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 The Gene Harris All Star Big Band Tribute to Count Basie (Concord Jazz, 1988)
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 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 Della 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 (ABC Records, 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 The Manhattan Transfer Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985) Swing (Atlantic, 1997)
With Big Joe Turner The Bosses (Pablo, 1974) Life Ain't Easy (Pablo, 1983)
With Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream, 1972)