Jerry Gray
Sign in to saveAmerican violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1915-1976)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The third strike;
- Lonesome Traveller
- Headhunter
- Collection of Poetry
- Glacier Project: Concepts and Critiques
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1968-06-13
alternativealternative rockbritishcontemporary folkfolkfolk rock
Discography
- A Century Ends1993
- Flesh1994
- Sell, Sell, Sell1996
- White Ladder1998
- Lost Songs 95–982001
- A New Day at Midnight2002
- Life in Slow Motion2005
- Draw the Line2009
- Foundling2010
- Mutineers2014
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- 6,120
- Total plays
- 43,058
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Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915–August 10, 1976) was an arranger, composer, and conductor who is best known for his work with popular music during the Swing Era. His name is inextricably linked to two of the most famous bandleaders of the time, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller. Jerry Gray was born Generoso Graziano in East Boston, Massachusetts. His father Albert Graziano was a music teacher who began training his son on the violin at age 7. As a teenager he studied with Emanuel Ondricek and was soloist wi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Dallas
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- swing
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Decca
- Image
- Jerry Gray, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1915-07-03
- date of death
- 1976-08-10
- pseudonym
- Jerry Gray
- birth name
- Generoso Graziano
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