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Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz Quartet .
The adopted son of Ray Brown and Ella Fitzgerald, he was born in New York City, on August 13, 1949, to Fitzgerald's half-sister Frances. Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and many others were regular visitors during his childhood. [1] After moving to California when he was 10, Ray discovered a passion for the drums and for singing.
In 2019, Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things, a documentary by Leslie Woodhead, was released in the UK. It featured rare footage, radio broadcasts and interviews with Jamie Cullum, Andre Previn, Johnny Mathis, and other musicians, plus a long interview with Fitzgerald's son, Ray Brown Jr. [57]
Ella and Oscar is a 1975 album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by pianist Oscar Peterson and, for the second half of the album, double bassist Ray Brown. [2]Fitzgerald's two previous albums with piano accompaniment were 1950's Ella Sings Gershwin (with Ellis Larkins) and 1960's Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph with Paul Smith.
English: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Lisa Ruthel and Anup Mahurkar 1947 (printed later) Object number NPG.2016.60 Ella Fitzgerald, 25 Apr 1917 - 15 Jun 1996 Dizzy Gillespie, 21 Oct 1917 - 6 Jan 1993 Ray Brown, 13 Oct 1926 - 2 Jul 2002 Milt Jackson, 1 Jan 1923 - 9 Oct 1999
R&B legend Freda Payne (center) leads the cast of "Ella, First Lady of Song," running at Rochester Hills' Meadow Brook Theatre through June 23, 2024.
Digital III at Montreux is a 1979 live album featuring a compilation of performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. It was produced and has liner notes by Norman Granz. The cover photo is by Phil Stern.
Ella and Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, ... Ray Brown – bass; Buddy Rich – drums; Additional personnel