God, My family, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Golson, Lester Young, Billy Holiday, Mehalia Jackson, Earl Bostic, Ben Webster, Miles Davis, Cannonball Aderley, Hank Mobley, John Gilmore, Sonny Sherrock, Stanley Turntine, Wayne Shorter, Art Davis, Sonny Stitt, Thelonious Monk, Dextor Gordon, Houston Person, Bobby McFarren, Etta Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Paul Jeffreys, Charles Davis, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Baron, Nat King Cole, Manu Dbango, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Blythe, Clark Terry, The Funk Brothers, King Curtis, Jr. Walker, Grover Washington Jr., Hugh Masekela, Bob Marley,
Saxophonist Ray Blue has a sound and style that are energetic, powerful and sensitive. Ray takes you on a musical ride that is full of passion. His phrases are poetic and soulful, the grooves are strong and he leaves you wanting more. A Ray Blue Music Experience is with you for a long time.
"Ray Blue has a majestic presence. When he plays his sense of purpose is obvious. As evidence of that — people's enthralled smile. It's one thing to be a good composer, it's another to be a great performer. Ray Blue's got the whole package."
Jean Szlamowicz (Jazz Hot, Down Beat)
Ray performs on numerous world stages connecting people with his music.
Danke für's Verfreunden und vielleicht treffen wir uns ja mal persönlich bei 'ner open - stage von ".... And Friends Berlin" @ The Great Australian Bite. Würde uns sehr freuen!
Bonjour Ray Thanks for the friendly add I really appreciate your beautiful sound and positive energy in your music Best wishes from France (Follow me on twitter.com/pascal95 ) Pascal
Ray - thankyou so so much for that! A great compliment coming from such a musician............ Keep in touch - I will be in the States in June!! tommie
Thanks so much for the add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We hope you and your friends enjoy our music, too. We've just added four new compositions and two new blogs about Umano.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends–you are among them–are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
It also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift–and what an opportunity–we have received from this technology!
