Ray Brown Jr

Jazz vocalist Ray Brown Jr.: How do you forge your own musical destiny when your mother is Ella Fitzgerald, dubbed the "First Lady of Song," and your father is Ray Brown, one of jazz's pre-eminent bassists for over half a century? If you're Ray Brown Jr., you take the legacy God gave you and run with it. It's not easy following in the footsteps of famous parents, especially when you enter "their territory," but Ray has demonstrated that he's his own man in a classy, almost understated way. Ray proves to be a more than worthy standard-bearer for the royal legacy his name evokes.