Ray Draper Catalog
1957 (age 17)
Ray Draper Quintet - Tuba Sounds Prestige PRLP 7096 1957
Ray Draper, tuba; with Jackie McLean, alto sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Spanky DeBreast, bass; Ben Dixon, drums; and introducing Webster Young, trumpet.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 15, 1957
| 1143 | House Of Davis |
| 1144 | Terry Anne |
| 1145 | You're My Thrill |
| 1146 | Pivot |
| 1147 | Jackie's Dolly |
| 1148 | Mimi's Interlude |
** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1936-2 in 2000.
The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane New Jazz NJLP 8228 1960
Ray Draper, tuba; John Coltrane, tenor sax #1-5; Gil Coggins, piano; Spanky De Brest, bass; Larry Ritchie, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 20, 1957
| 1. 1410 | Under Paris Skies |
| 2. 1411 | Clifford's Kappa |
| 3. 1412 | Filide |
| 4. 1413 | Two Sons |
| 5. 1414 | Paul's Pal |
| 6. 1415 | I Hadn't Anyone Till You |
** also released on The John Coltrane|Ray Draper Quintet, Prestige MPP-2507 in 1980. and on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-986-2 in 1998.
1958
Ray Draper - A Tuba Jazz Jubilee JLP 1090 1959
Ray Draper, tuba; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Jon Mayer as John Maher, piano; "Spansky" DeBrest, bass; Larry Ritchie, drums.
NYC, November, 1958
| B11145 | Essii's Dance |
| B11146 | Doxy |
| B11147 | I Talk To The Trees |
| B11148 | Yesterday's |
| B11149 | Oleo |
| B11150 | Angel Eyes |
** also released on Ray Draper, Josie Jazz Series JJM-3504 in 1963. and on John Coltrane - Like Sonny, Roulette (E) CD-ROU 1012 in 1990, CDP 7 93901 2 in 1990.
** part of Joe Newman, Zoot Sims, Ray Draper, John Coltrane - Echoes Of An Era: Locking Horns, Roulette RE-128 in 1976.
1969 (age 29)
Red Beans And Rice Featuring Ray Draper Epic BN 26461 1969
Phil Wood (Taurus), trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, arranger, vocal; David Dahlsten (Aries), trombone, congas; Richard Aplan (Capricorn), tenor sax, bass clarinet, arranger; Bob Hogans (Virgo), organ, vocal, valve trombone; Tommy Trujillo (Virgo), guitar, vocal; Ron Johnson (Aries), bass; Paul Lagos (Cancer), drums; Ray Draper (Leo), vocal, tuba, valve trombone, arranger, leader; Rodney Gooden III (Scorpio), vocal, bass clarinet.
released 1969
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