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Jazz: America's Classical Music |
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| Location: | BIRMINGHAM, Alabama |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 10, 2008 (575 days back) |
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| RAY REACH - Pianist / Vocalist / Guitarist / Arranger / Composer / Producer...As a practicing professional musician of some 44+ years, Raymond E. Reach (or just plain Ray, as he prefers to be called) lives an unusually diverse musical life. Ray has kept both feet firmly planted in two musical worlds - always having one foot in academia and the other in what he calls the “real world” of professional music. He is one of the premier in-demand jazz pianist / vocalists in the Southeast, having carved himself a niche, doing straight ahead jazz piano coupled with “Sinatra-style” vocals. As an educator, he is equally adept. From September 1998 until August 2005, Ray was Instructor of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he taught music technology and directed the UAB Jazz Ensemble. He is currently Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (www.jazzhall.com), and is the creator and director of the “Fun With Jazz” educational program, which originated through the auspices of the Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts, and is now offered by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. In addition, Ray produces jazz and classical recordings and directs the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, a recording and concert Big Band composed of some of the best jazz players Alabama has to offer. Ray has performed with and arranged for numerous notable musicians, including Clark Terry, Leonard Candelaria, Ken Watters, Lou Marini, Ernie Watts, Dizzy Gillespie, Ellis Marsalis, Jr., Cleveland Eaton, Chuck Redd, Mundell Lowe, Bill Goodwin, Lew Soloff and Chaka Khan with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He has been a regular featured musician at the annual W. C. Handy Festival in Florence, Alabama (www.wchandyfest.com) since 2003, and is also a faculty member of the W.C. Handy Jazz Camp. The four musical selections (above) are: 1) HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?, SuperJazz Big Band featuring Ray Reach on piano and vocal, arrangement by Ray Reach; 2) ROUTE 66, Ray Reach & Friends: Neil McLean (tenor sax), Robert Dickson (bass), Sonny Harris (drums) and Ray Reach (piano / vocal); 3) HOW INSENSITIVE, SuperJazz Big Band with Ellis Marsalis on piano, arrangement by Ray Reach; 4) SPEEDBALL, Night Flight Big Band, arrangement by Ray Reach. Contact information: Phone: 205-960-6328; Email: rreach@bellsouth.net. | |
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Music:Member Since: 10/29/2007Band Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Reach Band Members: Member Roster includes: Chris Wendle (bass), Abe Becker (Bass), Cleve Eaton (bass), John Nuckols (drums), Chris Fryar (drums), Steve Ramos (drums), Sonny Harris (drums), Dave Amaral (woodwinds), Gary Wheat (woodwinds), Dave Miller (woodwinds), Lou Marini (woodwinds), Tommy Stewart (trumpet), Omari Thomas (trumpet), Mart Avant (trumpet), Ken Watters (trumpet), Lew Soloff (trumpet), Chad Fisher (trombone), Harry Watters (trombone), Billy Bargetzi (trombone). Influences: J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer Record Label: Chase Music Group Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Classical / Classic Rock) |
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