While Ray Brown could swing heavy with bebop pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, he’s probably best known for part in pianist Oscar Peterson’s trio from 1951-1966. Brown’s buoyant playing seemed to match ...

He was not just a gifted player; he was a visionary, undone not by lack of talent but by the weight of his mind. In the mid-1970s, a 16-year-old kid walked into the recording studio where Roberta ...