Bassics: Best of Ray Brown Trio 1977-2000

by Ray Brown, Ray Brown Trio

Overview

Focusing on the latter part of his career, the double-disc anthology Bassics: Best of Ray Brown Trio 1977-2000 collects a nice cross-section of the recordings bassist Ray Brown made with his various trio configurations for the Concord and Telarc labels. Included is work the iconic musician made with such pianists as Cedar Walton, Gene Harris and Monty Alexander, as well Benny Green and Geoff Keezer. These are elegant, sophisticated mainstream jazz recordings that are the epitome of swinging modern jazz. While listeners looking for a more representative view of Brown's long career should probably check out his influential early recordings, Bassics offers a perfect overview of the still superb Brown in the autumn of his life. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2006
Label:	Concord Jazz
UPC:	0888072300774
Rank:	58461

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Sister Sadie
2. Blue Bossa
3. Exactly Like You
4. Mistreated But Undefeated Blues
5. Have You Met Miss Jones?
6. That's All
7. Rio
8. Summertime
9. Buhaina Buhaina
10. The Real Blues
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Gumbo Hump

Disc 2

13. Phineas Can Be
14. Don't Get Sassy
15. Seven Steps to Heaven
16. Port of Rico
17. You're My Everything
18. Freddie Freeloader
19. It's Only a Paper Moon
20. Cherokee
21. Caravan
22. Goodbye
23. I Want to Be Happy
24. Lined With a Groove

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ray Brown   Primary Artist,Bass,Double Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Ray Brown Trio   Primary Artist
Ulf Wakenius   Primary Artist,Guitar
Stanley Turrentine   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Dee Dee Bridgewater   Primary Artist,Vocals
Gene Harris   Primary Artist,Piano
Terence Blanchard   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Ralph Moore   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor),Saxophone
Herb Ellis   Primary Artist,Guitar
Monty Alexander   Piano
Cedar Walton   Piano
Red Holloway   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Mickey Roker   Drums
Geoffrey Keezer   Piano
Benny Green   Piano
Emily Remler   Guitar
Geoff Keezer   Piano
Gerryck King   Drums
Karriem Riggins   Drums
Elvin Jones   Drums
Jeff Hamilton   Drums
Gregory Hutchinson   Drums

Technical Credits

Hatsuro Takanami   Recording
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Paul Blakemore   Editing
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Kenny Dorham   Composer
Illinois Jacquet   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Miles Davis   Composer
Jon Bobenko   Assistant Engineer
Jon Sievert   Photography
Tony Salazar   Photography
Todd Brown   Editing
Jacques Lowe   Photography
Tom Copi   Photography
Carl Jefferson   Producer,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Abbey Anna   Project Assistant
Rikka Arnold   Project Assistant
Seiji Kaneko   Assistant Engineer
Shinya Tanaka   Assistant Engineer
Paul Charbit   Photography
Jay Blakeberg   Cover Photo,Photography,Inlay Photography
Beverly Kelly   Composer
Allen Farnham   Producer,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Lester Koenig   Original Recording Producer,Producer,Recording,Recording Producer
Robert Friedrich   Editing,Recording
Jim Anderson   Recording
Rory Romano   Recording,Assistant Engineer
Nick Phillips   Producer,Assistant Producer,Compilation Producer
Ray Brown   Composer,Producer,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Roy DuNann   Recording
Elaine Martone   Producer,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
John Koenig   Producer,Recording,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Phil Edwards   Recording,Remix Engineer,Mixing Engineer
George Horn   Mastering Engineer
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Victor Feldman   Composer
Michael Bishop   Recording,Mastering Engineer
Patrick Shannon   Recording
Ray Noble   Composer
Bob Haymes   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer
Kirk Felton   Remastering,Mastering Engineer
Jack Renner   Recording
Neil Tesser   Liner Notes
Chris Clough   Project Assistant
Duke Ellington   Composer
Bennett Rubin   Producer,Recording Producer,Original Recording Producer
Thad Jones   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Horace Silver   Composer
Stuart Kremsky   Project Assistant
Alan Brandt   Composer