# Ray Perry

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For the baseball player and manager, see [Ray Perry (baseball)](/source/Ray_Perry_(baseball)).

**Ray Perry** (February 25, 1915 – 1950) was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) [violinist](/source/Violin) and [saxophonist](/source/Saxophonist).

Perry was born in 1915 to a musical family and began playing the violin at a young age, while his brothers Joe and Bay became a baritonist and drummer, respectively. Perry sang during his violin solos, inspiring [Slam Stewart](/source/Slam_Stewart) to continue the practice on bass. [1] He performed more frequently on [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone).

He worked bread and butter gigs with the best in the business, including Dean Earl (1935), Clarence Carter (1937–39, [not the R&B singer](/source/Clarence_Carter)), [Blanche Calloway](/source/Blanche_Calloway) (1940), and [Lionel Hampton](/source/Lionel_Hampton) (1940–43). Despite his short career, Ray Perry worked with many jazz artists, including:

- [Shadow Wilson](/source/Shadow_Wilson)
- [Illinois Jacquet](/source/Illinois_Jacquet) (1946–47, 1950)
- [Vernon Alley](/source/Vernon_Alley)
- [J. C. Heard](/source/J._C._Heard) (1946)
- [Joe Newman](/source/Joe_Newman_(trumpeter))
- [Fred Beckett](/source/Fred_Beckett)
- [Sabby Lewis](/source/Sabby_Lewis) (1948)
- [Sir Charles Thompson](/source/Sir_Charles_Thompson)
- [Irving Ashby](/source/Irving_Ashby)

Many of his records failed to gain a wide following, but he was very successful until poor health prevented him from touring. Two of Perry's albums remain popular - *Jumpin' Jacquet* and *50 Sublimes Chanteurs de Jazz*. Some of his more famous songs are *Flyin' Home*, *How High the Moon*, *Love is the Thing*, *Boog It*, and *I Want a Little Girl*.

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