2000 Ray Brown Walk On

Ray Brown Trio: Ray Brown (bass); Geoffrey Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums)

Additional personnel: Monty Alexander, Benny Green (piano); John Clayton, Christian McBride (bass); Gregory Hutchinson, Lewis Nash (drums).

Disc 1
01 America The Beautiful (Traditional)
02 Sunday (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)   
03 Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Young)
04 Lined With a Groove (Ray Brown)
05 Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf)
06 Fried Pies (Wes Montgomery)   
07 You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell)
08 That's All (Allen Brandt, Bob Haymes)
09 Ray Brown Suite, Movement 1 (Ray Brown)
10 Ray Brown Suite, Movement 2 (Ray Brown)
11 Ray Brown Suite, Movement 3 (Ray Brown)
12 Hello Girls (Ray Brown)

Disc 2
01 F.S.R. (For Sonny Rollins)  (Ray Brown)
02 Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)   
03 Evidence (Thelonious Monk)   
04 Woogie Boogie (Monty Alexander)
05 In a Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler)
06 The Nearness Of You (Ned Washington, Hoagy Carmichael)
07 Much in Common (Ray Brown)
08 This Is Always (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)   
09 Three by Four (John Clayton)
10 Down By The Riverside (Trad.)

2000 Ray Brown Trio Some of My Best Friends Are... Guitarists

(01) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); John Pizzarelli (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(02) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(03) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Russell Malone (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(04) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Ulf Wakenius (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(05) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(06) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Bruce Forman (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

(07) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Russell Malone (guitar); Karriem Riggins (drums).

Recorded at Avatar, New York, New York; O'Henry Studios, Burbank, California between January 10 and Febrary 22, 2000

01 Squeeze Me (Clarence Williams, Fats Waller)
02 I Want To Be Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
03 Heartstrings (Russell Malone)
04 Blues for Ray (Ulf Wakenius)
05 Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)
06 The Song Is You (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)   
07 Lil Darlin' (Neal Hefti)
08 Blues For Junior (Ray Brown)
09 Tangerine (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
10 My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  
11 Blues for Wes (Bruce Forman)
12 Soulful spirit (Kenny Burrell)

2000 Ray Brown Some of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players

(01,07) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); Roy Hargrove (trumpet)

(02,08) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); Jon Faddis (trumpet).

(03,09) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); James Morrison (trumpet).

(04,12) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); Terence Blanchard. (trumpet).

(05,10) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); Nicholas Payton (trumpet).

(06,11) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Karriem Riggins (drums); Clark Terry (trumpet).
 

01 Our Delight (Tadd Dameron)
02 Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson)
03 I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
04 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (George Bassman, Ned Washington)
05 Violets For Your Furs (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis)
06 Itty Bitty Blues (Clark Terry)
07 Stairway To The Stars (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish)
08 Original Jones (Ray Brown)
09 When You Go (Ray Brown)
10 The Kicker (Joe Henderson)
11 Clark's Tune (Clark Terry)
12 Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins)

1997-1998 Ray Brown Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers

(01,04) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Diana Krall (vocal).

(02) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Etta Jones (vocal).

(03) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Dee Dee Bridgewater (vocal).

(05,12) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Nancy King (vocal); Antonio Hart (alto saxophone).

(06,10) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Marlena Shaw (vocal).

(07) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Kevin Mahogany (vocal); Russell Malone (guitar).

(08) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Dee Dee Bridgewater (vocal); Ralph Moore (tenor saxophone).

(09) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Etta Jones (vocal); Russell Malone (guitar).

(11) Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Kevin Mahogany (vocal).

Recorded at O'Henry Studios, Studio A, Burbank, California on December 15-17, 1997 and Sony Music Studio D, New York, New York on April 27-29, 1998

01 I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
02 Poor Butterfly (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden)
03 More Than You Know (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu)
04 Little Boy [Little Girl] (Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry)
05 But Beautiful (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
06 At Long Last Love (Cole Porter)
07 Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
08 Cherokee (Ray Noble)
09 There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
10 Imagination (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
11 The Party's Over (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
12 The Perfect Blues (Ray Brown)

1996 Super Bass (Ray Brown with John Clayton & Christian McBride)

Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride (bass); Benny Green (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums).

Recorded in Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, Massachusetts, October 17-18, l996.

01 Superbass Theme (Ray Brown)
02 Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk)
03 Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
04 Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, B.Y. Forster, under the pseudonym of George Weiss)
05 Who Cares? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
06 Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)
07 Centerpiece (Harry Edison)
08 Sculler Blues (Ray Brown)
09 Brown Funk (Christian McBride)
10 Superbass Theme (Ray Brown)
 

1996 Ray Brown Trio Live at Scullers Jazz Club

Ray Brown (Bass); Gregory Hutchinson (Drums); Benny Green (Piano).

Recorded live at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston Massachusets, Oktober 17-18, 1996

01 Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis)
02 En Estate (Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti)
03 You're My Everything (Harry Warren, Joe Young, Mort Dixon)
04 But Not for Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)  
05 Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
06 If You Only Knew (Oscar Peterson)
07 Whirly Bird (Neal Hefti)

1995-1996 Ray Brown Trio Some of My Best Friends Are...The Sax Players

(01,07) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Joe Lovano tenor saxophone.

(02,09) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Benny Carter alto saxophone.

(03,08) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Joshua Redman tenor saxophone.

(04,10) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Ralph Moore tenor saxophone.

(05,12) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Stanley Turrentine tenor saxophone. 

(06,11) Ray Brown bass; Benny Green piano; Gregory Hutchinson drums; Jesse Davis alto saxophone.

01 How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton)
02 Love Walked In (George Gerswhin, Ira Gershwin)
03 Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
04 Crazeology (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker)
05 Port Of Rico (Illinois Jacquet)
06 Moose The Mooche (Charlie Parker)
07 Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
08 Just You, Just Me (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
09 Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)
10 When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene)
11 These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
12 God Bless The Child (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
13 Ray Brown in Conversations with Joe Lovano
14 Ray Brown in Conversations with Benny Carter
15 Ray Brown in Conversations with Stanley Turrentine
16 Ray Brown in Conversations with Jesse Davis
17 Ray Brown in Conversations with Joshua Redman
18 Ray Brown in Conversations with Ralph Moore

1994 Ray Brown Trio Don't Get Sassy

Ray Brown- Bass; Benny Green- Piano; Jeff Hamilton- Drums.

01 Don’t Get Sassy (Thad Jones)
02 Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter)
03 Kelly’s Blues (Oscar Peterson)
04 Tanga (Mario Bauza)
05 When You Go (Ray Brown)
06 Brown’s New Blues (Ray Brown)
07 The Good Life (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon)
08 Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie)
09 Ellington Medley: Raincheck (Billy Strayhorn) / In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) / Squatty Roo (Johnny Hodges)

1994 Ray Brown Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players

(01-03) Ray Brown (bass), Ahmad Jamal (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio, New York on November 21, 1995

(04-06) Ray Brown (bass), Benny Green (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio, New York on November 21, 1995

(07-08) Ray Brown (bass), Dado Moroni (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio, New York on November 21, 1995

(09) Ray Brown (bass), Geoff Keezer (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Clinton Recording Studio, New York on November 21, 1995

(10-11) Ray Brown (bass), Oscar Peterson (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Glenn Gould Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 18, 1994

01 Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson)
02 Love Walked In (George Gerswhin, Ira Gershwin)
03 St. Louis Blues (William Christopher Handy)
04 Lover (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
05 Just A Gigolo (Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar)
06 Ray of Light (Benny Green)
07 Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
08 My Romance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
09 Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
10 St. Tropez (Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson, Lester Young)
11 How Come You Do Me? (Gene Austin, Roy Bergere)

1991 Ray Brown Trio Three Dimensional

Ray Brown (acoustic bass); Gene Harris (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums).

Recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California on August 4, 1991

01 Ja-Da (Bob Carleton)
02 Paradise (Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford)
03 You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell)
04 Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers)
05 Gumbo Hump (Ray Brown)
06 Classical In G (Ray Brown)
07 My Romance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
08 Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Albert Von Tilzer, Jack Norworth)
09 Ellington Medley: Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) / Solitude (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) / Rockin' In Rhythm (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) / Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington)
10 Equinox (John Coltrane)
11 Time After Time (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)