Ray Swinfield

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Raymond "Ray" Swinfield (born December 14, 1939 in Sydney ; † October 4, 2019 ) was an Australian jazz and studio musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute. Composition) living in England .

Live and act

Swinfield attended Homebush Boys High School in Sydney and worked in Great Britain from the mid-1960s a. a. with Quincy Jones , Robert Farnon , Henry Mancini , Pat Williams , Ella Fitzgerald , The Beatles ( Penny Lane , 1967), Phil Woods , Michel Legrand , Kiri Te Kanawa , Elf , Brian Auger , Stéphane Grappelli , Johnny Mercer , Mel Tormé , Björk and JJ Johnson . It also belonged to theIndo-British Ensemble (with Kenny Wheeler , among others ), the David Lindup Big Band and the John Dankworth Orchestra.

As early as 1962 Swinfield had written the song When You Find Your True Love in Australia , which was interpreted by Patsy Ann Noble; he later published a number of compositions such as Sydney Suite, Rain Curtain, Caroline , Thinking On It and released several albums under his own name, some of which were named Album of the Year by the Gramophone Jazz Journal . In the field of jazz he was involved in 46 recording sessions between 1963 and 2002. Swinfield lived in London. The disease of Parkinson forced him to end his musical career in 2002; he died in early October 2019 from complications from dementia.

Discographic notes

  • One for Ray (Morgan, 1968)
  • Rain Curtain (Piccadilly, 1980), with Chris Laurence, John Aue, Art Morgan, Dick Abell, John Pearce
  • The Winged Cliff (Merlin, 1982)
  • Angel Eyes (Wave Records, 1983)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 , edited by Andy Gregory. Europa Publications Taylor & Francis, 2002, p. 494
  2. ↑ RIP Ray Swinfield (14 Dec 1939 - 4 Oct 2019) - in tribute. London Jazz News, October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  3. ^ Billboard, September 1, 1962
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography (online)
personal data
SURNAME Swinfield, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swinfield, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian jazz and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2019