Key facts
- Born
- Raymond Matthews Brown , ( 1926-10-13 ) October 13, 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02) (aged 75), Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Double bass, cello
- Years active
- 1946–2002
- Labels
- Verve Concord Pablo Telarc Atlantic Blue Note Warner Bros. Impulse!
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Indianapolis
- Spouse
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- bass
- Record label
- Concord Records
- Image
- Ray Brown (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ray Brown
- date of birth
- 1926-10-13
- date of death
- 2002-07-02
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- name in native language
- Ray Brown
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ray Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.