Doug Raney

Doug Raney ( born August 29, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist of modern jazz.

Doug Raney is the son of jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney. In the band, who was also the pianist Al Haig, he began at the age of 18 years, his career as a musician. Later, Doug also played in a duo with his father to listen to their albums for the Steeplechase label like " Duets ", " Stolen Moments " and " Nardis " by 1979. During the same year he participated in Chet Baker's albums "The Touch of Your Lips "," Daybreak "," This Is Always " and" Someday My Prince Will Come " with.

From 1977 Doug Raney recorded a number of albums as leader of own formations where musicians such as Kenny Barron, Joey DeFrancesco, Billy Hart, Duke Jordan, Jesper Lundgaard, Horace Parlan, Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Tomas Franck and others participated. Raney worked as a sideman on albums with Joe Cohn, Bernt Rosengren, Jesper Thilo. In contrast to his, still strongly influenced by bebop father, Doug Raney plays in a more conventional idiom ( Cook & Morton ).

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Doug Raneys albums released on the Steeplechase label.

  • Introducing Doug Raney (SC, 1977) with Duke Jordan, Billy Hart
  • Blue and White (SC, 1984)
  • Something 's Up (SC, 1988)
  • The Doug Raney Quintet (SC, 1988) with Tomas Franck, Bernt Rosengren, Jesper Lundgaard
  • Raney '96 (SC, 1996)
  • The Backbeat (SC, 1997) with Joey DeFrancesco, Billy Hart
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