Infobox Musical artist
Name = Ray Russell
Img_capt = Ray Russell
Playing live July 2004
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Ray Russell
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Instrument = Guitar
Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Musician, composer, producer
Years_active = 1963–present
Label = Cuneiform, Angel Air
Associated_acts = John Barry Seven
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Rock Workshop
Nucleus
Smith & d'Abo
Chopyn
The British Orchestra
RMS
URL = [http://www.rayrussell.co.uk www.rayrussell.co.uk]
Notable_instruments = Fender Stratocaster
Ray Russell is primarily a guitarist but is also world-renowned as a music producer, composer and session musician.
His TV compositions have included "A Touch of Frost", "Bergerac", "Plain Jane", "A Bit Of A Do"
Along with colleagues Mo Foster and Ralph Salmins, Russell gives musical seminars at UK educational establishments [cite web |url=http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/ies/ray_russell_at_the_old_broadcasting_house.htm |title=Ray Russell at the Old Broadcasting House |accessdate=2007-11-02 |publisher=Leeds Metropolitan University ] and occasionally other venues around the world.]In 2008 Russell, in collaboration with drummer, Ralph Salmins, and sound engineer Rik Walton, created Made Up Music. A music library which has espoused the usual methodology of distributing audio CDs to sound studios and production companies. It currently achieves its music distribution totally from its website. The company features music written and performed by Russell and several other well-established session players such as Mo Foster, Steve Donnelly, Simon Eyre.
olo discography
*1968 – "Turn Circle"
*1969 – "Dragon Hill"
*1971 – "June 11th 1971 Live at the ICA"
*1971 – "Rites & Rituals"
*1973 – "Secret Asylum"
*1977 – "Ready or Not"
*1994 – "Childscape"
*1999 – "Why Not Now"
*2000 – "Live at the ICA: Retrospective"
*2006 – "Goodbye Svengali"
*2006 – "The Composers Cut"
*2006 – "A Table Nearer the Band"
References
External links
* [http://www.rayrussell.co.uk Official Ray Russell website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/rayrussell Ray Russell's MySpace page]
* [http://www.madeupmusic.co.uk Made Up Music website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/3fn8/ BBC Review of "Goodbye Svengali"]
* [http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/262/ "Wire" magazine (Issue #262, Dec 2005): Ray Russell track on giveaway CD]
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