Ron Westray
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Ronald Kenneth Westray Jr. (born June 13, 1970, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. He holds a B.A. from South Carolina State University and a Master of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University. He has played with Marcus Roberts, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (since its inception in 1993), and has been a regular member of the Mingus Big Band.[1] In 2005 he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2009 he was appointed to the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance at York University.
Discography
- Westray Digs In (New Jazz Renaissance, 2002)
- Medical Cures for the Chromatic Commands of the Inner City (Blue Canoe, 2008)
- Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin Live from Austin (Blue Canoe, 2011)
- Jimi Jazz (Blue Canoe, 2014)
- Magisteria (Blue Canoe, 2015)
As sideman
With Wycliffe Gordon
- Bone Structure (Atlantic, 1996)
References
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External links
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- 1970 births
- American jazz trombonists
- American male trombonists
- Eastern Illinois University alumni
- Living people
- South Carolina State University alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- 21st-century American trombonists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians