Doug Raney

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Doug Raney (* 29. August 1956 ; † 1. May 2016 ) was an American jazz - guitarist of modern jazz .

Live and act

Doug Raney was the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney . In his band, to which the pianist Al Haig also belonged, he began his career as a musician at the age of 18. In 1977 Raney moved to Copenhagen and lived there for much of his life. Doug later also played in a duo with his father, heard on their albums for the SteepleChase label such as "Duets", "Stolen Moments" and "Nardis" from 1979. In the same year he worked on Chet Baker's albums "The Touch of Your" Lips "," Daybreak "," This is Always "and" Someday My Prince Will Come "with.

From 1977 Doug Raney recorded a number of albums as the leader of his own formations, in which musicians such as Kenny Barron , Joey DeFrancesco , Billy Hart , Duke Jordan , Jesper Lundgaard , Horace Parlan , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Tomas Franck and others participated. Raney also appeared as a sideman on albums by Joe Cohn , Bernt Rosengren and Jesper Thilo .

In 2009 Raney released his last album "Blues, Ballads, Bebop and a Blue Girl". In contrast to his father, who was increasingly oriented towards free play, according to Doug Raney Cook & Morton, he played in a more conventional idiom that was based on bebop .

Prizes and awards

Raney received the Ben Webster Prize in 1988 ; In 2002 he was awarded the Palæ Bars Jazzpris .

Selection discography

Doug Raney's albums were released on the SteepleChase , CrissCross , and Marshmallow labels.

  • Introducing Doug Raney (SC, 1977 with Duke Jordan, Billy Hart)
  • Meeting the Tenors (CC, 1983, with Horace Parlan, Bernt Rosengren, Ferdinand Povel , Jesper Lundgaard, Ole Jacob Hansen )
  • Blue and White (SC, 1984)
  • Something's Up (SC, 1988)
  • The Doug Raney Quintet (SC, 1988 with Tomas Franck, Bernt Rosengren, Jesper Lundgaard)
  • Raney '96 (SC, 1996)
  • The Backbeat (SC, 1997 with Joey DeFrancesco, Billy Hart)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Message of Death , Berlingske May 2, 2016
  2. ^ Storyville Records obituary
  3. ↑ http://www.jonraney.com/musicians-2/doug-raney-2/
  4. ↑ https://jazzband-live.de/event-planung/jazz-infos/jazz-nachrichten/doug-raney-ist-verstorben/
personal data
SURNAME Raney, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1956
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2016