Artist's albums
Nardis
1997 · album
2 Guitars
1992 · album
Two Jims and Zoot
1991 · album
A (Reissue)
1991 · album
Early Stan
1991 · album
Duets
1986 · album
Stolen Moments
1986 · album
Jim & I
1980 · album
Two of a Kind
2021 · album
Jimmy Raney Visits Paris
2017 · album
Momentum
2016 · album
Pennies from Heaven
2010 · album
Two Guitars In Paris
2010 · album
Presenting Jimmy Raney
1951 · album
1955 Vol. 1
1955 · single
Jimmy Raney Ensemble Vol. 1
1955 · single
Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer
1956 · album
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Biography
Jimmy Raney was the definitive cool jazz guitarist, a fluid bop soloist with a quiet sound who had a great deal of inner fire. He worked with local groups in Chicago before spending nine months with Woody Herman in 1948. From then on he was in the major leagues, having associations with Al Haig, Buddy DeFranco, Artie Shaw, and Terry Gibbs. His work with Stan Getz (1951-1952) was historic, as the pair made for a classic musical partnership. Raney was also very much at home in the Red Norvo Trio (1953-1954) before spending six years primarily working in a supper club with pianist Jimmy Lyon (1954-1960). After playing with Getz during 1962-1963, he returned to Louisville and was outside of music until resurfacing in the early '70s. During the 1970s, Raney recorded often for Xanadu. He worked frequently with his son Doug Raney (who has a very similar sound on guitar) and was less active in the late '80s and '90s, up until his 1995 death. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi