Ray Russell (musician)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British musician
Is Guitarist 
Jazz musician 
Musician 
Composer 
Jazz guitarist 
Film score composer 
From United Kingdom 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Music 
Gender male
Birth 4 April 1947, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Age: 73 years

Raymond ‘Ray’ Russell (born 4 April 1947) is an English session musician who is primarily a guitarist. He is also renowned as a record producer and composer.

In 1973 he was a member of the band Mouse, who released a progressive rock album entitled Lady Killer for the Sovereign record label.

His TV compositions have included A Touch of Frost, Bergerac, Plain Jane, A Bit of a Do, Rich Tea and Sympathy, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Dangerfield and Grafters, as well as many other British and American television programmes.

He also played in the DVD “Simon Phillips Returns” with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson.

Along with colleagues Mo Foster and Ralph Salmins, Russell gives musical seminars at UK educational establishments and occasionally other venues around the world.

In 2008 Russell, in collaboration with drummer, Ralph Salmins, and sound engineer Rik Walton, created Made Up Music, a music library that has eschewed the usual methodology of distributing audio CDs to sound studios and production companies. It currently achieves its music distribution partially from its website and partially by distributing portable hard drives to music editors. The company features music written and performed by Russell and several other well-established session players, including Mo Foster, Steve Donnelly and Simon Eyre.

Solo discography

  • Turn Circle (1968) CBS
  • Dragon Hill (1969) CBS
  • Rites & Rituals (1971) CBS
  • Secret Asylum (1973) Black Lion
  • Ready or Not (1977) DJM 2002 reissue Angel Air
  • This Side Up (1989) B&W Records
  • A Table Near The Band (1990) 2008 reissue Angel Air
  • Guitars From Mars (1990) Virgin
  • Why Not Now (1988) 2004 reissue Angel Air
  • Childscape (1990) [Ray Russell Featuring Gil Evans And Mark Isham} a reissued and renamed Why Not Now B&W Records
  • June 11th 1971: Live at the ICA / Retrospective (2000) Mokai
  • A Touch of Frost (2003) Universal
  • The Composer’s Cut (2005) Angel Air
  • Goodbye Svengali (2006) Cuneiform Records
  • Myths & Legends (2007) Strip Sounds
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