Ray Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington through most of the 1940s and 1950s, after he was hired to replace Cootie Williams in 1940. Shortly after joining the band, Nance was given the trumpet solo on the first recorded version of "Take the "A" Train," which became the Ellington theme, a major hit and a jazz standard. Nance's "A Train" solo is one of the most copied and admired trumpet solos in jazz history.
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- Ray Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington through most of the 1940s and 1950s, after he was hired to replace Cootie Williams in 1940. Shortly after joining the band, Nance was given the trumpet solo on the first recorded version of "Take the "A" Train," which became the Ellington theme, a major hit and a jazz standard. Nance's "A Train" solo is one of the most copied and admired trumpet solos in jazz history. Indeed, when Cootie Williams returned to the band more than twenty years later, he would play Nance's solo on "A Train" almost exactly as the original. Nance was often featured on violin and was the only violin soloist ever featured in Ellington's orchestra. He is also one of the well-known vocalists from the Ellington orchestra, having sung not the first version (that credit goes to Ivie Anderson), but arguably the definitive version of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). " It was his contribution to take the previously instrumental horn riff into the lead vocal, which constitute the now infamous, "Doo wha, doo wha, doo wha, doo wha, yeah!" He was often featured as vocalist on "Jump for Joy," "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" and "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)". His multiple talents (trumpet, violin, vocals and also dancing) earned him the nickname "Floorshow". He left the Ellington band in 1963 after having played alongside his predecessor Cootie Williams for a year. By that time, Nance had switched from trumpet to cornet. Nance made a few recordings as a bandleader, and also recorded or performed with Earl Hines, Rosemary Clooney and others.
- Willis Raymond „Ray“ Nance war ein amerikanischer Jazz-Trompeter, Violinist und Sänger. Nance begann 1932 als Musiker zu arbeiten. Er leitete bis 1937 eine eigene Gruppe in Chicago, spielte dann bei Earl Hines (1938) und Horace Henderson (1939). Von 1940 bis 1963 spielte er mit der Band von Duke Ellington, nachdem er Cootie Williams als Trompeter in Ellingtons Orchester ersetzt hatte. Außerdem war er der einzige Geiger in Ellingtons Orchester, zu hören in Titeln wie "Moon Mist", außerdem trat er als Sänger mit Titeln wie "A Slip of the Lip" hervor. Nance hatte wesentlichen Anteil an der Ellington-Komposition "Take the A-Train und glänzte bei der Aufnahme von 1941 als Solist. Mit seinen humoristischen Einlagen war er wichtiger Bestandteil der Bühnenshow des Ellington-Orchesters. Nance blieb bis 1963 in dessen band und startete danach eine Solokarriere; 1964 und 1965 spielte er mit Paul Lavalle, um dann wieder mit Ellington aufzutreten. Er ist auch auf Schallplatten mit Barney Bigard, mit Johnny Hodges, mit Una Mae Carlisle, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Rosemary Clooney und mit Slam Stewart zu hören, sowie überraschenderweise mit Jaki Byard und Chico Hamilton. Auf einer Englandtournee 1974 spielte er mit Chris Barber.
- Ray Nance (Ray Willis Nance) est un trompettiste, violoniste et chanteur de jazz américain né le 10 décembre 1913 à Chicago et décédé le 28 janvier 1976 à New York.
- Ray Nance was een violist en trompettist in het orkest van Duke Ellington.
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- Ray Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. Nance is best known for his long association with Duke Ellington through most of the 1940s and 1950s, after he was hired to replace Cootie Williams in 1940. Shortly after joining the band, Nance was given the trumpet solo on the first recorded version of "Take the "A" Train," which became the Ellington theme, a major hit and a jazz standard. Nance's "A Train" solo is one of the most copied and admired trumpet solos in jazz history.
- Willis Raymond „Ray“ Nance war ein amerikanischer Jazz-Trompeter, Violinist und Sänger. Nance begann 1932 als Musiker zu arbeiten. Er leitete bis 1937 eine eigene Gruppe in Chicago, spielte dann bei Earl Hines (1938) und Horace Henderson (1939). Von 1940 bis 1963 spielte er mit der Band von Duke Ellington, nachdem er Cootie Williams als Trompeter in Ellingtons Orchester ersetzt hatte.
- Ray Nance (Ray Willis Nance) est un trompettiste, violoniste et chanteur de jazz américain né le 10 décembre 1913 à Chicago et décédé le 28 janvier 1976 à New York.
- Ray Nance was een violist en trompettist in het orkest van Duke Ellington.
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