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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 <a href="spotify:artist:2KSxJY1WxGGVYSmoM0N54P">Woody Herman</a> in 1948. From then on he was in the major leagues, having associations with <a href="spotify:artist:5pKOfv4XsvzGu3jZW02YKp">Al Haig</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4PGmuM1NRpb2AynvthlC6y">Buddy DeFranco</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5wam12nGWDBIrLDV78TNSF">Artie Shaw</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4vc7AQ05GYmIYTzly9xjbp">Terry Gibbs</a>. His work with <a href="spotify:artist:0FMucZsEnCxs5pqBjHjIc8">Stan Getz</a> (1951-1952) was historic, as the pair made for a classic musical partnership. Raney was also very much at home in <a href="spotify:artist:6TDBjaKrCj3BvbxhiUSbog">the Red Norvo Trio</a> (1953-1954) before spending six years primarily working in a supper club with pianist Jimmy Lyon (1954-1960). After playing with <a href="spotify:artist:0FMucZsEnCxs5pqBjHjIc8">Getz</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:5fWwoLmkatlQXE1p4vDrV4">Doug Raney</a> (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
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