Ray Brown discography

Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.

Discography

As leader/coleader

• New Sounds in Modern Music (1946), Savoy Records
• Bass Hit! (1956), Verve Records
• This Is Ray Brown (1958), Polygram
• Jazz Cello (1960), Verve Records
• Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band - Guest Soloist: Cannonball Adderley (1962), Verve Records
• Much in Common with Milt Jackson (1962), Polygram
• Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965), Verve Records
• This One's for Blanton! (Pablo, 1972) with Duke Ellington
• Hot Tracks (Herb Ellis and the Ray Brown Sextet) (1975), Concord Jazz
• Brown's Bag (1975), Concord Jazz
• Overseas Special (1975), Concord Jazz
• The Big 3 (1975), Pablo Records
• Jones-Brown-Smith (Concord Jazz, 1976) with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith
• As Good as It Gets (1977), Concord Jazz
• Something for Lester (1977), (Japanese)
• Quadrant (1977) with Milt Jackson, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass, Original Jazz Classics
• Rockin' In Rhythm (1977) with Hank Jones, Jimmie Smith, Concord Jazz
• Tasty (1978) with Jimmy Rowles, Concord Jazz
• Tasty! (1979), Concord Jazz
• Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979), Concord Jazz
• Echoes from West (1981), Atlas Records
• Ray Brown, vol 3 (1982), Japanese
• Milt Jackson - Ray Brown Jam (1982), Pablo Records
• Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (1983), Original Jazz Classics
• Soular Energy (1984), Groove Note/Concord Jazz
• One O'Clock Jump (1984), Verve Records
• Bye Bye Blackbird (1985), Paddle Wheel
• Don't Forget the Blues (1985), Concord Jazz
• The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985), Concord Jazz
• Breakin' Out (1987) with George Shearing, Marvin Smith, Concord Jazz
• Two Bass Hits (1988), Capri
• Bam Bam Bam (1988), Concord Jazz
• Georgia on My Mind (1989), LOB
• Listen Here! (1989) with Gene Harris Quartet, Concord Jazz
• After Hours (1989)
• Uptown (1990)
• Moore Makes 4 (1990), Concord Jazz
• Summer Wind: Live at the Loa (1990), Concord Jazz
• 3 Dimensional: The Ray Brown Trio (1991), Concord Jazz
• Old Friends (1992)
• Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (1992)
• Bassface (1993), Telarc
• Black Orpheus (1994), Evidence
• Don't Get Sassy (1994), Telarc
• Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994), Telarc
• Seven Steps to Heaven (1995), Telarc
• Introducing Kristin Korb with the Ray Brown Trio (1996), Telarc
• Some of My Best Friends Are...The Sax Players (1996), Telarc
• Live at Scullers (1996), Telarc
• SuperBass (1997), Telarc
• Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998), Telarc
• Triple Play (1998), Telarc
• Summertime (Ray Brown Trio, Ulf Wakenius) (1998), Telarc
• Moonlight in Vermont (1998), Prevue
• Christmas Songs with The Ray Brown Trio (1999), Telarc
• Some of My Best Friends Are... The Trumpet Players (2000), Telarc
• Blues for Jazzo (2000), Prevue
• The Duo Sessions (2000) with Jimmy Rowles, Concord Jazz
• Live at Starbucks (2001), Telarc
• SuperBass 2 (2001), Telarc
• In the Pocket (Herb Ellis/Ray Brown Sextet) (2002), Concord Jazz
• Some of My Best Friends Are ... Guitarists (2002), Telarc
• Triple Scoop (2002), Concord Jazz
• Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, & Russell Malone (2002), Telarc
• Straight Ahead (2003) with Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Concord Jazz
• Walk On (2003), Telarc
• As Good as It Gets (2000), Concord Jazz
• Live from New York to Tokyo (2003), Concord Jazz
• Bassics: The Best of the Ray Brown Trio 1997-2000 (2006), Concord Jazz

As sideman

with various artists

• Lady Day (1952) with Billie Holiday
• Cosmopolite (1952) with Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson
• Krupa and Rich (Verve, 1956) with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
• Way Out West (Contemporary, 1957) with Sonny Rollins and Shelly Manne
• Together Again!!!! (Contemporary, 1961) with Howard McGhee and Teddy Edwards
• Something Personal (Blue Note, 1966) with Jack Wilson
• Sound Pieces (Impulse!, 1966) with Oliver Nelson
• Walking in Space (1969, with Quincy Jones, A&M)
• Soul on Top (1970) with Louie Bellson Orchestra
• Duke's Big 4 (1973) with Duke Ellington, Pablo
• Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) with Steely Dan, ABC
• On the Road with Art Farmer (Contemporary, 1976)
• Hampton Hawes at the Piano with Hampton Hawes (Contemporary, 1976 [1978])
• Soaring (1977) with Barney Kessel, Jake Hanna
• King of America (1986) with Elvis Costello, Columbia
• Live at the Apollo (1991) with BB King
• Generations of Jazz (1993) with Till Brönner
• Jazz Showcase (1994), Telarc
• Santa's Bag: An All-Star Jazz Christmas (1994), Telarc
• Frank Morgan: Love, Lost & Found (1995), Telarc
• Jazz: Live from New York (2001), Telarc

with Count Basie

• Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954])

With Louis Bellson

• Drummer's Holiday (Verve, 1958)

With Benny Carter

• New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)

with Blossom Dearie

• Blossom Dearie (1957, Verve)
• Give Him the Ooh-La-La (1957, Verve)
• Once Upon a Summertime (1958, Verve)
• Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (1959, Verve)
• My Gentleman Friend (1959, Verve)

With Teddy Edwards

• Feelin's (Muse, 1974)

With Roy Eldridge

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

With Don Ellis

• Haiku (MPS, 1974)

With Maynard Ferguson

• Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson (EmArcy, 1956)

with Ella Fitzgerald

• Ella and Louis (1956, Verve)
• Ella and Louis Again (1957, Verve)
• These Are the Blues (1963, Verve)

with Dizzy Gillespie

• The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937-1949, [1995])
• Diz and Getz (Norgran, 1953) - with Stan Getz
• Roy and Diz (Clef, 1954) - with Roy Eldridge
• For Musicians Only (1956, Verve)
• Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo, 1974)
• Dizzy Gillespie Jam (Pablo, 1977)

with Jimmy Giuffre

• The Easy Way (Verve, 1959)

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)

with Hank Jones

• Urbanity (Clef, 1947-53 [1956])
• Just for Fun (Galaxy, 1977)

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)
• Straight Ahead (Contemporary, 1975)

with The L.A. Four

• The L.A. Four Scores! (1975, Concord Jazz)
• The L.A.4 (1976, Concord Jazz; also issued as Concierto de Aranjuez)
• Pavane pour une infante défunte (1976, Nautilus)
• Just Friends (1978, Concord Jazz)
• Watch What Happens (1978, Concord Jazz)
• Going Home (1978, East Winds (Japanese))
• Live at Montreux, 1978 (1978, Concord Jazz)
• Zaca (1980, Concord Jazz)
• Montage (1981, Concord Jazz)
• Executive Suite (1982, Concord Jazz)

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 Oscar Peterson

• Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952, with Lester Young, Clef)
• The Astaire Story (1952, with Fred Astaire, Clef)
• Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (1952, Clef)
• Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954, with Buddy DeFranco, Clef)
• Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen (1954, Clef)
• Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie (1955, Clef)
• Toni (1956, with Toni Harper, Verve)
• Ellis in Wonderland (1956, with Herb Ellis, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956, Live, Verve)
• Anita Sings the Most (1956, with Anita O'Day, Verve)
• Soft Sands (1957, Verve)
• The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957, with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones, Verve)
• Jazz Giants '58 (1957, Verve)
• Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957, with Stan Getz, Verve)
• Only the Blues (1957, with Sonny Stitt, Verve)
• Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957, with Louis Armstrong, Verve)
• Soulville (1957, with Ben Webster, Verve)
• The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957, with Coleman Hawkins, Verve)
• Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957, Verve)
• Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw (1958, Live, Verve)
• Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958, Verve)
• On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1958, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady" (1958, Verve)
• Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959, Verve)
• A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959, Verve)
• The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook (1959, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess (1959, Verve)
• Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959, Verve)
• Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959, with Ben Webster, Verve)
• Fiorello! (1960, Verve)
• The Trio (1961, Live, Verve)
• The Sound of the Trio (1961, Live, Verve)
• West Side Story (1962, Verve)
• Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962, Verve)
• Affinity (1962, Verve)
• Something Warm (1962, Verve)
• Put On a Happy Face (1962, Verve)
• Very Tall (1962, with Milt Jackson, Verve)
• Night Train (1962, Verve)
• Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1963, Verve)
• The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays (1964, Verve)
• Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964, Verve)
• Canadiana Suite (1964, Limelight)
• We Get Requests (1964, Verve)
• Eloquence (1965, Limelight)
• With Respect to Nat (1965, Limelight)
• Blues Etude (1965, Limelight)
• Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes (Recorded 1967-1968, MPS)
• Action (1964, MPS)
• Girl Talk (1965, 1967–1968, MPS)
• Reunion Blues (1971, with Milt Jackson, MPS)
• The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972, Pablo)
• The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972, Pablo)
• Satch and Josh (1974, with Count Basie, Pablo)
• The Giants (1974, with Joe Pass, Pablo)
• The Giants (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass) (1974), Original Jazz Classics
• Ella and Oscar (1975, with Ella Fitzgerald, Pablo)
• Happy Time (1975, with Roy Eldridge, Pablo)
• Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 (1977, Live, Pablo)
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977, Live, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Pablo)
• How Long Has This Been Going On? (1978, Sarah Vaughan, Pablo)
• The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Pablo)
• The Alternate Blues (1980, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Pablo)
• Ain't But a Few of Us Left (1981, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate, Pablo)
• Live at the Blue Note (1990, Live, Telarc)
• Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1990, Live, Telarc)
• Last Call at the Blue Note (1990, Live, Telarc)
• Encore at the Blue Note (1990, Live, Telarc)
• Side by Side (1994, with Itzhak Perlman, Telarc)
• The More I See You (1995, with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Telarc)
• A Tribute to Oscar Peterson - Live at the Town Hall (1997, Live, with various artists, Telarc)
• Oscar and Benny (1998, with Benny Green, Telarc)

With Buddy Rich

• The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955)

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 (soundtrack) (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 Frank Sinatra

• L.A. Is My Lady (QWest, 1984)

with Ben Webster

• King of Tenors (1953)
• Bounce Blues (1953)
• Music For Loving: Ben Webster with Strings (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)