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Scot Ray

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Scot Ray's eclectic slide guitar work is informed by his many years as a professional trombonist - from work with Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats (which involved collaborations with Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, and Bob Dylan; along with a Grammy), to pop icons Jason Mraz, Dionne Warwick, Elliot Easton (of The Cars) & Ray Manzarek (of The Doors); from Cuban percussionist Francisco Aguabella to new music pioneers Steuart Liebig, Alex Cline, Vinny Golia, Bill Barrett, Nels Cline; from Caribbean cruise ships and Buddhist funeral bands to performances on David Byrne's Sessions At W. 54th Street, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, The DuMaurier Jazz Festival, and Harmonica Sur Cher France; from soundtracks 'Stuart Little', 'Me, Myself, and Irene', and 'Three To Tango', to a vote as 'rising star' from Down Beat Magazine

Album

Rūmī

Label: Off The Grid
Released: 2006

Album

Active Vapor Recovery

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Three Quarks (5:49); 2. Above Breath (5:44); 3. Shiny Object (3:44); 4. In Cleveland (5:05); 5. Man as Kite (10:26); 6. Scarabaeus (7:18); 7. Trouble With Sugar (13:51); 8. Active Vapor Recovery (6:04); 9. Bitteroot (8:14).

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Article: Album Review

Scot Ray Quintet: Active Vapor Recovery

Read "Active Vapor Recovery" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Trombonist Scot Ray rounds up the usual suspects of West Coast postmodern jazz for this session classified in the ‘unable to classify’ category. The former sideman in Brian Setzer’s swing orchestra pens a few ideas of hs own on Active Vapor Recovery. He has jettisoned swing for an amalgam of fresh funk, rock, chamber, and free ...

Album

Small Architecture

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Released: 2000
Track listing: 1) Gut 2) Architecture I 3) Gravel 4) Schematic 5) Plates 6) Nebo 7) Opaque 8) Architecture II 9) Tumbleweed

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Article: Album Review

Scot Ray: Small Architecture

Read "Small Architecture" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


When West Coast-based trombonist Scot Ray isn’t performing with rock/swing guitarist Brian Setzer, (Brian Setzer Orchestra), you might find him shedding with well-known modern jazz artists such as multi-reedman Vinny Golia, french hornist Tom Varner, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and many others of note. And on this self-produced effort titled Small Architecture, Ray utilizes his various ...


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