Ray Warleigh

Raymond 'Ray' Kenneth Warleigh (born 28 September 1938, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), is a leading UK-based alto saxophonist and flautist. Arriving in England in 1960, he quickly established himself as an in-demand session musician.

He has played and recorded with major figures and bands of the UK jazz and blues scene, including Alexis Korner, Tubby Hayes, Humphrey Lyttelton, Terry Smith, Ronnie Scott, Long John Baldry, Nick Drake, Charlie Watts, John Mayall, Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Georgie Fame, Mike Westbrook, Dick Morrissey and Kenny Wheeler as well as accompanying visiting major foreign artists such as Champion Jack Dupree.

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