{"id":15650,"date":"2019-08-20T06:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.252.102.210\/~micklabr\/?p=15650"},"modified":"2019-08-20T06:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:57:01","slug":"jimmy-raney-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micklabriola.com\/jimmy-raney-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Raney Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
James Elbert Raney<\/b> (August 20, 1927 \u2013 May 9, 1995) was an American jazz<\/a> guitarist born in Louisville, Kentucky<\/a>,<\/sup> known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo<\/a> trio (replacing Tal Farlow<\/a>) and, during the same time period, with Stan Getz<\/a>. In 1954 and 1955, he won the Down Beat<\/a><\/i> Critics’ Poll for guitar.<\/sup> Raney worked in a variety of jazz mediums, including cool jazz<\/a>, bebop<\/a>, post bop<\/a>, hard bop<\/a>, and mainstream jazz<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 1946, he worked for a time as guitarist with the Max Miller<\/a> Quartet at Elmer’s in Chicago, his first paying gig. Raney also worked in the Artie Shaw<\/a>Orchestra and collaborated with Woody Herman<\/a> for nine months in 1948. He also collaborated and recorded with Buddy DeFranco<\/a>, Al Haig<\/a> and later on with Bob Brookmeyer<\/a>. In 1967 alcoholism and other professional difficulties led him to leave New York City and return to his native Louisville.<\/sup> He resurfaced in the 1970s and also did work with his son Doug<\/a>, who was also a guitarist.<\/sup><\/p>\n