Description
Brown, R This is Ray Brown, 1998. (drums)
New Grove dict. of jazz: (Johnson, (James) Osie; b. Jan. 11, 1923, Washington, d. Feb. 10, 1966, New York; drummer and arranger)
African American National Biography, accessed June 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Johnson, Osie; jazz musician, percussionist; born 11 January, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; studied harmony and theory, played drums; played professionally with Harlem Dictators (1941) and Sabby Lewis Orchestra, Boston (1942-1943); served in U.S. Navy (1944-1945), played in Navy band; played and recorded with Dinah Washington, Chicago (1945); became a member of Earl Hines’s small swing band (1951-1953); made hundreds of recordings with top jazz musicians in New York (1954-1964), was a member of NBC and CBS studio orchestras; died 10 February, 1966 in New York, New York, United States)
Performed Titles
| 1. This is Ray Brown. — Japan : Verve, [1998?] |