ZMB Crew
Bass - Raymond Chu
Guitar - Shawn Terrell
Sax - Steve Blau
RIR Crew
Bass - Raymond Chu
Piano - Peter Reppert
Sax - Greg Meyer
Mosaic Crew
Bass - Raymond Chu
Piano - Cindy Woods
Sax - Greg Meyer
RSB Crew
Bass - Raymond Chu
Guitar - Shawn Terrell
Influences
We play jazz mostly from the real books. Occasionally, we use European melodies, cinematic music, commercial jingles, and cartoon music and play them in straight jazz.
Magic Ray Jazz is a collection of jazz musicians devoted to performing in and supporting locally-owned establishments generally in the immediate areas along the eastern part of the Washington DC beltway. Please join us to support live jazz and our local small businesses.
The band is working on a grant to fund living legends in jazz. In the meantime, please help us out with your donation to the project. Thanks for your support!
Buck Hill with Magic Ray Jazz
Excerpt of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" written by Duke Ellington.
We perform the Saturday night and the Sunday brunch at the Ze Mean Bean Cafe every second and fourth weekends.
Shawn Terrell also performs as part of the Shawn-Ron Duo.
I stumbled upon this video which used one of our recordings with Steve, Shawn, and me. Gabriele Manzoni, a film director in Milan, has used two of our recordings for his videos.
"Nostalgia in Times Square" music written by Charles Mingus.
"Black Orpheus" music written by Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Maria.
Seth Arenstein has gone Hollywood, but we are pretty sure he will be back in time for our gigs.
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