Ray Linn
Ray Linn (October 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois – 4 November 1996 in Columbus, Ohio) was an American jazz trumpeter. Linn's first major engagements came in the late 1930s, playing with Tommy Dorsey (1938–41) and Woody Herman (1941-42). He would return to play with Herman again several times, in 1945, 1947, and 1955–59. In the 1940s he spent time with Jimmy Dorsey (1942–45), Benny Goodman (1943, 1947), Artie Shaw (1944–46), and Boyd Raeburn (1946). He moved to Los Angeles in 1945, where he worked extensively as a studio musician, in addition to playing with Bob Crosby (1950–51) and his extended final tenure with Herman. He spent much of the 1960s playing music for television, including The Lawrence Welk Show. Linn recorded eight tunes as a leader in 1946, and full-length albums in 1978 and 1980, the latter of which are Dixieland jazz efforts. |
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 179 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Signature | SRC 659 | 10-in. | 1947 | Travel in' man | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Signature | SRC 660 | 10-in. | 1947 | Key largo | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2672 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | By-U by-O (The Louisiana lullaby) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2673 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Don't be blue, little pal, don't be blue | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2674 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | I love you more, more every day | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2675 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Bishop's blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2676 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Woodsheddin' with Woody | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2677 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | My foolish heart and I | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2705 | 10-in. | 8/28/1941 | Concerto No.1 in B flat minor for piano and orch. (Tchaikovsky-Op.23) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2706 | 10-in. | 8/28/1941 | I'll remember April | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2734 | 10-in. | 09/05/1941 | Major (A man and his drum) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2735 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Misirlou | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2736 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Three ways to smoke a pipe | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2737 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Ten day furlough | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2746 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | Blues in the night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2747 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | This time the dream's on me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2748 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | I'd love to love you again | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | DLA 2749 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | Hot chestnuts | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3212 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | My first love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3213 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | That wonderful worrisome feeling | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3214 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | Besame mucho (Kiss me much) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3215 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | King Porter stomp | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3216 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | Star eyes | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3217 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | They're either too young or too old | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | L 3246 | 10-in. | 10/27/1943 | Do you know? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Linn, Ray," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109743.
Linn, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109743.
"Linn, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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