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Ray, Carline

LC control no.no 97056214
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingRay, Carline
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Variant(s)Russell, Carline
Birth date19250421
Death date20130718
Place of birthManhattan, New York, N.Y.
Place of deathManhattan, New York, N.Y.
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationInternational Sweethearts of Rhythm
Profession or occupationJazz musician
Found inBrown, R. Live in London [SR] p1995: insert (Carline Ray, bass)
Grove music online, Sept. 19, 2005: Jazz (Ray (Russell), Carline; b. Apr. 21, 1925, New York; bass player, guitarist, pianist, and singer)
New York times (online), viewed July 29, 2013 (in obituary published July 27: Carline Ray; b. Apr. 21, 1925, Manhattan; m. Luis Russell (d. 1963); d. July 18, Manhattan, aged 88; pioneering jazz instrumentalist and vocalist who joined the all-female International Sweethearts of Rhythm in the 1940s, later performed with Erskine Hawkins and Mary Lou Williams, and this year released her first recording as a lead vocalist)
Associated languageeng