Collection Timeline

1953 to 2001

1953
Down Beat Award presented to Ray Brown Bass First Place, 1953. 10 x 6 3/8 inch wood finish plaque with musical theme and engraved plate.

1958
Ray Brown Bass Jazz Critics Poll Down Beat, 1958. 7 1/2 x6 1/2 inch shield wood finish plaque with engraved plate.

1963
Ray Brown, Bass, Special Award, 1963. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Winner medal.

1964
Ray Brown, Bass 1964. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Winner medal.
Ray Brown, Bass 1964. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Winner medal.

1967
Ray Brown, 1967. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll Winner medal.

1970
Ray Brown, 1970. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz and Pop Poll Winner medal.
Ray Brown playing the bass, facing right. 10 x 8 inch black and white photograph.

1971
Ray Brown, Bass, 1971. 2 1/2 inch Playboy All-Star Jazz and Pop Poll Winner medal.

1985
Ray Brown. 9 1/2 x 7 inch black and white photograph.
Ray Brown (signed). 10 x 8 inch black and white photograph.
Ray Brown playing the bass, facing left. 10 x 8 inch black and white photograph.

1990
Ray Brown. 10 x 8 inch color photograph.

1992
Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, and Benny Green at Bermuda Onion Club, Toronto, September 1992. 11 x 14 inch black and white photograph by Barry Thomson (Toronto, Ontario).

1993
Los Angeles Jazz Society salutes Ray Brown for his contribution Jazz Tribute Award, 1993. 10 x 12 inch wood finish plaque with engraved plate.

1996
Congratulations and Happy Birthday to the legendary bassist and godfather of The Blue Note Ray Brown on your 70th birthday, October 13, 1996. 12 x 9 inch wood finish plaque with engraved plate.

2001
The Blue Note salutes its Godfather jazz bassist Raymond (Ray) Brown on his 75th birthday, New York, October 13, 2001. 14 x 11 1/2 inch wood finish plaque with engraved plate.