Raymond Matthews Brown

E387137
bassist double bassist human jazz musician

Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist renowned for his virtuosic technique, impeccable swing, and influential work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and numerous other jazz greats.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Raymond Matthews Brown canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bassist ⓘ
double bassist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ray Brown ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Group ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group (with Oscar Peterson Trio)
burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
collaboratedWith Art Tatum ⓘ
Benny Carter ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Gene Harris ⓘ
Milt Jackson ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-07-02 ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
influenced Christian McBride ⓘ
John Clayton ⓘ
many modern jazz bassists ⓘ
instrument bass ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
memberOf Dizzy Gillespie’s band ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
surface form: Modern Jazz Quartet (early version / collaborations)

Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
name Raymond Matthews Brown self-link ⓘ
notableFeature impeccable swing feel ⓘ
virtuosic double bass technique ⓘ
notableWork album "Bass Hit!" ⓘ
album "Something for Lester" ⓘ
album "Soular Energy" ⓘ
album "This Is Ray Brown" ⓘ
member of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951–1966) ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States ⓘ
spouse Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ray Brown → fullName → Raymond Matthews Brown ⓘ
Raymond Matthews Brown → name → Raymond Matthews Brown self-link ⓘ