Ray Brown
Raymond Matthews (Ray) Brown (1926–2002) was an American jazz bassist.
After playing from 1945 to 1951 with Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Milt Jackson, and Ella Fitzgerald (who was then his wife), Brown played with the Oscar Peterson trio for fifteen years. After leaving the Trio he became a manager and promoter as well as a performer. Among the artists he managed were the Modern Jazz Quartet and Quincy Jones.
He continued performing until his death; he died while taking a nap before a show in Indianapolis.
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