Ray Wetzel
Ray Wetzel (born September 22, 1924 in Parkersburg (West Virginia) , † August 17, 1951 in Sedgwick , Colorado ) was an American trumpeter and arranger of swing and modern jazz . He was Scott Yanow According to "greatly appreciated by the other trumpeters".
Live and act
Wetzel played first trumpet with Woody Herman (1943–1945) and Stan Kenton (1945–1948), then from 1949 to work with Charlie Barnet , where he was featured on numbers like Over the Rainbow . After a time with Henry Jerome, he was back in the Kenton Orchestra, for which he also worked as an arranger. Since 1949 he was married to the bassist Bonnie Wetzel . His last engagement was with Tommy Dorsey (together with his wife) . He had a fatal accident on a car ride with Dorsey.
Wetzel also recorded with Charlie Parker , Eddie Safranski, and in 1947 with the Metronome All-Stars , which at the time included Vido Musso and Neal Hefti . For Kenton he composed Intermission Riff .
Lexigraphic entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ray Wetzel at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wetzel, Ray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1951 |
| Place of death | Sedgwick (Colorado) |