Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players
1994 studio album by Ray Brown
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Brown | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | November 18, 21, 1994 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 56:24 | |||
Label | Telarc | |||
Producer | Elaine Martone | |||
Ray Brown chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players is a 1994 album by double bassist Ray Brown, accompanied by pianists Benny Green, Geoffrey Keezer, Ahmad Jamal, Dado Moroni, and Oscar Peterson.[3]
Track listing
- "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 4:20
- "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 7:15
- "Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:39
- "Just a Gigolo" (Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer) – 5:29
- "Ray of Light" (Benny Green) – 3:51
- "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 6:06
- "My Romance" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:51
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) – 4:40
- "St. Tropez" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:10
- "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" (Gene Austin, Roy Bergere) – 6:27
Personnel
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Benny Green – piano
- Ahmad Jamal
- Geoff Keezer
- Dado Moroni
- Oscar Peterson
- Lewis Nash – drums
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players at AllMusic
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Years listed are the years the album was recorded, not released
- Bass Hit! (1956)
- This Is Ray Brown (1958)
- Jazz Cello (1960)
- Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (1962)
- Much in Common (with Milt Jackson, 1964)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
- This One's for Blanton! (with Duke Ellington, 1972)
- The Big 3 (with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass, 1975)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith, 1976)
- Quadrant (with Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, and Mickey Roker, 1977)
- Something for Lester (1977)
- Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979)
- Breakin' Out (with George Shearing and Marvin Smith, 1987)
- After Hours (with André Previn and Joe Pass, 1989)
- Uptown (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1990)
- Old Friends (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1991)
- Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (with André Previn, Mundell Lowe, and Kiri Te Kanawa, 1991)
- Don't Get Sassy (1994)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994)
- SuperBass (1997)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998)
- Live at Starbucks (2001)