Ray Santisi

Raymond "Ray" Santisi (born February 1, 1933 in Boston ; † October 28, 2014 ibid) was an American jazz musician ( piano , composition ) who trained several generations of jazz pianists at Berklee College of Music .

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Santisi, who comes from an Italian migrant family, grew up in Jamaica Plain . He studied at Schillinger House between 1954 and 1956 on a scholarship . In 1954 he was a member of Boots Mussulli's quartet and Serge Chaloff's sextet and performed with Charlie Parker before working with Herb Pomeroy's orchestra .

Since 1957 Santisi taught piano and harmony at the Boston College of Music, where he later received a professorship and worked until his death. He also taught at Stan Kenton's summer courses . His students include Joe Zawinul , Jane Ira Bloom , Jan Hammer , Alan Broadbent , Arif Mardin , Gary Burton , John Hicks , Danilo Pérez , Makoto Ozone , Diana Krall and Hiromi .

Santisi continued to perform with Stan Getz , Dexter Gordon , Mel Tormé , Joe Williams , Gábor Szabó , Milt Jackson , Zoot Sims & Al Cohn , Carol Sloane , Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer . In the 1960s he was a member of the Benny Golson Quartet . He ran his own band, The Real Thing , and recorded with Donald Byrd , Irene Kral , Randy Weston , Buddy DeFranco and Joe Viola . With the Patricia Adams Quartet, Santisi has performed monthly at Ryle's Jazz Club since 2003 .

He was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts for his compositions . Santisi also wrote two textbooks. In 2008 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Association of Jazz Education .

Serge Chaloff Boston Blow-Up , ( Capitol Records , 1955; with Boots Mussulli, Herb Pomeroy , Everett Evans, and Jimmy Zitano )
Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins The Transition Sessions ( Blue Note Records , 1955–1956; with Jimmy Zitano , Joe Gordon , Kenny Burrell , Hank Mobley , Duke Jordan , Horace Silver , Art Taylor and Art Blakey )
Spellbinder (Rasan Records, 1990; with Whit Brown and Fred Buda)
Live @Ryles Jazz Club, Set 2 (Independent, 2005; with Patricia Adams, Marshall Wood, Bob Moses )

^ Mark Small, Andrew Taylor, Jonathan Feist, Berklee College of Music: Masters of music: conversations with Berklee greats . Berklee Press, November 1, 1999, ISBN 978-0-634-00642-5 , p. 188 (accessed June 4, 2015).
^ Berklee Faculty Profile: Staying Young
↑ Ray Santisi . All about jazz . Retrieved June 4, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Santisi, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Santisi, Raymond (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 2014
Place of death	Boston