Its a 12bar blues, and the melody is the same 2note phrase repeated 3 times per chorus. All your love i miss loving baby please dont go big boss man blues before sunrise the blues is alright boom boom born under a bad sign cheaper to keep her come on in my kitchen crosscut saw damn right, ive got the blues dust my broom every day i have the. A hiatus from recording produced bennys 2011 trio date, source jlp. Cry me a river, exactly like you, summertime live, take the a train, sweet georgia brown, monthly listeners. I have several ways to approach different positions. Composed by hans bradtkelyrics by johnny mercermusic by heinz meier.
Herb ellis is halfballads and half blues on i want to be happy and the specifically penned blues for junior. What i love is that the book gravitates around jazz and the blues idioms. Tasteful swinging jazz with the great bass man ray brown and other stellar musicians. Ray brown trio featuring gene harris reading and viewing. In 2001, greens blues, a solo piano date and in 2003 jazz at the bistro telarc, a duo recording malone, followed by bluebird 2004 again pairing green with malone. Over 1,200 jazz patrons were mesmerized as brown and his trio lay about two hours of jazz standards and classics inside the ornamental theater. Ray brown, byname of raymond matthews brown, born october, 1926, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, u. Sure, ray brown is the headliner here, but as on soular energy, its harris intensity that makes this recording one that i will play over and over again. Live from new york to tokyo, christmas with the ray brown trio, some of my best friends are. Listen to the way thelonious plays a countermelody is his left hand during the last 4 bars of the tune. After that he toured again with his own trio, with several young pianists.
Its so simple to learn the melody by ear, and yet it swings so hard that pros still love to jam on it. With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, stevie ray vaughan ignited the blues revival of the 80s. Raymond matthews brown october, 1926 july 2, 2002 was an american jazz double. Ray brown was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. Ray brown plays bluesier too, whenever he shares the stage with harris. Brown played for a time with the quartet with monty alexander, milt jackson, and mickey roker. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Ray browns new two bass hits 1992 feel the blues with all that jazz. Check out the real blues live by ray brown trio on amazon music. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The funeral was held yesterday for ray brown, lead singer from the mid60s australian music group ray brown and the whispers. On this track the trio get help from saxophonist red. Im not trying to be ray brown, but i want his navigational philosophy.
The real blues live by ray brown trio on amazon music. Ray brown 19262002 played the bass the same way he lived. The group was popular in the heyday of channel 9s bandstand, and had three hits which went to number one on the australian charts, including 20 miles, and midnight hour. Mistreated but undefeated blues is the only brown tune, an upbeat number written a day before the recording session. Gene harris was one of the greatest bluesy jazz pianists ever if you love that, go for this cd. Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your. This is often one of the first 12 bar blues tunes that a jazz musician will learn. Sacdrof the ray brown trio soular energy 19842003 jazz, mainstream jazz. The best of the ray brown trio 19772000 by ray brown on. From the beginning it gets into technique which is essential to building your chops. In the many years that ray brown made music, he played in every major night club and concert hall in the world. The best of the ray brown trio 1977 2000 by ray brown now.
After ellis left the group, peterson decided to continue the trio with brown and drummer ed thigpen. The ray brown trio summer wind live at the loa 1990, cd. The last edition of the ray brown trio included pianist larry fuller and drummer karriem riggins. The unusual combination works quite well with brown being the. Ray brown bass gene harris piano jeff hamilton drums james morrison trumpet,trombone,euphonium live in france, may 1992. I dont need beginner fingerings followed immideatly by long extended scales with no suggestions. Ray brown is featured in a twobass trio with fellow bassist pierre boussaquet and the upandcoming pianist jacky terasson. Hal leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in. Included is work the iconic musician made with such pianists as cedar walton, gene harris and monty alexander, as well benny green and geoff.
Focusing on the latter part of his career, the doubledisc anthology bassics. Best of ray brown trio 19772000 collects a nice crosssection of the recordings bassist ray brown made with his various trio configurations for the concord and telarc labels. Buy ray brown trio, ray browns album titled bassics. The best of the ray brown trio 1977 2000, an album by ray brown on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. At you can often buy used for a fraction of the new price. Despite ones taste and ear for the art, they can both be daunting to master. Revered by his peers and by jazz audiences everywhere, the bassist ray brown, who has died aged 75, combined sublime technical skills and an elegance in performance unsurpassed in jazz. Since the 1970s, the real book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Grammy awardwinning doublebassist ray brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section in addition to being a firstrate soloist. Raymond matthews brown bassist, cellist, bandleader, composer, manager, producer. Bassics the best of the ray brown trio 19772000 amazon. Ray brown, a legendary jazz bassist who played with giants dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, oscar peterson, and his onetime wife ella fitzgerald in a. I once saw that trio live with a different drummer and they managed to play even jobim tunes with a blues tinge. The red hot ray brown trio by ray brown trio pandora.
Read about the real blues from ray brown trio s summer wind live at the loa and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Recognized for decades as the worlds premier bassist, he performed with numerous recording greats including frank sinatra, billy eckstine, tony bennett, ella fitzgerald, sarah vaughan and peggy lee. Together ella and louis with the oscar peterson trio trio in chicago oscar peterson trio standout track chicago live at starbucks ray brown trio this album changed my life oscar peterson at the stratford shakespearean festival awe inspiring soloing from ray here, especially on how high the moon your turn. And, unlike soular energy, there isnt a single track that ill skip over as im listening to it theyre all terrific. Double bass, string bass sheet music book by ray brown. Ray brown trio things aint what they used to be 56. Ray brown trio summertime ray brown bass, gene harris piano, jeff hamilton drums live in france, may 1992. The trio included a guitarist until 1958 initially barney kessel, and then herb ellis.
Ray brown bass larry fuller piano karriem riggins drums ray brown trio jazzfestival bern 2002 live at internationales jazzfestival bern, switzerland, 2002. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Ray brown, legendary jazz bassist and founder of the 1940s bebop quintet of dizzy gillespiecharlie parker, opened the 2002 pabst theaters 10th hal leonard jazz series in milwaukee, february 16. Upstairs blues ray brown trio this is ray brown original recording from february 27, 28, 1958.
Raymond matthews brown october, 1926july 2, 2002 was an american jazz double bassist. Unlike most bass players, when brown was at the helm the listener always had the sense of his being a true leader, not merely a timekeeper and occasional soloist. From 1951 to 1965, brown was a member of the oscar peterson trio. Song information for the real blues ray brown trio on allmusic. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ray brown trio at the discogs marketplace.
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