Ray Brown

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double bassist human jazz musician

Ray Brown was an acclaimed American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and collaborations with many leading jazz artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf double bassist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Group ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charlie Parker ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gene Harris ⓘ
Lionel Hampton ⓘ
surface form: Milt Jackson

Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-07-02 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Brown ⓘ
fullName Raymond Matthews Brown ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
influenced Christian McBride ⓘ
John Clayton ⓘ
Ron Carter ⓘ
instrument double bass ⓘ
marriageEnd 1953 ⓘ
marriageStart 1947 ⓘ
memberOf Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
notableAlbum Night Train ⓘ
Soular Energy ⓘ
We Get Requests ⓘ
notableEnsemble Ray Brown Trio ⓘ
notableRole pioneer of modern jazz double bass ⓘ
notableWork 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Concord Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Ella and Louis → personnel → Ray Brown ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald → spouse → Ray Brown ⓘ