- Latin Jazz Bouquet · 1951
- Smooth Groove · 1961
- Almost Blue · 2007
- Smooth Groove · 1961
- Almost Blue · 2007
- Coffeehouse Guitar Jazz · 2015
- One Step At a Time - EP · 2015
- One Step At a Time - EP · 2015
- Are You Sure? · 2010
- Butterfly Wings · 2009
- Butterfly Wings · 2009
- Are You Sure? · 2010
- Are You Sure? · 2010
Singles & EPs
About Ray Crawford
Ray Crawford played tenor and clarinet with Fletcher Henderson during 1941-1943 but tuberculosis forced him to give them up. He switched to guitar and was an important part of Ahmad Jamal's early groups (1949-1955); his ability to make his guitar sound like bongos by hitting it was soon adopted by Herb Ellis. Crawford also recorded with Gil Evans (1959-1960), played off and on with Jimmy Smith from 1958 into the 1980s, and in the '60s settled in Los Angeles. He led fairly obscure records for Candid (1961, but not released until the '80s), Dobre (1977), and United National (1978). ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- BORN
- February 7, 1924
- GENRE
- Jazz