Ray Brown discography

Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.

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 (Polygram, 1962)
 * Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (Verve, 1965)
 * This One's for Blanton! with Duke Ellington (Pablo, 1973) – rec. 1972
 * Brown's Bag (Concord Jazz, 1975)
 * Overseas Special (Concord Jazz, 1975)
 * The Big 3 with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass (Pablo, 1975)
 * 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)
 * Tasty with Jimmy Rowles, (Concord Jazz, 1978)
 * Something for Lester (Contemporary, 1978) – rec. 1977
 * Tasty! (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)
 * Soular Energy (Concord Jazz, 1984)
 * One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1984)
 * Bye Bye Blackbird (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
 * Don't Forget the Blues (Concord Jazz, 1985)
 * The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1987) – rec. 1985
 * Breakin' Out with George Shearing, Marvin Smith (Concord Jazz, 1987)
 * Two Bass Hits (Capri, 1988)
 * Bam Bam Bam (Concord Jazz, 1988)
 * 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 (Concord Jazz, 1990)
 * Summer Wind: Live at the Loa (Concord Jazz, 1990) – live
 * 3 Dimensional: The Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1991)
 * Old Friends (Telarc, 1992)
 * Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (Polygram, 1992)
 * Bassface (Telarc, 1993)
 * Black Orpheus (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
 * 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 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
 * Ella and Louis (Verve, 1956)
 * Ella and Louis Again (Verve, 1957)

With José Feliciano
 * Feliciano! (RCA Victor, 1968)
 * Souled (RCA Victor, 1968)
 * 10 to 23 (RCA Victor, 1969)

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!, 1969)
 * Just the Way It Had to Be (Impulse!, 1969)
 * Memphis Jackson (Impulse!, 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 with Milt Jackson (MPS, 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 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 (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 The Manhattan Transfer
 * Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
 * Swing (Atlantic, 1997)

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)
 * 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)
 * Della Reese, On Strings of Blue (ABC, 1967)
 * Della Reese, I Gotta Be Me... This Trip Out (ABC, 1968)
 * 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)
 * Frank Sinatra, L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)
 * Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstasy (ABC, 1973)
 * Clark Terry, Memories of Duke (Pablo Today, 1980)
 * Big Joe Turner, The Bosses (Pablo, 1974)
 * Big Joe Turner, Life Ain't Easy (Pablo, 1983)
 * 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)