Jazz Articles about Ray Marchica

Ray Marchica: In the Ring

by John Kelman
July 4, 2005

You have to admire itinerant working musicians who manage to put together fresh sounding recording dates that show their broader interests, while at the same time taking care of business. Ray Marchica was the house drummer for the Rosie O'Donnell Show for six years, but while that may have been his bread and butter, he's also been pushing forward with his own career. In the Ring, the followup to his debut, A Different View, doesn't exactly push any boundaries or ...

Ray Marchica: In The Ring

by Jerry D'Souza
June 30, 2005

Ray Marchica has lived a busy life as drummer. He was on the Rosie O'Donnell Show over its six-year stay on television and sat in the drummer's chair for a host of productions on Broadway. He was also in Woody Allen's Radio Days. Good going certainly, there's nothing like keeping the pulse ticking in more ways than one. In the midst of all this, he found time to record two albums, the first being A Different View.

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