- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRaymond Matthews Brown
- Nicknames
- Mr. Slick
- Ice Cream Charlie
- Ray Brown was born on October 13, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Just Cause (1995), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and Bird (1988). He was married to Cecilia Brown and Ella Fitzgerald. He died on July 2, 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- SpousesCecilia Brown(1954 - July 2, 2002) (his death)Ella Fitzgerald(December 10, 1947 - August 28, 1953) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesAlice Brown(Grandchild)Haylee(Grandchild)
- Jazz bassist.
- He is credited with discovering Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall in the early 1990s while seeing her perform in Nanaimmo, British Columbia, Canada.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997.
- Holder of a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award.
- With Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra from 1946 to 1951.
- Being a jazz musician is a very unnatural and tough way to make a living. Too many of the guys die very early, much too young. The way I figure it, if you can lead a jazz musician's life and make it past thirty-five, chances are good that you'll be around at ninety.
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