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Ray Brown: A Jazz Odyssey

by C. Andrew Hovan
While it seems that things have come to a point in the history of jazz when many of the music's elder statesmen are leaving us and there are fewer and fewer masters left to pass on the proverbial flame, 75-year-old bassist Ray Brown continues to champion the mainstream cause while inflecting his own music with the ...
Ray Brown Trio: Live At Starbucks
By Ray Brown
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Up There, When I Fall In Love, Brown Bossa, Our Delight, Lament, Mainstem, Love You Madly, Caravan, This House Is Empty/I Should Care, Lester Leaps In, Starbucks Blues
Dave Holland: A Weekend of Bass

by Dave Roberts
There may be no instrument that is more vital yet less heralded in a jazz group than the bass. The bass provides much of the rhythmic and harmonic foundation as well as outlining the form. If the bassist is solid, locking in with the drums and piano, everyone else in the group can relax. And often, ...
Ray Brown: Ray Brown Trio: Live At Starbucks

by AAJ Staff
In the very near future, you’re going to hear a lot of the Ray Brown Trio in the Starbucks nearest you. That’s because the renowned coffee shop has elevated its interest in jazz from the realm of background music to CD production. No doubt, you’ll be able to buy Ray Brown Trio: Live At Starbucks with ...
Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players
By Ray Brown
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2000
Track listing:
Our Delight, Bag's Groove, I Thought About You, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Violets For Your Furs, Itty Bitty Blues, Stairway To The Stars, Original Jones, When You Go, The Kicker, Clark's Tune, Goodbye
Ray Brown: Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players

by AAJ Staff
In the latest edition of his Some Of My Best Friends Are..." series, Ray Brown honors the trumpet players as they honor him. Having already musically expressed his friendship with singers, pianists and saxophonists, Brown's next group of honorees will include...trombonists? Drummers? Guitarists?The interesting aspect of Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players ...
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series, Ray Brown
By Ray Brown
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: Days of Wine and Roses; The Flintstones Theme; The Real Blues; Gumbo Hump; After You
Summertime
By Ray Brown
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: West Coast Blues; Summertime; Topsy; Yours Is My Heart Alone; It's Only a Paper Moon; My One and Only; Reunion Blues; Watch What Happens; The More I See You; Honeysuckle Rose; Cakes' Blues.
Ray Brown: The Concord Jazz Heritage Series, Ray Brown

by Jim Santella
From previous recordings made between 1975 and 1992, this compilation is part of a 29-part series celebrating Concord’s 25 years of mainstream jazz support. Ray Brown’s soft, yet clear bass pizzicato includes a vocal style that swings like the Count Basie straight-ahead blues mood. The trio with Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton is represented by four ...