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The 100 Club presents
RAY GELATO & THE GIANTS
Ray has been taking his special brand of swing, jazz and R&B music all over the world since 1988. This multi-talented singer, saxman, songwriter and band leader has appeared at festivals, clubs and concert stages from Brazil to New York, and lots of places in between.
Gathering more fans with every passing year, Ray's audience includes young children and grown up kids alike, for the simple reason that his joyful music lifts everyone who hears it - a rare gift in these often cynical times.
Ray and his world class band The Giants deliver a high energy show that never fails to get a crowd on its feet, stomping its collective feet and demanding more. As a result, Ray has been compared to such greats as Cab Calloway and Louis Prima. In fact, he's been called 'one of the last great jazz entertainers'!
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Ray Gelato Biography
Ray's father was probably his first musical influence. A US airman, living in London, Ray's dad had brought over a huge collection of great records. Young Gelato remembers hearing Sammy Davis, Dean Martin, Bill Haley, and many more, being played around the home, while he was growing up. This Love of music developed further when Ray was a teenager. Most nights, Ray could be found at Londons best Rock n Roll clubs, R n B venues and live gigs. Discovering 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. He was introduced to such sax greats as, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, etc. These masters became big influences on Gelato's sax playing. Around this time, Ray would ask to sit in with any live band that would let him! It was here that he realised that music was to be his life.
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