Night in the Life by Gaskins, Ray (CD, 2009) for sale online

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelPassion Music, IMT

UPC5019421135135

eBay Product ID (ePID)4056446509

Product Key Features

Release Year2009

FormatCD

GenreJazz

ArtistGaskins, Ray

Release TitleNight in the Life

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight0.21 lb

Item Length5.57 in

Item Width5.02 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks16

Number of Discs1

Tracks1.1 Ray's Strut 1.2 Crystal Clear 1.3 Butterfly 1.4 Lullabye 1.5 Naima (6:14) 1.6 Ashes to Ashes 1.7 Never Say Die 1.8 I Want to Talk About God 1.9 Down Home 1.10 New York State of Mind 1.11 When I Fall in Love 1.12 Summertime 1.13 Shady Lane 1.14 We Had to Say Goodbye 1.15 Christmas Time 1.16 Shady Lane (Remixed)

NotesRay has been singing in the church at age six and is from the third generation of HARGROVE/GASKINS family singers from the southern region or deep south. He was raised in Baltimore. Maryland, first cousin to diva JOECELYN BROWN and nephew to super diva BARBARA ROY (ah!). He started clarinet at age nine and picked up the saxophone around age sixteen. He served six years in the Navy (phew), began writing dance/house music round twenty four, wrote four consecutive BILLBOARD/CASHBOX charted hits then moved to New York City to form local bands and play clubs. He toured with GORDON EDWARDS' "STUFF" band later to join the PHYLLIS HYMAN BAND on her last two tours. During that time he met ROY AYERS and six months later joined him for four world tours before starting his first of SIX SOLO PROJECTS starting with SOUL CRUSADE (1994) then banging out the funky CD "CAN'T STOP" and the acid jazz Gershwin track "SUMMERTIME" (95) that topped UK charts and sales for over six months.