Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ray Stone, Dick Thomas, and Dick Davidson, have been shifted down to the 136, 145, and 155 pound categories, respectively. This has been tough to do, particularly in the cases of Stone and Thomas, but it greatly strengthens the trio. Stone and Thomas both won decisions against their Tech opponents last week, while Davidson surprised everyone by winning five points in his first college match...
...range that Bessie had, but her singing shows the same rich vibrato and feeling. Needless to say, the instrumental background is impeccable. Jess and Muggsy play unobtrusively, and the way they blend with the vocal results is a kind of jazz you don't hear every day (COMMODORE) ... Ray Noble cuts two swell dance sides for COLUMBIA, Far Away and Sioux Sue. Both are original compositions by Ray, and show the fine melodic sense that produced Cherokee ... Ray McKinley's fireworks take the spotlight on Will Bradley's Lonesome Road (COLUMBIA). If you like flash drums...
Arise, My Love (Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Walter Abel; TIME...
...Krupa had something else on the ball, an intangible rhythmic sense that makes all the difference in the world between a good drummer and a lousy one. It's all right to play flash now and then. I get a lot of kicks out of a good technician like Ray McKinley when he takes off for twenty minutes while Will Bradley and the boys just sit around and watch. But don't forget that when they start playing again, Ray is right in there driving the band along, giving them a solid rhythmic foundation that you just can't learn...
Just ask a musician who his favorite drummer is. The answer will be "Jo Jones" or "Cozy" or "Ray McKinley," It won't be "Buddy Rich." That's for the boys with the crew haircuts and bow ties to whom nothing is music if it's not noise...