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Jeff Ray

The Walkup

By Jeff Ray

Label: HiPNOTIC Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Streams; D.R.A.; Everybody Loves The Sunshine; Hot Music; The Walkup; Wise Ton J; Cinnamon Lenses; Hoodwink.

Jeff Ray: The Walkup

by C. Michael Bailey
March 25, 2004

I might have completely written this disc off as simply another anemic adult contemporary offering for the Rippingtons/Shadowfax lemmings had I not made it five tracks deep to the title cut. There I found the greasy guitar-organ funk running deep. “The Walkup" has an insistent groove established by guitarist and leader Jeff Ray and maintained by ...

The Walkup

By Jeff Ray

Label: HiPNOTIC Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.Streams 2. D.R.A. 3. Hot Music 4. Everybody Loves Sunshines 5. The Walkup 6. Wise Ton J 7. Cinnamon Lenses 8. Hoodwink

Jeff Ray: The Walkup

by Eric J. Iannelli
November 4, 2003

After four years spent cutting his teeth in clarinetist Darryl Harper's jazz project The Onus, the Ohio native Jeff Ray has released his debut solo recording, a largely self-penned collection of extended electric jams and a collage of musical genres. "Solo recording," however, is a descriptive term that offers quite a lot of ...

Jeff Ray: The Walkup

by Franz A. Matzner
October 3, 2003

Fully embracing electric jazz, Jeff Ray’s new release Walk Up is a politely laid-back jam album dominated by Ray originals. The combination of Ray’s guitar and Aaron Swinn’s soft keyboard work with Daryl Hall’s electric bass and Victor Wise’s seventies-influenced drumming creates a consistently mellow atmosphere. Tunes like “Hot Music" and album highlight, ...