Raymond Tunia

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Raymond "Ray" Tunia (born May 10, 1916 - August 16, 1983 ) was an American rhythm and blues and jazz musician ( piano , arrangement ).

Live and act

Tunia, who came from Atlantic City , played from the early 1940s in the bands of Doc Wheeler , Chris Columbus , Lucky Millinder , with The Delta Rhythm Boys and in 1944 with Tab Smith , also as an arranger with the Ink Spots , and for Cootie Williams . In the post-war period he worked as a pianist with Pearl Bailey (" Ain't She Sweet "), Sister Rosetta Tharpe , Big John Greer , Julian Dash and in 1950 again with Millinder. In 1953 he accompanied Ella Fitzgerald at oneJazz at the Philharmonic toured and also acted as its musical director; he also accompanied the singer in 1961 with Wilfred Middlebrooks , Gus Johnson , Ray Brown and Buddy Rich on her appearance in Amsterdam. 1957/58 Tunia played with Cab Calloway / Eddie Barefield and as accompanist of the singer Mae Barnes . In the field of jazz he was involved in 33 recording sessions between 1941 and 1976, most recently in the mid-1970s with Eddie Durham and Vic Dickenson ( Plays Bessie Smith ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Raymond Tunia in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on May 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ Cadence, Volume 23, Issues 8-12, Bob Rusch, 1997
  3. ↑ The Jazz Record, Issues 1–26 , ed. by Art Hodes and Dale Curran, 1943
  4. ^ Ink Spots & Their Music - Errata
  5. ↑ Esquire's Jazz Book. Paul Eduard Miller Smith & Durrell, Incorporated, 1946
  6. ↑ Alyn Shipton: Groovin 'High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie . 2001
  7. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 12, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Tunia, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tunia, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1916
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1983