Jazz legend Ray Brown dies

Jazz bassist Ray Brown has died at the age of 75.

He played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and his one-time wife Ella Fitzgerald.

Brown died in his sleep in Indianapolis where he was concluding the US leg of a tour.

He started his career in the 1940s and was a founding member of the Oscar Peterson Trio.

Friend and fellow bass player John Clayton said: "He is the primary contributor to Be-Bop from a bassist's standpoint.

"We had Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk and there to contribute from the bass chair is Ray Brown. He was extremely important in jazz education, leading a lot of young bass players to learn the instrument."