Ray Gelato & The Giants

Ray’s first influence came from his father playing records by Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., along with ’50s Rock ‘n’ Roll around the house when Ray was growing up. Later, Ray would go to Rock ‘n’ Roll and R&B clubs as a teenager. There, he discovered the sounds of Louis Jordan and Louis Prima, among many other legendary entertainers, who would later be huge influences on Ray’s music. In 1979, Ray took up tenor sax. Studying hard at night school and with private tutors, he developed a life-long love of jazz tenor sax playing.

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