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 Johnny Mathis
- Johnny Mathis (Columbia, 1956)
 
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 (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)
 - Craig Doerge, Craig Doerge (Columbia, 1973)
 - Harry Edison, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Verve, 1957)
 - 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)