Ron Westray
Ronald Kenneth Westray Jr. (born June 13, 1970, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. He holds a B.A. from South Carolina State University and a Master of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University.
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Ron Westray
- Name
- Ron Westray
- Birth Name
- Ronald Kenneth Westray, Jr.
- Born
- 13 June 1970
- Birthplace
- Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, educator
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz · swing
- Education
- Eastern Illinois University · South Carolina State University
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He has played with Marcus Roberts, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (since its inception in 1993), and has been a regular member of the Mingus Big Band. In 2005 he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2009 he was appointed to the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance at York University.
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Key facts
• Name — Ron Westray • Birth Name — Ronald Kenneth Westray, Jr. • Born — 13 June 1970 • Birthplace — Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer, educator • Instrument — Trombone • Label — Blue Canoe, New Jazz Renaissance, Atlantic • Current Member Of — Mingus Big Band
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As sideman
With Wycliffe Gordon • Bone Structure (Atlantic, 1996)
Discography
• Westray Digs In (New Jazz Renaissance, 2002) • Medical Cures for the Chromatic Commands of the Inner City (Blue Canoe, 2008) • Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin Live from Austin (Blue Canoe, 2011) • Jimi Jazz (Blue Canoe, 2014) • Magisteria (Blue Canoe, 2015)
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