Raymond Harry Brown
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Raymond Harry Brown (b. 1946) is an American
composer, arranger, trumpet player, and jazz educator. He has performed as trumpet player and arranged music for Stan Kenton
(early 1970s), Bill Watrous
, Bill Berry
, Frank Capp
– Nat Pierce
(Juggernaut Big Band), and the Full Faith and Credit Big Band.
Brown joined Kenton in September 1971, succeeding Gary Lee Pack [b. 1950; Director of Jazz Studies (retired), University of Southern Maine
], holding the jazz trumpet chair and serving as an improv clinician. The Kenton trumpet section included Mike Vax
(lead), Jay Saunders
, and Dennis Noday. Brown also contributed arrangements for Kenton, including Mi Burrito and Neverbird. He remained with the Kenton Orchestra until November 1972.
Before joining the Kenton Orchestra, Brown had served as arranger and trumpeter with the Studio Band of the The United States Army Field Band
at Fort Meade, Maryland
(1968–71). His tenure with the Army Band and Kenton coincided closely with that of Jay Saunders
— trumpet player, and jazz educator, who, while with the Kenton Orchestra, eventually played lead trumpet.
Brown also has performed with Mundell Lowe
, Leroy Vinnegar
, Ray Brown (jazz double-bassist)
, Thad Jones
, Jimmy Heath
, Steve Gadd
, and Billy Hart
.
Brown conducted the recording session of the Roy Hargrove
Quintet entitled “Roy Hargrove with Strings, Moment to Moment,” released May 2000 on Verve. He has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival
frequently as conductor of his wife Susan Cahill Brown's Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with Charlie Haden
, Kenny Barron
, Michael Brecker
, Ralph Towner
, Gary Burton
, and Terence Blanchard
.
Brown currently leads his own big band, the Great Big Band, which has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival
, the San Jose Jazz Festival
, the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival, as well as jazz venues in the San Francisco Bay area.
Ray is currently on the faculty of Cabrillo College
in Aptos, California
, teaching Jazz improvisation, arranging, and Jazz ensembles.
from Ithaca College
(1971) and a Master of Fine Arts
from Sarah Lawrence College
(1974), where she studied with Dorothy DeLay
. She also did post grad work at the University of Colorado
(1975). Ray and Sue were married Aug 26, 1973, and together, they have three daughters, one of whom, Karin, is a violinist and is married to cellist Daniel Levitov. Karin earned degrees in music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music
(1998) and Juilliard. Daniel is a member of the preparatory faculty at the Peabody Institute
.
Ray, born 1946 in Oceanside, New York
, grew up in Freeport, New York
. He has three older brothers, Glenn Edward Brown (the oldest), Stephen Charles Brown
, Roger Brown and a younger sister, Jeanne De Martino.
Steve is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and a professor of music as director of jazz studies at the Ithaca College School of Music
(retired 2008). One of Steve's many life achievements is that he formalized jazz studies in 1968 at Ithaca College School of Music
, a long-standing, well-known music institution within a well-known liberal arts college that was founded in 1892 solely as a conservatory of music.
Glenn, Steve, and Ray all hold music degrees from Ithaca College
– Steve: Bachelor of Music
(1964) and a Master of Music
(1968); Ray: Bachelor of Music
(1968). Ray's nephew (Steve's son) – Miles Brown – is a jazz bassist, performer, and music educator.
Ray's father, Glenn Earl Brown (1914 – 1965; 1936 graduate of Ithaca College School of Music
), was the District Music Supervisor of Public Schools for Long Beach, New York
. He was also director of bands at Long Beach Jr. Sr. High School from 1938 to 1965. As a pioneer in jazz education at the scholastic level, he introduced stage bands to Long Beach public schools in 1939. He also ran a music camp — Lake Shore Music Score — at Lake Winnipesaukee
, Center Harbor, New Hampshire
. Glenn Brown had been, for more than 14 years, a marimba
soloist with the Xavier Cugat
Orchestra.
Ray's mother, Marie Brown ( Ward) (1916 – 2002), taught English at Boardman Junior High School in Oceanside
for 28 years, where, before retiring from the Oceanside School District
in 1982, she served as curriculum coordinator and English department chairwoman. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Ithaca College School of Music
in 1935, where she played piano, saxophone, and clarinet. She also held a Masters in English from Hofstra University
.
Arrangement for the Stan Kenton Orchestra
Other compositions/arrangements
Arrangement recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra
As a member of the Full Faith & Credit Big Band
Other recordings
14th Annual Gail Rich Awards — Cultural Council Associates (of the Santa Cruz County arts community) (Jan 26, 2010)
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composer, arranger, trumpet player, and jazz educator. He has performed as trumpet player and arranged music for Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
(early 1970s), Bill Watrous
Bill Watrous
William Russell Watrous III is a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name...
, Bill Berry
Bill Berry
William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....
, Frank Capp
Frank Capp
Frank Capp is an American jazz drummer.Capp was born August 20, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He began playing with Stan Kenton starting in 1951 and remained with Kenton for some time. Later he joined Neal Hefti's group. He often accompanied Peggy Lee on some of her road dates and...
– Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce was an American jazz pianist and arranger born in Somerville, Massachusetts, perhaps best-known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 1951–1955...
(Juggernaut Big Band), and the Full Faith and Credit Big Band.
Brown joined Kenton in September 1971, succeeding Gary Lee Pack [b. 1950; Director of Jazz Studies (retired), University of Southern Maine
University of Southern Maine
The University of Southern Maine is a multi-campus public urban comprehensive university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston...
], holding the jazz trumpet chair and serving as an improv clinician. The Kenton trumpet section included Mike Vax
Mike Vax
Mike Vax is a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and clinician. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he performs exclusively on Getzen trumpets, cornets, and flugelhorns and has the status of an International Artist for the Getzen Company. He has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan...
(lead), Jay Saunders
Jay Saunders
Jay Saunders born 29 June 1944, is a trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. He is most known for being a lead trumpeter with big bands — including the Stan Kenton Orchestra — and a recording studio musician in the Dallas area...
, and Dennis Noday. Brown also contributed arrangements for Kenton, including Mi Burrito and Neverbird. He remained with the Kenton Orchestra until November 1972.
Before joining the Kenton Orchestra, Brown had served as arranger and trumpeter with the Studio Band of the The United States Army Field Band
The United States Army Field Band
The United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C. is the premier touring musical organization of the United States Army. Each year, the Army Field Band performs more than 400 concerts and makes thousands of appearances before audiences of all ages...
at Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Meade is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,882 at the 2000 census. It is the home to the National Security Agency, which is located on the US Army post Fort George G...
(1968–71). His tenure with the Army Band and Kenton coincided closely with that of Jay Saunders
Jay Saunders
Jay Saunders born 29 June 1944, is a trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. He is most known for being a lead trumpeter with big bands — including the Stan Kenton Orchestra — and a recording studio musician in the Dallas area...
— trumpet player, and jazz educator, who, while with the Kenton Orchestra, eventually played lead trumpet.
Brown also has performed with Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television...
, Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar was an American jazz bassist.Born in Indianapolis, the self-taught Vinnegar established his reputation in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s. His trademark was the rhythmic "walking" bass line, a steady series of ascending or descending notes, and it brought him the nickname...
, Ray Brown (jazz double-bassist)
Ray Brown (musician)
Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
, Thad Jones
Thad Jones
Thaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader.-Biography:Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family of ten . Thad Jones was a self taught musician, performing professionally by the age of sixteen...
, Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
James Edward Heath , nicknamed Little Bird, is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He is the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.-Biography:...
, Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
, and Billy Hart
Billy Hart
William "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.-Biography:Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C...
.
Brown conducted the recording session of the Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
Roy Anthony Hargrove is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997, and in 2002...
Quintet entitled “Roy Hargrove with Strings, Moment to Moment,” released May 2000 on Verve. He has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the longest consecutively running jazz festivals. It debuted on October 3, 1958 and was founded by San Francisco jazz radio broadcaster Jimmy Lyons.-History:...
frequently as conductor of his wife Susan Cahill Brown's Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
, Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron , is an American jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style.-Biography:...
, Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
, Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
, Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
, and Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Terence Oliver Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and film score composer. Since he emerged on the scene in 1980 with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and then shortly thereafter with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blanchard has been a leading artist in jazz...
.
Brown currently leads his own big band, the Great Big Band, which has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the longest consecutively running jazz festivals. It debuted on October 3, 1958 and was founded by San Francisco jazz radio broadcaster Jimmy Lyons.-History:...
, the San Jose Jazz Festival
San Jose Jazz Festival
The San José Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival organized by the San Jose Jazz Society and held in downtown San Jose, California, USA. The festival was established in 1990, and is mainly outdoors....
, the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival, as well as jazz venues in the San Francisco Bay area.
Ray is currently on the faculty of Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College is a public community college offering associate degrees and certificates in more than 70 fields of study such as: engineering, computer science, allied health , public safety, marine biology and the visual and performing arts. The college itself is named after the explorer Juan...
in Aptos, California
Aptos, California
Aptos is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 6,220 at the 2010 census.Aptos is an unincorporated area of Santa Cruz county, consisting of several small communities...
, teaching Jazz improvisation, arranging, and Jazz ensembles.
Formal education
- 1964 — Graduated Freeport High School (New York)
- 1968 — Bachelor of Music, Ithaca College School of MusicIthaca College School of MusicThe School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
(attended 1964-68) - 19?? — Master of Science, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
- 19?? — Arranging lessons from Willie MaidenWillie MaidenWilliam Ralph "Willie" Maiden was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger.Maiden began on piano at age five and started playing saxophone at 11. He spent most of his career playing in big bands, and while he recorded as a sideman, he never led his own session. He worked with Perez Prado in 1950...
- 19?? — Arranging lessons from Manny AlbamManny AlbamManny Albam was a jazz baritone saxophone player who eventually put the instrument down in favour of a long and respected career as an arranger, writer, and teacher.-Biography:The son of Lithuanian immigrants, who was born in the Dominican Republic when his mother went into labour en route...
- 19?? — Arranging lessons from Rayburn Wright (1922–1990)
- 19?? — Arranging lessons from Hank LevyHank LevyHank Levy was an American jazz composer and saxophonist whose works often employed unusual time signatures...
- 19?? — Arranging lessons from Glenn Earl Brown (Ray's father)
- 19??-?? — Four summers, Lake Shore Music Camp, headed by Ray's father, Glenn Earl Brown
Early career
- 1968-71 — Arranger and trumpet player for the Studio Band of The United States Army Field BandThe United States Army Field BandThe United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C. is the premier touring musical organization of the United States Army. Each year, the Army Field Band performs more than 400 concerts and makes thousands of appearances before audiences of all ages...
, Fort Meade, MarylandFort Meade, MarylandFort Meade is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,882 at the 2000 census. It is the home to the National Security Agency, which is located on the US Army post Fort George G... - Sept. 1971 – Nov. 1972 — trumpet player (jazz chair) & improv clinician with the Stan Kenton Orchestra
- 1973 — Became a member of ASCAP
- 1973-74 — trumpet player for Bill WatrousBill WatrousWilliam Russell Watrous III is a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love," which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name...
Band in New York - 1973-75 — Led own rehearsal band in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
- Mar. 1975 — Grant: Jazz, Category I, National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
(to write a composition for the rehearsal band) - 1974-75 — Teacher of improv. in nine New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
schools through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts - 1974-75 — Faculty member (teaching arranging, improv, brass), Five Towns CollegeFive Towns CollegeFive Towns College is a for-profit institution of higher learning located in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York . Founded as a business school in 1972 by Stanley G. Cohen, Ed.D...
, Merrick, NY - 1974-79 — Played trumpet with the New York Orchestra, Thad JonesThad JonesThaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader.-Biography:Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family of ten . Thad Jones was a self taught musician, performing professionally by the age of sixteen...
, Joe NewmanJoe Newman (trumpeter)Joseph Dwight Newman was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count Basie....
, Ray Brown (the bassist)Ray Brown (musician)Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
, Leroy VinnegarLeroy VinnegarLeroy Vinnegar was an American jazz bassist.Born in Indianapolis, the self-taught Vinnegar established his reputation in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s. His trademark was the rhythmic "walking" bass line, a steady series of ascending or descending notes, and it brought him the nickname...
, Mundell LoweMundell LoweMundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television...
, Bill Berry (William Richard Berry) Big Band - 1980 — Nat PierceNat PierceNat Pierce was an American jazz pianist and arranger born in Somerville, Massachusetts, perhaps best-known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 1951–1955...
& Frankie Capp Big Band
Musical family
Ray's wife, Sue Brown (b. 1949, New York), is a violinist and teacher of strings – violin, viola, chamber music, and orchestra. Susan holds a Bachelor of MusicBachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
from Ithaca College
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
(1971) and a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
(1974), where she studied with Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
. She also did post grad work at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
(1975). Ray and Sue were married Aug 26, 1973, and together, they have three daughters, one of whom, Karin, is a violinist and is married to cellist Daniel Levitov. Karin earned degrees in music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...
(1998) and Juilliard. Daniel is a member of the preparatory faculty at the Peabody Institute
Peabody Institute
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a renowned conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.-History:...
.
Ray, born 1946 in Oceanside, New York
Oceanside, New York
Oceanside is a hamlet located in the south part of the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, grew up in Freeport, New York
Freeport, New York
Freeport is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community...
. He has three older brothers, Glenn Edward Brown (the oldest), Stephen Charles Brown
Steve Brown (musician)
Steve Brown is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and educator. He was the Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, a position he held for 40 years until his retirement in 2008...
, Roger Brown and a younger sister, Jeanne De Martino.
Steve is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and a professor of music as director of jazz studies at the Ithaca College School of Music
Ithaca College School of Music
The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
(retired 2008). One of Steve's many life achievements is that he formalized jazz studies in 1968 at Ithaca College School of Music
Ithaca College School of Music
The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
, a long-standing, well-known music institution within a well-known liberal arts college that was founded in 1892 solely as a conservatory of music.
Glenn, Steve, and Ray all hold music degrees from Ithaca College
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
– Steve: Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
(1964) and a Master of Music
Master of Music
The Master of Music is the first graduate degree in Music awarded by universities and music conservatories. The M.Mus. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy...
(1968); Ray: Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
(1968). Ray's nephew (Steve's son) – Miles Brown – is a jazz bassist, performer, and music educator.
Ray's father, Glenn Earl Brown (1914 – 1965; 1936 graduate of Ithaca College School of Music
Ithaca College School of Music
The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
), was the District Music Supervisor of Public Schools for Long Beach, New York
Long Beach, New York
Long Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York. Just south of Long Island, it is located on Long Beach Barrier Island, which is the westernmost of the outer barrier islands off Long Island's South Shore. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 33,275...
. He was also director of bands at Long Beach Jr. Sr. High School from 1938 to 1965. As a pioneer in jazz education at the scholastic level, he introduced stage bands to Long Beach public schools in 1939. He also ran a music camp — Lake Shore Music Score — at Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is approximately long and from wide , covering — when Paugus Bay is included—with a maximum depth of ....
, Center Harbor, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. Glenn Brown had been, for more than 14 years, a marimba
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
soloist with the Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat was a Spanish-American bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a key personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist and a successful businessman...
Orchestra.
Ray's mother, Marie Brown ( Ward) (1916 – 2002), taught English at Boardman Junior High School in Oceanside
Oceanside, New York
Oceanside is a hamlet located in the south part of the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census.-History:...
for 28 years, where, before retiring from the Oceanside School District
Oceanside School District
Oceanside School District is a school district in Oceanside, New York. There are 854 full-time employees, of which 440 are teachers.-Schools:* Florence A. Smith Elementary School* Oaks Elementary School* South Oceanside Road Elementary School...
in 1982, she served as curriculum coordinator and English department chairwoman. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Ithaca College School of Music
Ithaca College School of Music
The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
in 1935, where she played piano, saxophone, and clarinet. She also held a Masters in English from Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
.
Selected compositions/arrangements
Compositions/arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra- Call Me Mister (Kenton Chart Nos. 565 & 1168)
- Hit and Run – EP305104 © 1972 V1718P086 (Kenton Chart No. 488)
- Is There Anything Still There? – EP304505 © 1972 V1718P086 (Kenton Chart No. 800)
- Mi BurritoMi BurritoMi Burrito is a big band arrangement by Raymond Harry Brown, copyrighted in 1973, written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra while Brown was a member ....
– EP354892 © 1973 V1718P086 (Kenton Chart No. 975) - Neverbird (Kenton Chart No. 564)
- Performed by Mike Vax and the All Star Big Band (Feb 22, 2008?)
Arrangement for the Stan Kenton Orchestra
- Angel Eyes, Matt DennisMatt DennisMatt Dennis was a singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music for popular music songs.He was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was a violinist and his father a singer, and the family was in vaudeville, so he was early exposed to music. In 1933 he joined Horace Heidt's...
& Tom AdairTom AdairThomas "Tom" Montgomery Adair was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Newton, Kansas, worked at a power company and the Saturday Evening Post, writing numerous poems, while penning the songs in his spare time. In 1941, Adair met Matt Dennis in a club and the duo...
, arr Ray Brown
Other compositions/arrangements
- Route 81 North (arrangement)
- Clyde's Glides
- Double Fault Blues
- AfterThoughts
- The Opener
- My Man Willie
- Tomas Gatos
- Arthur Author
- Two Rare T-Bones
- Procrastination City – copyright no. EP354893 © 1973 V1718P086
- Big D and Me – copyright no. PA0000398365 © 1988
- Blues for the two K's – copyright no. PAu000444456 © 1982
- Got the time? – PA0000398368 © 1985
- Haziness – copyright no. PA0000250024 © 1984
- Hop, skip, and a Jump – copyright no. PAu000313614 © 1981
- Performed by the Silicon Valley Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Recorded Feb 2010
- Little Jeannette Leigh – copyright no. PA0000250023 © 1983
- No Timeouts Left – copyright no. PA0000398361 © 1988
- Spectrum – copyright no. PA0000250025 © 1984
- Three to go – copyright no. PA0000398367 © 1985
- Straightahead City
- Bossa Barbara by Steve Brown, arr. Ray Brown
- Embraceable YouEmbraceable You"Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. where it was performed by...
/Quasimodo - GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
/ Charlie ParkerCharlie ParkerCharles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....
, arr. Ray Brown - The Telephone Song - Music by MenescalRoberto MenescalRoberto Menescal is a Brazilian jazz guitarist important to the founding of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea. He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra. Menescal has performed in a variety of Latin music mediums, including Brazilian pop, Música Popular Brasileira,...
, Portuguese words by Boscoli, English words by GimbelNorman GimbelNorman Gimbel is an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as "Sway", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Meditation" and "I Will Wait for You", along with an Oscar for...
, arr. Ray Brown - Bittersweet - Willie MaidenWillie MaidenWilliam Ralph "Willie" Maiden was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger.Maiden began on piano at age five and started playing saxophone at 11. He spent most of his career playing in big bands, and while he recorded as a sideman, he never led his own session. He worked with Perez Prado in 1950...
, transcribed by Ray Brown - Our Love Is Here To Stay - George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, arr. Ray Brown - Del Sasser - Sam Jones, arr. Ray Brown
- Kayak - Kenny WheelerKenny WheelerKenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
, arr. Ray Brown - Barbara - Horace SilverHorace SilverHorace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
, arr. Ray Brown - I Could Write a BookI Could Write a Book"I Could Write a Book" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey , where it was introduced by Gene Kelly and Leila Ernst.-Notable recordings:*Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter *Harry Connick, Jr...
- Rodgers & HartRodgers and HartRodgers and Hart were an American songwriting partnership of composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist Lorenz Hart...
, arr. Ray Brown - The Thumb - Wes MontgomeryWes MontgomeryJohn Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...
, arr. Ray Brown - The Ballad of Thelonious Monk - Jimmy RowlesJimmy RowlesJimmy Rowles was an American jazz pianist who was best known as an accompanist. He also released a number of albums under his own name, and explored various idioms including swing and cool jazz. - Biography :Born in Spokane, Washington, Rowles studied at Gonzaga College in Spokane, Washington...
, arr. Ray Brown - Stella By StarlightStella By Starlight"Stella by Starlight" is a jazz standard written by Victor Young and featured in The Uninvited, a 1944 film released by Paramount Pictures. Originally played in the film as an instrumental theme song without lyrics, it was turned over to Ned Washington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946...
- Victor YoungVictor YoungVictor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
, arr. Ray Brown - I.C. Light - Ray Brown (commissioned for the retirement of Steve BrownSteve Brown (musician)Steve Brown is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and educator. He was the Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, a position he held for 40 years until his retirement in 2008...
, March 2008) - Turn Out The Stars, by Bill Evans, arr. Ray Brown
- Louie’s Prima
Selected discography
As a member (jazz trumpet/flugelhorn) of the Stan Kenton OrchestraArrangement recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra
As a member of the Full Faith & Credit Big Band
Other recordings
Other published works
- Brown, Ray. An Introduction to Jazz Improvisation, Piedmont Music (1975)
Selected film- and videoography
- The Music of Stan Kenton (film for television) (note: 1969 is the date given in some resources, but, the personnel suggest 1971)
- Production director: Stanley DorfmanStanley DorfmanStanley Dorfman is music director and producer.Dorfman was active in Great Britain throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He was the original co-producer and director for the TV music show Top Of The Pops and created and directed the BBC’s In Concert series....
- Malaga, arr Bill HolmanBill Holman (musician)Willis Leonard Holman , known also as Bill Holman, is an American composer/arranger, conductor, saxophonist, and songwriter working primarily in the jazz idiom....
- Intermission Riff, by Steve Graham, Ray WetzelRay WetzelRay Wetzel was an American jazz trumpeter. Critic Scott Yanow described him as "greatly admired by his fellow trumpeters"....
- MacArthur ParkMacArthur Park (song)"MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...
, by Jimmy WebbJimmy WebbJimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...
- Malaga, arr Bill Holman
- Mike VaxMike VaxMike Vax is a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and clinician. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he performs exclusively on Getzen trumpets, cornets, and flugelhorns and has the status of an International Artist for the Getzen Company. He has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan...
, Dennis Noday, Jay SaundersJay SaundersJay Saunders born 29 June 1944, is a trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. He is most known for being a lead trumpeter with big bands — including the Stan Kenton Orchestra — and a recording studio musician in the Dallas area...
, Ray Brown, Joe Marcinkiewicz, trumpet; Dick ShearerDick ShearerDick Shearer was an American jazz trombonist.He is most famous for his work as lead trombonist and music director for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, since taking over the lead chair from Jim Trimble in the late 1960s until Kenton's death in 1979. He led the band during Kenton's illnesses, and...
, Mike Jamieson, Fred CarterFred CarterFredrick James Carter is a former professional basketball player and head coach.A 6' 3" guard from Mount St. Mary's University, Carter was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the third round of the 1969 NBA Draft...
, Mike Wallace, Phil Herring, trombone; Quin Davis, Richard Torres, Kim Frizell, Willie MaidenWillie MaidenWilliam Ralph "Willie" Maiden was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger.Maiden began on piano at age five and started playing saxophone at 11. He spent most of his career playing in big bands, and while he recorded as a sideman, he never led his own session. He worked with Perez Prado in 1950...
, Chuck Carter, reeds; Stan KentonStan KentonStanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
, piano; John Worster, acoustic double bass; John Von Ohlen, drums; Ramon Lopez, Latin percussion- Festival de Jazz de Montreux, Switzerland 1979 (film for television)
- Count Basie and his Orchestra: Sonny CohnSonny CohnGeorge T. "Sonny" Cohn was an American jazz trumpeter.After working for fifteen years with Red Saunders , he went on to spend another 24 years in Count Basie's trumpet section .-Biography:...
, Pete MingerPete MingerPete Minger , born George Allen Minger, was a bebop-based trumpeter. He also played flugelhorn....
, Ray Brown, Nolan Smith (aka Nolan Shaheed), trumpet, fluegel horn; Melvin Wanzo, Booty WoodBooty WoodMitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood was an American jazz trombonist.Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the Navy during World War II. While there he played in a band with Clark Terry,...
, Dennis WilsonDennis WilsonDennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...
, trombone; Bill HughesBill Hughes (musician)William Henry "Bill" Hughes is an American jazz trombonist and bandleader. He has spent most of his career with the Count Basie Orchestra and was the director of that ensemble until September 2010.- Early life and career :...
, bass trombone; Bobby PlaterBobby PlaterBobby Plater was an American jazz alto saxophonist.Plater began playing alto sax at age 12, and played locally in Newark with Donald Lambert and the Savoy Dictators in the 1930s. He played with Tiny Bradshaw from 1940-42 before spending 1942-45 serving in the U.S. military during World War II...
, Danny Turner, Eric DixonEric DixonEric Dixon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, flautist, and arranger.Dixon's professional career extended from 1950 until his death in 1989, during which time he was credited on perhaps as many as 200 recordings...
, Kenny Hing, reeds; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Count BasieCount BasieWilliam "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...
, Paul SmithPaul Smith (pianist)Paul Smith , is a jazz pianist. He has performed in various genres of jazz, most typically bebop. However, he has also performed in cool jazz, swing music, and traditional pop.He was born in San Diego, California...
, piano; Freddie GreenFreddie GreenFrederick William "Freddie" Green was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in big band settings, particularly for the Count Basie orchestra, where he was part of the "All-American Rhythm Section" with Basie on piano, Jo Jones on drums, and...
, guitar; John ClaytonJohn Clayton (bassist)John Travis Clayton Jr. is an American jazz and classical double bassist.-Music:John Travis Clayton Jr. began seriously undertaking the study of double bass at age 16, studying with bass legend Ray Brown...
, acoustic double bass; Butch MilesButch MilesButch Miles is an American jazz drummer. He has played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra, among others....
, drums; Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
, Dennis RolandDennis RolandDennis Roland, Jr. is an American football offensive tackle who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Georgia.Roland has also been a member of the Tampa Bay...
, vocal- Swing ShiftSwing Shift (film)Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris...
, 1984 film (USA)
- Swing Shift
- Music by: Patrick Williams; music orchestrated by: Billy MayBilly MayWilliam E. "Billy" May was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music, for The Green Hornet , Batman , and Naked City and collaborated on films, such as Pennies from Heaven , and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return among...
, Michael Moores, Jack Hayes; soundtrack personnel: Conte CandoliConte CandoliSecondo "Conte" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in Doc Severinsen's NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show. He played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials...
, Bob Findley, Dick Hurwitz, Ray Brown, Bill Berry, trumpet; Alan Kaplan, George Bohanon, Buster CooperBuster CooperGeorge "Buster" Cooper is an American jazz trombonist.Cooper was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He played in a territory band with Nat Towles in Texas in the late 1940s, and gigged with Lionel Hampton in 1953. He played in the house band at the Apollo Theater in New York City in the mid-1950s,...
, trombone; Marshall RoyalMarshall RoyalMarshall Royal was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years....
, Lanny MorganLanny MorganLanny Morgan is an American jazz alto saxophonist chiefly active on the West Coast jazz scene.Morgan was raised in Los Angeles. In the 1950s he played with Charlie Barnet, Si Zentner, Terry Gibbs, and Bob Florence, then did a stint in the U.S. military, for which reason he had to turn down an...
, alto sax; Pete ChristliebPete ChristliebPete Christlieb is a jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb...
, Bill Green, tenor sax; Jimmy RowlesJimmy RowlesJimmy Rowles was an American jazz pianist who was best known as an accompanist. He also released a number of albums under his own name, and explored various idioms including swing and cool jazz. - Biography :Born in Spokane, Washington, Rowles studied at Gonzaga College in Spokane, Washington...
, piano; John PisanoJohn PisanoJohn Pisano is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York.John has accompanied in concert or recording some of music's biggest names, including Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, Natalie Cole, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Joe Pass, Frank Sinatra, Barbra...
, guitar; Monty BudwigMonty BudwigMonty Rex Budwig was a West Coast jazz double bassist. He was born in Pender, Nebraska. He began playing bass during high school, continuing in the military band while he was enlisted in the Air Force....
, acoustic double bass; Frank CappFrank CappFrank Capp is an American jazz drummer.Capp was born August 20, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He began playing with Stan Kenton starting in 1951 and remained with Kenton for some time. Later he joined Neal Hefti's group. He often accompanied Peggy Lee on some of her road dates and...
, drums- A Tribute to Count Basie, filmed at Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, November 11, 1989 (film for television)
- Personnel: Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Al AaronsAl AaronsAlbert "Al" Aarons is a jazz trumpeter.Aarons was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. He began to gain attention as a trumpet player in 1956, and started working with jazz artist Yusef Lateef and pianist Barry Harris in the later part of that...
, Ray Brown, trumpet; Al GreyAl GreyAl Grey was a jazz trombonist who is most remembered for his association with the Count Basie orchestra....
, Benny PowellBenny PowellBenny Powell was an African American jazz trombonist. He played both standard trombone and bass trombone....
, Grover MitchellGrover MitchellGrover Curry Mitchell was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Alabama, but his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was eight...
, Michael Grey, trombone; Marshall RoyalMarshall RoyalMarshall Royal was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years....
, Curtis Peagler, alto sax; Frank WessFrank WessFrank Wess is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone and flute.-Biography:...
, tenor sax, flute; Billy MitchellBilly Mitchell (jazz musician)Billy Mitchell was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his close association with fellow Detroiter Thad Jones and work with a variety of big bands including Woody Herman when he replaced Gene Ammons in his band...
, tenor sax; Bill Ramsey, baritone sax; Ronnell Bright, piano; Ted DunbarTed DunbarTed Dunbar was a jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He published four volumes on jazz. He trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s only did pharmacy work part-time. He was also a trained numerologist and had studied other aspects of mysticism...
, guitar; Eddie JonesEddie Jones (jazz musician)Eddie Jones was an American jazz double bassist.Jones grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. Jones taught music in South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, and became a member of Count Basie's orchestra in 1953, remaining there until 1962...
, acoustic double bass; Gregg Fields, drums.- Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival, filmed at Kan-i Hoken Hall, Japan, November 11, 1990 (film for television)
- Personnel: Ray Brown, Pete MingerPete MingerPete Minger , born George Allen Minger, was a bebop-based trumpeter. He also played flugelhorn....
, Joe NewmanJoe Newman (trumpeter)Joseph Dwight Newman was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count Basie....
, Snooky Young, trumpet; Arthur Baron, Grover MitchellGrover MitchellGrover Curry Mitchell was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Alabama, but his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was eight...
, Dennis WilsonDennis WilsonDennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...
, Douglas PurvianceDouglas PurvianceBorn in Baltimore, United States, Douglas Purviance began his professional career as a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, playing bass trombone and tuba from 1975 to 1977. He largely works as a studio session bass trombonist, and is not known for improvising. He graduated from Towson State...
, trombone; Bill RamseyBill RamseyWilliam Thrace Ramsey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder for the Boston Braves for a single Major League Baseball season in 1945....
, Curtis Peagler, alto sax; Frank WessFrank WessFrank Wess is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone and flute.-Biography:...
, tenor sax, flute; Billy MitchellBilly Mitchell (jazz musician)Billy Mitchell was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his close association with fellow Detroiter Thad Jones and work with a variety of big bands including Woody Herman when he replaced Gene Ammons in his band...
, tenor sax; Babe Clarke, baritone sax; Tee Curson, piano; Ted DunbarTed DunbarTed Dunbar was a jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He published four volumes on jazz. He trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s only did pharmacy work part-time. He was also a trained numerologist and had studied other aspects of mysticism...
, guitar; Eddie JonesEddie Jones (jazz musician)Eddie Jones was an American jazz double bassist.Jones grew up in Red Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. Jones taught music in South Carolina from 1951 to 1952, and became a member of Count Basie's orchestra in 1953, remaining there until 1962...
, acoustic double bass; Dennis Mackrel, drums, Mel TormeMel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
, vocal, drums.
Honors and awards
Ithaca College School of MusicIthaca College School of Music
The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
- Brown family who studied at the Ithaca College School of Music: As part of the Ithaca College School of MusicIthaca College School of MusicThe School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music...
expansion (2001), a chamber jazz room was added as a gift from Steve McCluski ’74 and Kim Joslyn McCluski ’74 in honor of the Brown family. A plaque there honors seven members of the Brown family who graduated from Ithaca College: - 1) Glenn Brown (1914 – 1965) — Ithaca College School of Music (IC) 1936 (Ray's father)
- 2) Marie Brown ( Ward; 1916 – 2002) — IC 1935 (Ray's mother)
- 3) Stephen Charles BrownSteve Brown (musician)Steve Brown is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and educator. He was the Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, a position he held for 40 years until his retirement in 2008...
— Ithaca College (IC) Bachelor of Music 1964; Master of Music 1968 (Ray's second oldest brother) - 4) Barbara Katz Brown — IC 1974; 1975 (Steve's wife)
- 5) Ray Brown — IC 1968
- 6) Sue Brown — IC 1971 (Ray's wife)
- 7) Glenn Edward Brown — IC 1959 (Ray's oldest brother)
- 3) Stephen Charles Brown
14th Annual Gail Rich Awards — Cultural Council Associates (of the Santa Cruz County arts community) (Jan 26, 2010)
- Ray and Sue Brown were two of seven being honored — they were being honored for their creative work as music teachers
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- Video clip of Sue and Ray speaking at the awards ceremony (fast forward to 4:13)