Ray Crawford (musician) explained

Ray Crawford
Birth Date:	7 February 1924
Birth Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Instrument:	Guitar, Saxophone
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Years Active:	1940s–1990s
Past Member Of:	Ahmad Jamal, Gil Evans

Ray Crawford (February 7, 1924 – December 30, 1997) was an American jazz guitarist who originally played tenor saxophone,^[1] until tuberculosis prevented him continuing with the instrument.^[2] He made notable contributions to albums by Ahmad Jamal, Gil Evans, and Sonny Criss, and pioneered a technique of rhythmic bongo-style guitar accompaniment.^[3] Favourite amongst his recorded solos were those on "La Nevada" on Gil Evans's Out of the Cool album.^[4]

Discography

As leader

• I Know Pres (1977) reissued as Smooth Groove

As sideman

With Ahmad Jamal

• Chamber Music of the New Jazz (1956)
• The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1956)
• Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1961)

With Gil Evans

• Great Jazz Standards (1960)
• Out of the Cool (1961)

With Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton

• Katanga! (1963)

With Sonny Criss

• Crisscraft (1975)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Coda interview with Ray Crawford | 1980 . 24 May 2012 .
2. Web site: Yanow . Scott . Ray Crawford . AllMusic . 17 September 2023 .
3. Web site: Ray Crawford . .
4. Book: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . 978-0-19-532000-8 . Feather . Leonard . April 2007 . Oxford University Press, USA .