Profile
Ray Brown
Bassist + Composer + Musician
Male
Born
Oct 13, 1926
Died
Jul 2, 2002
Raymond Matthews Brown was an influential American jazz double bassist, known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson among many others.
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Ray Brown.
CHILDHOOD
1926
Birth
Born on October 13, 1926.
TEENAGE
TWENTIES
1947
20 Years Old
Brown became acquainted with singer Ella Fitzgerald when she joined the Gillespie band as a special attraction for a tour of the southern United States in 1947.
1949
22 Years Old
Around this time Brown was also appearing in Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, organised by Norman Granz. It was at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in 1949 that Brown first worked with the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, in whose trio Brown would play from 1951 to 1966.
1952
25 Years Old
The two married that year, and together they adopted a child born to Fitzgerald's half-sister Frances, whom they christened Ray Brown, Jr. Fitzgerald and Brown divorced in 1952.
THIRTIES
1957
30 Years Old
Between 1957 and 1959, he appeared on Blossom Dearie's first five recordings for Verve Records.
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1966
39 Years Old
In 1966, he settled in Los Angeles where he was in high demand working for various television show orchestras.
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FORTIES
1974
47 Years Old
From 1974 to 1982, Brown performed and recorded a series of albums with guitarist Laurindo Almeida, saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank, and drummer Shelly Manne (replaced by Jeff Hamilton after 1977) under the name The L.A. Four.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
In 1990, he teamed up with pianist Bobby Enriquez and drummer Al Foster, for Enriquez's album, The Wildman Returns.
Probably his last recorded show was in Europe, during the Bern Jazz Festival, on May 4, 2002, with Larry Fuller and Karriem Riggins.
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