994)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994)
SuperBass (1997)
Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998)
Live at Starbucks (2001)
Related articles
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As leader or co-leader
Plays series1955–58 Plays the Songbook (1959)The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests Exclusively for My Friends 1969–79
Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings 1980–2004
WithCount Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
WithBenny Carter WithRoy Eldridge WithElla Fitzgerald Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster WithBuddy Rich With others
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
Film soundtracks