Ray Hood

Bio:

I work as a soloist, duoist (that means just me with one other musician, I think) or as the The Jazz Partisans which currently is Ray Hood, guitar/vocals, Ben Harmsen/bass, Gustavo Moreno, drums/percussion and Spanish. Playing a mix of hard bebop, latin, acid and fusion.


Song List
I have a huge rep' either as a solo artist or with band.
Highlights of the show include
The World is a Ghetto
Killer Joe
Night and Day
Cause we've ended as lovers
Impressions
Days of Wine and Roses
I have got you under my Skin
Spain
Mellow Town
Stella by Starlight
Amsterdam
So What
Cathexis
Afro Blue
All Blues
Footprints
Stolen Moments
Four on Six
One Note Samba

About Ray
I am Jazz guitarist and vocalist. I work on a regular basis around Melbourne town in Australia. I have spent some years in London gigging. Guitar style in the tradition of modern contemporary limits (whatever that means!) with overtones of Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery and Scofield, I released an ep Metafour in 04 and have worked with various jazz heads in London, Sydney and Melbourne. Studied with Mark Murphy, Steve Ostrow and Joy Yates, at the Sydney Conservatorium, Steve Brien, the City Lit in London, Mediterranean Jazz Summer School with Pete Churchill and Alan Barnes. I am currently recording a new cd.

The things I love
Miles of course... Pat Martino was brilliant at Pizza Express last year... Yamandú Costa, Mike Stern, he was brilliant at North Sea. Sport: Association Football... Food: good coffee, ie New York and Melbourne... Comedy: well dig Boris Johnson, (well he is a more talented stand up than Mayor), Death at a Funeral, Bullitt, Steve Coogan, Dudley Moore, Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris (The Day Today, Brasseye, Time Trumpet, The Thick of It), John Doyle, John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Woody Allen, Ricky Gervais, Norman Gunston, Catherine Tate is very bovvered, and very brilliant.

and things I hate
The 2012 London Olympics logo... what a mongrel! of visual porridge, people who slurp when drinking tea or coffee, vegan beer, white pepper, zealous political correctness, being put on hold by fat useless corporations, like Optus, Telstra, Century 21, Jetstar Vodafone and CityLink, they all have really appalling customer service. Country and Western Music, Dixieland, what a cacophany! South Africans who say "flet woight pliz", Fox News, Christian and Islamic mentalists, the Bretheren (creepy), born agains, (BACs) and any creationists... I was born fine first time.


Music and lyrics for Mellowtown by Ray Hood, my tribute to the northern suburbs of Sydney where I grew up. Scatting by Ali Carter
Together Alone written by Liam Alexander, www.liamalexander.com
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Studio photography by Tashkah www.tashkah.com, South Melbourne

Member Since:

January 03, 2007

Members:

The Jazz Partisans are Ray Hood, Gustavo Moreno and Ben Harmsen.

Influences:

Guitarists that have influenced me:
Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, Pat Martino, Stochelo Rosenberg, Django Reinhardt.

Male vocalists who I admire:
John Lennon, Nick Cave, Thomas Callaway, Sting, Jacques Brel, Frank Sinatra,

Female vocalists I admire:
Ella Fitzgerald, Roisin Murphy, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Rosemary Clooney, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joni Mitchell

Sounds Like:

Ray Hood

Record Label:

unsigned