Ray Leatherwood

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Ray Leatherwood

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Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Les Brown And His Orchestra Bob Chester And His Orchestra Rosy McHargue & His Ragtimers Johnny Varro trio Phil Moody Trio Ray Bauduc - Nappy Lamare And Their Dixieland Band

American jazz double-bassist.
Born : April 24, 1914 in Itasca, Texas.
Died : January 29, 1996 in Camarillo, California.

Ray worked in the bands of Joe Venuti, Bob Chester, Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown, sessionman in the 1950s and 1960s, recorded with Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Julie London, Pete Fountain, Sonny James and many others.

ALBUMS

Heinie Beau, Herb Harper, Ray Sherman, Ray Leatherwood, Gene Estes, Bob Higgins

Loren Dexheimer Presents Jazz At The Golden Corral

1984, LP, Album, Swing King Records,

Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro, Ray Leatherwood, Gene Estes

The Square Roots Of Jazz

Les Brown And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Les Brown, Vol. 2, 1949

Les Brown And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Les Brown, Vol. 3, 1949

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Bob Chester And His Orchestra

Ray Bauduc - Nappy Lamare And Their Dixieland Band

Riverboat Dandies

Phil Moody Trio

Pleasant Moments

1956, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Records

Bob Chester And His Orchestra

I'm In A Lovable Mood Tonight / Flinging A Whing-Ding

1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Bob Chester And His Orchestra

The Bob Chester Story

2xLP, Comp, Big Band International,

Sounds Of The 1967 Odessa Jazz Party

LP, Not On Label,

Bob Chester And His Orchestra

Bob Chester And His Orchestra 1939-1942

APPEARANCES +

Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2

Bob Keene Septet / Lex Golden Jazz Octet

Solo For Seven + The Lex Golden Jazz Octet In Hi-Fi

2021, CD, Album, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Five Classic Albums

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 25 Julie London

2017, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music

The First US Top 100 (12th November 1955)

2013, Box + 4xCD, Album, Comp, Acrobat Music

Eight Classic Albums

2011, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone,

Eight Classic Albums

Leonard Rosenman / Lionel Newman / Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra*

Cross Creek (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Intrada,

Score/Contemporary

26 Original Recordings : Julie Is Her Name / Lonely Girl

2006, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Prism Leisure

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Prism Leisure

I Like Be I Like Bop (Odds & Svends Of Early Bebop Violin & Contemporary Violin Curiosities)

2005, 2xCD, Comp, AB Fable,

Eddie Miller (2) - Eddie Miller (2) And Merle Koch

The Eddie Miller Quartet Plays Mostly Ellington - The Eddie Miller And Merle Koch Trio

2003, CD, Album, Audiophile (2)

Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers*

The Complete Recordings 1952-1956

2003, CD, Comp, Jump (6),

Ronnie Lang And His All-Stars Featuring Marty Paich, Dave Pell, Bob Enevoldsen, Donn Trenner

2001, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Saturday Afternoon At The Meadowbrook 1940

2000, CD, Album, Mono, RM, Jazz Band Records,

Jack Teagarden And His Band*

Live At The Royal Room, Hollywood, 1951

1999, CD, Vernon Music (2)

Les Brown And His Orchestra Featuring Doris Day

Sentimental Journey

1999, CD, Comp, Mono, ASV, Living Era,

Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Jo Stafford

Dennis, Anyone?

1998, CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM, RCA,

Eddie Miller (2) With Johnny Varro Trio

Street Of Dreams

Blue Moon (Blue Note, The Night And The Music)

Sweet And Lovely: Capitol's Great Ladies Of Song, Vol. 1

Big Band/Swing/Easy Listening/Vocal

Time For Love - The Best Of Julie London

Sings The Choicest Of Cole Porter

Julie Is Her Name / Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2

Marge Jensen With Abe Most And His Hollywood Stars

1986, Cass, Album, Lucky Logger Records,

Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio*

Swing/Dixieland

Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Quintet With Eddie Miller

1983, LP, Album, Henri Records

Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra

The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940)

1981, LP, Qualtro Music

1981, LP, Album, Black And Blue

Johnny Guarnieri

Plays The Music Of Walter Donaldson

1978, LP, Dobre Records

Pete Fountain's Jazz Reunion

One Night Stand With Les Brown Volume 2

1976, LP, Album, Joyce,

Bunny Berigan - Volume 2

Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers*

Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers

1974, LP, Jump (6)

Jazz You Can Understand

1972, LP, Album, Jucu Records

Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra

The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942

1972, 6x Vinyl Electronically Reprocessed Stereo, Box Set,

The Blue Angel Jazz Club Presents ... A Portrait Of Eddie

1970, LP, Album, The Blue Angel Jazz Club,

The Blue Angel Jazz Club

Jazz At Pasadena '69 Volume Two

The Jazz Story Volume 1 (Rare Records Of The Men And The Music: Mostly New Orleans)

The Banjo Kings

Enjoy The Good Old Days With

Ray Bauduc, Nappy LaMare

Two-Beat Generation

Cry Me A River / A Boy On A Dolphin

1958, 7", Single, London American Recordings

The Banjo Kings

Nostalgia Revisited In Hi-Fi, Vol. 2

Play Melancholy Baby

Marvin Ash And The Dixie Blue Blowers

New Orleans At Midnight

George Bruns And The Wonderland Jazz Band

Deep In The Heart Of Dixieland

Ronnie Lang And His All-Stars

Julie Sings Film Songs

In My Black Lace / Sugar

1956, 7", Sun-Kist Records, Sun-Kist Records

1956, Vinyl Allied Pressing,

Julie Is Her Name (Part One)

1955, 7", EP, Mono, Liberty,

Julie Is Her Name (Part Three)

1955, 7", EP, Mono, Liberty,

Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World / To Those Who Wait

1955, 7", RCA Victor

Dennis, Anyone?

Cry Me A River / S'Wonderful

To Those Who Wait / Show Me Way To Get Out Of This World (Cause That's Where Everything Is)

The Banjo Kings

Banjo Kings Go West Vol. 3a

Julie Is Her Name

Banjo Kings Go West Vol. 3

Julie Is Her Name (Part Two)

The Banjo Kings

1954, 10", Good Time Jazz

The Banjo Kings

The Banjo Kings

Les Brown And His Band Of Renown

1946 - 1950 Volume One

LP, Comp, Mono, First Heard Records,

The Most, Abe, That Is

LP, Annunciata Records,

San Diego Jazz Club

San Diego Jazz Club Plays The Sound Of Jazz

LP, Album, San Diego Jazz Club,

Dixieland/Swing

Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers*

Till We Meet Again / They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'

Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers*

Davenport Blues / Singin' The Blues

Shellac, 10", Jump (6)

Art Mooney And His All Stars

Hi Fi Dixieland

LP, Mono, MGM Records

1940-1942 Sentimental Gentleman

2xCD, Comp, fat, FA Musique

Lex Golden Jazz Octet

The Lex Golden Jazz Octet in Hi-Fi

LP, Album, Superior Records (9),

The Rampart Street Paraders

The Rampart Street Paraders At Storyville: Sometime In The 1960's

The Banjo Kings, Dick Roberts, Red Roundtree

Chicken Pickin’ Reel / Golden Slippers

Muggsy Spanier and his Huge Dixieland Band*

Dixieland/Big Band

Frank Sinatra With Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

Frankie And Tommy

Big Band/Easy Listening

Julie Is Her Name - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

One Night Stand With Les Brown At The Palladium May 1949

1979, LP, Album, Unofficial, Joyce,