# 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 The Manhattan Transfer
* Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
* Swing (Atlantic, 1997)
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
* 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)
* Harry Edison, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Verve, 1957)
* Craig Doerge, Craig Doerge (Columbia, 1973)
* 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)