Brown toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic for 18 years playing in Europe, the Far East and the US, appearing in nearly every major club and concert hall. In the late '60s, Brown composed "Gravy Waltz;" the tune became the Steve Allen Show's theme song and a best-selling record that won him a Grammy Award.
Ray Brown was the bassist for all of Frank Sinatra's specials, and has been a part of some of the most outstanding television musical events in the business. He guided the Hollywood Bowl Association in producing jazz concerts, was Director of the Monterey Jazz Festival for two years, and was Music Director for the Concord Summer Festival in 1976 and 1977. He has been honored with innumerable awards including the All-Star Poll Award in Playboy every year since its inception in 1958. The unparalleled bassist has received Grammy Awards, Downbeat Reader's Poll Awards, Jazz Critic's Poll Awards and many, many others.
Ray Brown first appeared on the Telarc label in 1989 with André Previn and Mundell Lowe on After Hours. In 1993, Ray Brown's own trio with Benny Green and Jeff Hamilton recorded their first album for Telarc called Bass Face. He also joined forces with Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson for 1999's The Very Tall Band, a landmark collaboration recorded live at the Blue Note in November 1998. In February 2001, the Ray Brown Trio released the first ever Live at Starbucks album, recorded in Seattle.
Cry Me A River
The Ray Brown Trio Lyrics
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You cried the whole night through
Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river
You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me
And now you say you love me
Well just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Go on and cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river............over you
The Ray Brown Trio's song Cry Me A River is a classic break-up song that expresses the pain and sorrow felt by a person who has been wronged in love. The first verse starts with the person expressing their loneliness and the fact that they cried the whole night through. The person they are addressing is told to cry them a river, just as they themselves cried a river over them. In the second verse, the person apologizes for being untrue, but the singer is still hurt and tells them to cry them a river.
The middle section of the song explains the extent of the hurt the person has caused. They drove the singer nearly out of their mind, yet never shed a tear. All the things they said about love being too plebeian and about being done with the singer are remembered, further increasing the pain felt by the singer. The final verse shows that the person who caused the hurt is now saying they love the singer. However, instead of simply accepting this, the singer challenges them to prove their love by crying a river over them, just as they themselves cried a river over the singer.
Overall, the song Cry Me A River is a powerful statement about how much a person can be hurt by love. The lyrics use the metaphor of crying a river to show the depth of this hurt, and the repetition of the phrase throughout the song emphasizes this point even more.
Line by Line Meaning
Now you say you're lonely
You claim to be alone now
You cried the whole night through
You cried all night
Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river
You can cry as much as you want without bothering me
I cried a river over you
I also cried a lot because of you
Now you say you're sorry
You're apologizing now
For being so untrue
For not being loyal
You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head
You made me almost crazy
While you never shed a tear
But you never cried
Remember, I remember all that you said
I recall every word you said
Told me love was too plebeian
You rejected me by saying love is too common
Told me you were through with me
You told me it was over between us
And now you say you love me
And now you claim to love me
Well just to prove you do
To prove that you really love me
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
Cry as much as you want, I don't care
Go on and cry me a river, cry me a river
Cry all you want about our relationship
I cried a river............over you
I cried a lot because of you
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Arthur Hamilton
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@terrenceryker8541
Irrigation is indeed the future
@windel12002
Gene has always been one of my favorite Jazz Pianist, and his brilliance of this piece is evident. This is REAL JAZZ! For all of those who don't know, much of what you call 'Smooth Jazz' is what we used to call 'R&B Instrumentals'...not jazz.
@kathy6017
This is heaven, love this, and the pianist is angelic....🥰💕❤️
@danieljean-claudeherde6202
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@MrWarrenYoung
Written by Arthur Hamilton not Justin Timberlake, long before Timberlake was born
@tamazpatarkalashvili2811
Who is that great pianist?
@georgefirk5531
Know the Tune well.....Gene Harris on piano and Ray Browns bass line ....... Too.oo Much
@stenakisalexis
gene harris piano?
@TheBiotrumpeteer
Yeah! http://www.allmusic.com/album/soular-energy-mw0000649426
@dukemantee2978
Saw Ray many years ago with that redheaded jew on piano. They were heavenly.