Bass Hit!

1957 studio album by Ray Brown

Bass Hit!

Studio album by

Ray Brown

Released| 1957
Recorded| November 21, 23, 1956
Genre| Jazz
Length| 32:18
Label| Verve
Producer| Norman Granz
Ray Brown chronology
|  | Bass Hit!
(1957)  | This Is Ray Brown
(1958)

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Bass Hit! is a 1956 album by Ray Brown, his first album as a leader.[2] It was produced by Norman Granz.[3] "Solo for Unaccompanied Bass" contains whispered singing from 1:18 to 1:25.[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Bass Introduction" / "Blues for Sylvia" (Ray Brown / Brown, Marty Paich) – 5:04
2. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:00
3. "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane) – 4:28
4. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:42
5. "Little Toe" (Brown) – 4:52
6. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:46
7. "Solo for Unaccompanied Bass" (Brown) – 2:30
8. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:09
9. "Blues for Lorraine" / "Bass Conclusion" (Brown, Paich / Brown) – 5:36

Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 1999:

1.   2. "After You've Gone Medley" (False Start/Breakdown/False Start/Complete Take) (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:50
3. "After You've Gone" (Complete Take) – 4:49
4. "After You've Gone Medley" (False Start/Breakdown/Breakdown/Complete Take) – 3:01
5. "After You've Gone" (Complete Take) – 2:44

## Personnel

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### Performance

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* Ray Brown – double bass
* Pete Candoli – trumpet
* Harry Edison \- trumpet
* Herbie Harper – trombone
* Jack DuLong – alto saxophone
* Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Bill Holman – tenor saxophone
* Jimmy Rowles – piano
* Herb Ellis – guitar
* Mel Lewis – drums
* Marty Paich – arranger, conductor

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Bass Hit! at AllMusic
3. ^ a b Beaudoin, Richard (2024). Sounds as They Are. Oxford University Press. p. 6\. ISBN 978-0-19-765928-1.

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Albums|

* 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)
* Bam Bam Bam (with Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton, 1988)
* 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)

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