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Videography[]

Biography[]

Ronald Kenneth Westray, Jr. (b. 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.[2]

Discography[]

As leader[]

  • "Ron Westray/Thomas Heflin Live From Austin." Blue Canoe Records. 2011.
  • "Medical Cures for the Chromatic Commands of the Inner City." Blue Canoe Records. 2008.
  • "Westray Digs In." New Jazz Renaissance Records. 2002.

As sideman[]

With Wycliffe Gordon

  • Wycliffe Gordon & Ron Westray: Bone Structure (Atlantic Jazz).1996

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