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 26-50 of 179 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 69316 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Loveliness and love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70079 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Someone's rocking my dreamboat | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70080 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Rose o'day (The Filla-ga-dusha song) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70081 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Night of nights (Tura lura li) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70082 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | I think of you | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70083 | 10-in. | 12/18/1941 | Fooled | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70248 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | A string of pearls | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70249 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | Skylark | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70250 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | The lamplighter's serenade | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70251 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | You can't hold a memory in your arms | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70615 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | There are rivers to cross (before we meet again) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70616 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | We'll meet again | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70617 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | She'll always remember | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70618 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | A soldier dreams (of you tonight) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70619 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | Amen | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70620 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | Whisper that you love me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70621 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | Deliver me to Tennessee | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70691 | 10-in. | 4/23/1942 | Don't tell a lie about me, dlear | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70692 | 10-in. | 4/23/1942 | The story of a starry night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70693 | 10-in. | 4/23/1942 | Just plain lonesome | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 70694 | 10-in. | 4/23/1942 | Ooch ooch a goon attach (The backward song) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 71693 | 10-in. | 1/19/1944 | I'm in love with someone | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 71694 | 10-in. | 1/19/1944 | Holiday for strings-1 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 71695 | 10-in. | 1/19/1944 | Two again | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 72394 | 10-in. | 9/25/1944 | Moon on my pillow | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Linn, Ray," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109743.
Linn, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109743.
"Linn, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Linn, Ray, 1920-1996 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93028468
Wikidata: Ray Linn - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2133919
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MusicBrainz: Ray Linn - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/38119c8f-4ae5-438d-8bb2-02fce4b639cb
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