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Ray Nance: Playing violin at the Aquarium, New York, about November 1946

trumpet, violin · 1913–1976

Ray Nance

Trumpeter, violinist and singer from Chicago, with Duke Ellington on and off for over twenty years: the trumpet solo on "Take the A Train".

Sessions
39
Records
42
First date
November 21, 1945
Latest
July 29, 1966

On the records

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Mood Ellington (Columbia CL 6024)CL 6024 · 1948Mood EllingtonDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (Columbia CL 6073)CL 6073 · 1949Duke Ellington's Liberian SuiteDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)BLP 5027 · 1953Swing Hi-Swing LoVarious ArtistsHarry Carney And His Orchestra – Harry Carney With Strings (Clef MGC-640)MGC-640 · 1955Harry Carney With StringsHarry Carney And His OrchestraDuke Ellington – Historically Speaking - The Duke (Bethlehem BCP-60)BCP-60 · 1956Historically Speaking - The DukeDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements) (Columbia CL 825)CL 825 · 1956Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements)Duke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown (Columbia CL 830)CL 830 · 1956Hi-Fi Ellington UptownDuke Ellington And His OrchestraRosemary Clooney And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Blue Rose (Columbia CL 872)CL 872 · 1956Blue RoseRosemary Clooney And Duke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars – At Newport (Columbia CL 933)CL 933 · 1956At NewportDuke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-StarsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington At Newport (Columbia CL 934)CL 934 · 1956Ellington At NewportDuke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band – Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran MGN-1055)MGN-1055 · 1956Ellingtonia '56Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big BandDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Duke Ellington Presents... (Bethlehem BCP-6005)BCP-6005 · 1956Duke Ellington Presents...Duke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke – Duke's In Bed (Verve MGV-8203)MGV-8203 · 1956+Duke's In BedJohnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without DukeDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – A Drum Is A Woman (Columbia CL 951)CL 951 · 1957A Drum Is A WomanDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia CL 1033)CL 1033 · 1957Such Sweet ThunderDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – The Anatomy Of Improvisation (Verve MGV-8230)MGV-8230 · 1957The Anatomy Of ImprovisationVarious ArtistsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Indigos (Columbia CL 1085)CL 1085 · 1958Ellington IndigosDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia Jackson – Black, Brown And Beige (Columbia CL 1162)CL 1162 · 1958Black, Brown And BeigeDuke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia JacksonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Newport 1958 (Columbia CL 1245)CL 1245 · 1958Newport 1958Duke Ellington And His OrchestraElla Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One (Verve MGV-4008)MGV-4008 · 1958Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume OneElla FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two (Verve MGV-4009)MGV-4009 · 1958Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume TwoElla FitzgeraldJohnny Hodges And The Ellington Men – The Big Sound (Verve MGV-8271)MGV-8271 · 1958The Big SoundJohnny Hodges And The Ellington MenDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Jazz Party (Columbia CL 1323)CL 1323 · 1959Ellington Jazz PartyDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record (Verve MGV-8341)MGV-8341 · 1959Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary RecordVarious ArtistsBudd Johnson And The Four Brass Giants – Budd Johnson And The Four Brass Giants (Riverside RLP 343)RLP 343 · 1960Budd Johnson And The Four Brass GiantsBudd Johnson And The Four Brass GiantsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Festival Session (Columbia CL 1400)CL 1400 · 1960Festival SessionDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (Columbia CL 1445)CL 1445 · 1960Blues In OrbitDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia CL 1541)CL 1541 · 1960The Nutcracker SuiteDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday (Columbia CL 1597)CL 1597 · 1960Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite ThursdayDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Fifteen Star Saxophones (Bethlehem BCP-6035)BCP-6035 · 1960Fifteen Star SaxophonesVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Big Band Contrast (Bethlehem BCP-6037)BCP-6037 · 1960Big Band ContrastVarious ArtistsMel Torme, Frances Faye – A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & Bess (Bethlehem BCP-6040)BCP-6040 · 1960A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & BessMel Torme, Frances FayeJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra – Not So Dukish (Verve MGV-8355)MGV-8355 · 1960Not So DukishJohnny Hodges And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Golden Jazz Instrumentals (Bethlehem BCP-6065)BCP-6065 · 1962Golden Jazz InstrumentalsVarious ArtistsJohnny Hodges – The Eleventh Hour (Verve V-8492)V-8492 · 1962The Eleventh HourJohnny HodgesDuke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse! A-26)A-26 · 1963Duke Ellington Meets Coleman HawkinsDuke Ellington Meets Coleman HawkinsPaul Gonsalves – Tell It The Way It Is! (Impulse! A-55)A-55 · 1963Tell It The Way It Is!Paul GonsalvesJohnny Hodges – Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (Impulse! A-61)A-61 · 1964Everybody Knows Johnny HodgesJohnny HodgesVarious Artists – The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1 (Impulse! A-99)A-99 · 1964The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1Various ArtistsLawrence Brown's All-Stars With Johnny Hodges – Inspired Abandon (Impulse! A-89)A-89 · 1965Inspired AbandonLawrence Brown's All-Stars With Johnny HodgesEarl Hines – Once Upon A Time (Impulse! A-9108)A-9108 · 1966Once Upon A TimeEarl HinesDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur (Verve V-4072)V-4072 · 1967Ella & Duke At The Cote D'AzurDuke Ellington And His Orchestra

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