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This two-fer reissue combines two live albums released by the Ray Brown Trio in the 1980s, The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio, featuring pianist Gene Harris and drummer Mickey Roker along with bassist Brown, recorded at the Blue Note nightclub in New York in November and December 1985, and Bam Bam Bam, with the trio consisting of Brown, Harris, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, cut in December 1988 at the 2,000-seat Kan-i Hoken Hall in Toyko. Harris, whom Brown had lured from obscurity and retirement in Idaho, was something of the bassist's protégé during this period, so it is not surprising that Brown actually takes a back seat on much of the music here, allowing Harris to be showcased. To listen to these albums, you would think Harris, not Brown, was the leader. The bassist does reserve at least one important solo for himself in each set, giving an expressive arco introduction to the surprising selection "Love Me Tender" (the Elvis Presley song) on the first disc and returning to the bow on an attractive interpretation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "If I Loved You" from Carousel on the second. Hamilton also gets some spotlight time on the second disc, notably with a showy solo during "Rio" and a hand-drumming part in "A Night in Tunisia." But it's Harris who carries the programs in each concert, and he proves an imaginative soloist, particularly during a version of Gershwin's "Summertime" in Tokyo that has the enthusiastic audience clapping along. The pianist could ask for nothing more than the platform Brown has provided for him on these albums.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Spier, ComposerLyricist - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Victor Feldman, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Anderson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Edwards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist - Shinya Tanaka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Jefferson, Producer, Recording Producer - Bennett Rubin, Producer, Recording Producer - Jon Bobenko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsuro Takanami, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seiji Kaneko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Dubose Heyward, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Anderson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Edwards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist - Shinya Tanaka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Jefferson, Producer, Recording Producer - Bennett Rubin, Producer, Recording Producer - Jon Bobenko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsuro Takanami, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seiji Kaneko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Concord Records, Inc.
Henry Mancini, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Concord Jazz, Inc.
DISC 2
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - CARL E. JEFFERSON, Producer, Recording Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Anderson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Edwards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist - Shinya Tanaka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bennett Rubin, Producer, Recording Producer - Jon Bobenko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsuro Takanami, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seiji Kaneko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist - Newton Ferreira de Mendonca, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
RAY BROWN, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - ALAN BRANDT, ComposerLyricist - BOB HAYMES, ComposerLyricist - Jim Anderson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Edwards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist - Shinya Tanaka, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Jefferson, Producer, Recording Producer - Bennett Rubin, Producer, Recording Producer - Jon Bobenko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hatsuro Takanami, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seiji Kaneko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Concord Jazz
Elvis Presley, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - VERA MATSON, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Allan Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tyree Glenn, ComposerLyricist - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Monty Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Gene Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Brown Trio, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Concord Jazz, Inc.
Album review
This two-fer reissue combines two live albums released by the Ray Brown Trio in the 1980s, The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio, featuring pianist Gene Harris and drummer Mickey Roker along with bassist Brown, recorded at the Blue Note nightclub in New York in November and December 1985, and Bam Bam Bam, with the trio consisting of Brown, Harris, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, cut in December 1988 at the 2,000-seat Kan-i Hoken Hall in Toyko. Harris, whom Brown had lured from obscurity and retirement in Idaho, was something of the bassist's protégé during this period, so it is not surprising that Brown actually takes a back seat on much of the music here, allowing Harris to be showcased. To listen to these albums, you would think Harris, not Brown, was the leader. The bassist does reserve at least one important solo for himself in each set, giving an expressive arco introduction to the surprising selection "Love Me Tender" (the Elvis Presley song) on the first disc and returning to the bow on an attractive interpretation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "If I Loved You" from Carousel on the second. Hamilton also gets some spotlight time on the second disc, notably with a showy solo during "Rio" and a hand-drumming part in "A Night in Tunisia." But it's Harris who carries the programs in each concert, and he proves an imaginative soloist, particularly during a version of Gershwin's "Summertime" in Tokyo that has the enthusiastic audience clapping along. The pianist could ask for nothing more than the platform Brown has provided for him on these albums.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:32:48
- Main artists: Ray Brown Trio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Jazz
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 Concord Jazz ℗ 2003 Concord Jazz
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