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07-03-2002, 02:05 AM
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07-03-2002, 02:46 AM
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I'm absolutely stunned. Ray seemed to have such a passion for life and music. Rest in peace Ray.  |
07-03-2002, 04:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Europe | | Goodness! Who else will be gone before this week has come to an end? 
Oh well. Rest in peace, Ray.
You are the ruler by which all other jazz bassists will be measured, ever. Thanks for everything! |
07-03-2002, 05:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Poolesville, Maryland | | | What a sad month for bassists. First Dee Dee, then the Ox, now it's Ray Brown and Rocco Prestia is very ill. The bass community truly has lost some greats. Very very sad indeed. |
07-03-2002, 05:54 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cleveland | | i saw the ray brown trio play in chicago a few years back. after the show, i had ray sign a CD and talked with him for about 10 minutes. he was a beautiful man and an unbelievable bass player. |
07-03-2002, 06:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Metro NYC | | | One of the greats. RIP.
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07-03-2002, 09:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | My greatest influence. One of the worlds most important musical figures. I only had the chance to speak to him once. I will never forget him. Where every you are, thanks for all of the music. Rest in Piece. |
07-03-2002, 09:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: London | | I must admit I didn't really know about very much of his work, but it's always a shame when someone with his undoubted ability passes away. Rest in peace, Ray.
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07-03-2002, 09:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA (finally!) | | | unbelievable...another legend has passed. I wish I had gotten to see him live. |
07-03-2002, 10:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Asheville, NC | |  R.I.P. Ray
Jeez...who's next?! One right on top of the freakin' other....
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07-03-2002, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ | | Quote: Originally posted by swingbass
What a sad month for bassists. First Dee Dee, then the Ox, now it's Ray Brown and Rocco Prestia is very ill. The bass community truly has lost some greats. Very very sad indeed. | This is creepy. I don't like this. RIP to all of these great players. We're pulling for you Rocco. I hope you can recover fully! 
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07-03-2002, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Queens, N.Y.(Near JFK Airport) | | | Wasn't Ray the bass player in residence on the old Merv Griffin show? My first attempts at a walking line were with one of his books.
Take it easy, Ray.
Mike J.
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07-03-2002, 01:15 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Didn't I read here recently that Anthony Jackson is in poor health? |
07-03-2002, 01:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA | | i just saw him play a month or two ago. So sad.
RIP Ray.
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07-03-2002, 02:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I'm so glad I got to see him play (several different occasions actually).
What a fantastic player. I can't remember how many of his bass lines I had to transcribe for my lessons over the years.
RIP Ray, you were a giant.
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07-03-2002, 02:15 PM
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07-03-2002, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dreamland. | | | R.I.P. Ray
This is a terrible week for bassists... |
07-03-2002, 03:54 PM
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07-03-2002, 04:01 PM
|  | Looking like a born-again. Living like a heretic. Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: California | | | Re: R.I.P. Ray
Quote: Originally posted by Jordan Luff
Jeez...who's next?! One right on top of the freakin' other.... | Don't even ask, man.
Maybe this way people will start appreciating bassists for a change.
Man, what a lousy week.
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07-03-2002, 04:03 PM
| | | Quote: Originally posted by Michael Jewels
Wasn't Ray the bass player in residence on the old Merv Griffin show? | YES!
I used to get home from school & watch this show just to catch a glimpse...& Merv actually featured Ray A LOT!
One time, it was a Brown/Griffin duet...Ray begins walking while Merv is 'singing'(?) the words. Merv looks a little confused & asks "Are we doing the same song"? Ray just smiled & nodded "Yes".
And Brown played a sunburst P-bass on that show...nice tone on the electric bass, too.
RIP, Ray.
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