Ray Dempsey

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Ray Dempsey (* around 1925) is a British jazz guitarist .

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Ray Dempsey worked in the London music scene from the late 1940s; In 1948/49 he played with the Latin band leader and singer Edmundo Ros , in 1953 with Dave Shepherd and the Teddy Foster Big Band. In the following years he worked as a freelance musician a. a. with Mary Lou Williams , a guest in London , who recorded several tracks for Esquire with her London Quartet such as " Sometimes I'm Happy " (with Rupert Nurse , Tony Kinsey ). He also played in the skiffle band Ken Sykora Six , Kenny Grahams Afro Cubists , Tony Crombie ( Sweet Beat , 1957) and Stan Tracey ; with the Tubby Hayes Quartet / Sextet he worked in the feature film All Night Long (1962, directed by Basil Dearden ). In 1963 he accompanied the singer Oscar Brown, Jr. In the 1960s he also worked in the bands of Vic Lewis ( Plays Bossa Nova at Home and Away , EMI 1963), Johnny Dankworth , Johnny Scott , Bill Russo , Cleo Laine and Bill Le Sage . In the field of jazz he was involved in 22 recording sessions between 1953 and 1970, most recently in a big band that accompanied the blues singer Memphis Slim ( Blue Memphis ). He also worked as a session musician with Art Baxter & His Rock'N'Roll Sinners (1957), the Mike Sammes Singers (1960), the folk duo Nina & Frederik (1966) and the pop singer Maynard Williams ( Ten Songs , 1975).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Also with Denny Termer (piano), Spike Heatley (double bass) and Pete Bray (drums). See Radio Times , Volume 161, G. Newnes, 1963, p. 13
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 12, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Dempsey, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1925