Ray and Joe Gransden in Tree Sound in Atlanta
Ray with the late Lew Soloff
Ray with lew Soloff and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra
Claudia Reach with Lou marini and Ray Reach
Ray with Take 6
Ray with Steve Gadd
Steve Ramos with Ray and Lew Soloff
Ray Reach is one of the most versatile and in-demand pianist/guitarist/singers and recording session musicians in the Southeast, a master of many styles, specializing in straight-ahead jazz piano with vocals in the style of Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Jamie Cullum, Harry Connick, Jr., Ray Charles and Tony Bennett. As a studio musician, Ray has played on recordings done in Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Austin (Texas), Nashville, Birmingham (Alabama) and Muscle Shoals (Alabama), many of which became hit records. He served for 15 years as Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
But jazz is not all that Ray does!
He is a master of many diverse styles
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Languages: English , Italian , Spanish
Gig length: 30 - 120 minutes
Insurance: $250,000.00 - Comprehensive.
Unions: AFM
Ray Reach can provide music for dancing, for videos and movies, as well as shows for weddings, concerts, festivals and corporate events.
Ray Reach can provide bands ranging in size from 1 to 24 players. He is a master of many diverse styles of music - Classical, Classic Rock, Pop, Motown, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Traditional and Contemporary Country, music of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and more.
All Ray Reach shows include professional lighting and sound of the highest quality.
Saturday
Wedding Reception
12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Tuscaloosa, AL
The Ray Reach song list includes over 1,600 songs in practically every genre except Rap / Hip-Hop. See my personal website for a sample list. Below are a few examples:
JAZZ / BIG BAND STANDARDS
Bewitched
Blue Moon
Caravan
In a Mellow Tone
When I Fall In Love
Route 66
Fly Me to the Moon
Just the Way You Look Tonight
But Beautiful
They Can't Take That Away From Me
There is No Greater Love
Savoy
When Sunny Gets Blue
My Foolish Heart
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
There Will Never Be Another You
You Are the Sunshine Of My Life
Falling in Love with Love
What's New
What is This Thing Called Love
Day by Day
Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You
To Each His Own
Tuxedo Junction
I Could Write a Book
I Love You for Sentimental Reasons
Days of Wine and Roses
Daddy's Little Girl
Misty
Like Someone in Love
Summertime
Satin Doll
A Foggy Day in London Town
Teach Me Tonight
I Remember You
I'll Remember April
Tangerine
Since I Fell For You
How High the Moon
Autumn Leaves
All of Me
Norwegian Wood
Night and Day
The Shadow of Your Smile
As Time Goes By
Straighten Up and Fly Right
The Good Life
Our Love is Here to Stay
My Funny Valentine
In the Mood
This Masquerade
String of Pearls
Georgia
Woodchoppers Ball
I Got it Bad
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Stormy Monday
Mack the Knife
Sunny Side of the Street
New York, New York
It Don't Mean a Thing
Jump Jive & Wail
My Romance
All the Things You Are
Take the "A" Train
Chattanooga Choo Choo
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ROCK / DISCO
Knock on Wood
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Take Another Piece of Heart
Eight Days a Week
I Saw Her Standing There
Twist and Shout
Kansas City
Light My Fire
Old Time Rock and Roll
Something
Hey Bartender
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Messing With the Kid
You are the Sunshine of My Life
It's So Easy
Jambalaya
Heard It Through the Grapevine
Louie, Louie
I Feel Good
Good Lovin'
One Way Out
Magic Carpet Ride
Friday Night at the Cadillac Bar
Last Dance
I Will Survive
Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
Never Can Say Good-bye
Reach Out
YMCA
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LATIN / REGGAE / ETHNIC
Black Orpheus
I Shot the Sheriff
Dolly Dawn
Jamaican Farewell
La Bamba
Curry Goat and Rice
Mas Que Nada
Besame Mucho
Solamente Una Vez
Girl From Ipanema
Corcavado
Desafinado
Wave
One Note Samba
Lambada
Summer Samba
Triste
Once I Loved
Meditation
Gentle Rain
Chega De Saudede (No More Blues)
Blue Bossa
Dearly Beloved
How Insensitive
Here's That Rainy Day
I Can See Clearly Now
Frenesi'
Perfidia
Quera Me Mucho Como La Flor
Macarena
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MOTOWN / 50's and 60's
Mustang Sally
Sea of Love
Soul Man
Miss You
Stand by Me
After Midnight
What's Goin On
My Girl
Just the Two of Us
Respect
Dr. Feelgood
Baby I Love You
Chain of Fools
Natural Woman
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Dancin' In the Streets
Can't Hurry Love
Proud Mary
Ooh Baby Baby
Higher Ground
Dock of the Bay
Midnight Hour
Love Potion #9
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BALLADS / SHOW TUNES
God Bless the Child
Everything I Do I Do For You
Neither One of Us
I Will Always Love You
Masquerade
Here and Now
Wonderful Tonight
Georgia
Color My World
Unforgettable
Right Here Waiting
Endless Love
Someone to Watch
Desperado
I'll Still Be Lovin' You
Fever
Just You and I
Yesterday
Imagine
When I Fall In Love
Michelle
Your Song
One Hand, One Heart
This I Ask of You
Hello Dolly
Memories (Cats)
On the Street Where You Live
I Could Have Danced All Night
Embraceable You
Oh What a Beatiful Morning
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FUNK / RHYTHM AND BLUES
Stay With Me Tonight
Friday Night
Days of Wine and Roses
Shadow of Your Smile
The Dream
Hideaway
Amaputo
Midnight Motion
Straight to the Heart
Pyramid
Ethereggae
Friends and Strangers
Killing Me Softly
Mercy Mercy
St. Thomas
Nature Boy
Morning
Velas
Slam
Chicago Song
Mr. Magic
Neither One of Us
You Are Everything
My Girl
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ITALIAN
Tarantella
O Solo Mio
Al Di La
Volare
Arrivederci Roma
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JEWISH
If I Were A Rich Man
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Hava Nagila
Sunrise Sunset
To Life (L'Chaim)
Tum Balalaika
Hevenu
Shalom
Simantov U Mazeltov
Zaro Chayo Ulzu Aitzo
Machar Artsa Alinu
Veshinantom Uve Chuzot
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TOP 40 / POP
Isn't She Lovely
Smooth Operator
Paradise
1-2-3
Conga
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
Dance Little Sister
Emotions
Black Velvet
I'll Be There
Freeway of Love
Saving All My Love
Rapture
Sweet Love
Escapade
Wind Beneath My Wings
Through the Fire
Rhythm Nation
I Feel For You
Baby Come to Me
What You Won't Do
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Ribbon In the Sky
Satisfaction
Superstition
Let's Give Them Something To Talk About
Always and Forever
Sweet Thing
Here and Now
Everything I Do I Do For You
I Will Always Love You
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Como La Flor
Circle of Life
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COUNTRY
I Love the Way You Love Me
Silverwings
On the Road Again
Always On My Mind
Old Flame Burnin'
Forever and Ever Amen
Crazy
Sweet Dreams
I Fall to Pieces
Tequila Sunrise
Margaritaville
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Liza Jane
Blue Bayou
Next Broken Heart
Big City
Killing Time
Just You and I
Your Cheating Heart
Let's Give Them Something to Talk About
Amarillo By Morning
Working Men Blues
That's the Way Love Goes
Sing Me Back Home
Georgia On My Mind
Whiskey River
Take It Easy
Blame It On Your Heart
I Swear
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Oscar Peterson, Blood, Sweat and tears, Chicago, The Beatles, Smoky Robinson, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many, many more.
Dressing Rooms
Stage - 12 feet X 24 feet
Jazz Band