Ray Brown
USA
Born: 13 October 1926
Died: 02 July 2002
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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The huge and comfortable sound of Ray Brown's bass was a welcome feature on bop-oriented sessions for over a half-century. He played locally in his native Pittsburgh in his early days. Arriving in New York in 1945, on his first day in town Brown met and played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Bud Powell. He was hired by Gillespie for his small groups and his big band; "One Bass Hit" and "Two Bass Hit" were early features, and he can be seen with Dizzy Gillespie in the 1947 film Jiving in Bebop. Although not a soloist on the level of an...
See also
- Ella Fitzgerald (139)
- Modern Jazz Quartet (21)
Similar artists
- Oscar Pettiford (1)
- Wynonie Harris (1)
Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Bud Powell (13)
- Lester Young (8)
- Roy Eldridge (4)
Followers
- Ella Fitzgerald (139)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Little Milton (24)
- Norman Brown (16)
- Monty Alexander (11)
- Sam Jones (8)
- Buster Williams (2)
- Gene Taylor (1)
- Gary Bias (0)
- Henry Grimes (0)
- Leroy Vinnegar (0)
Performed Songs By
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Oscar Peterson (166)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Joe Pass (57)
- Barney Kessel (42)
- Benny Goodman (29)
- Milt Jackson (29)
- Herb Ellis (5)
- George Gershwin (4)
- Fats Waller (1)
- Neal hefti (0)
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