This Is Ray Brown

This Is Ray Brown
Studio album by Ray Brown
Released	1958
Recorded	February 27, 28, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:18
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Ray Brown chronology
Bass Hit! (1956) This Is Ray Brown (1958) Jazz Cello (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

This Is Ray Brown is a 1958 studio album by American jazz double bass player Ray Brown. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Bric-A-Brac" (Ray Brown) – 5:33
2. "Upstairs Blues" (Brown) – 6:40
3. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 4:38
4. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 6:16
5. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 8:06
6. "Cool Walk" (Brown) – 6:31
7. "Jim" (Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) – 9:00

Personnel

Performance

• Ray Brown – double bass
• Jerome Richardson – flute
• Oscar Peterson – organ, piano
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Osie Johnson – drums

References

1. "This Is Ray Brown". AllMusic . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 186. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.