WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF THE RAY COYLE TRIO.
Ray Coyle, vibes, marimba , keys, composer
Tony Wisniewski , double bass
Gary Donnelly , drums and percussion
UPDATE:
Well as regular visitors to the site can see we have a new drummer , Gary Donnelly. Gary has been active on the Chicago scene for quite a few years as a player and teacher and brings a fresh approach and great chops to the band. We are busy working on new material in order to do some recording again in late September. This time we will probably expand the band's sound and bring in some guests on sax and guitar. It should be great and we are all looking forward to it. In the meantime we are off to Ireland.....
Well the sun is now shining in Chicago and it's getting nice and warm again. Summer will be here soon. The trio has been busy rehearsing new material and doing some real stereo recordings with Ken Christianson at the Irish Heritage Center. Ken is an expert in this type of recording technique and has worked with many top players over the years. In fact he just got back from L.A. last week after recording the great Charlie Haden . The sound quality is amazing and relies on the natural acoustics of the hall. Very cool. I,m posting some of the files on this web site although they will be in mp3 format so the sound quality will not really be evident. There are also some recent photos showing my new custom built vibraphone sides made from cherry wood. The new sides make transporting the thing a lot easier. All this thanks to Ted Furman (a.k.a.Spacebrewer). Thanks Ted!!
cheers
Ray
All compositions on this site are original copyrighted compositions by Ray Coyle, except for April in Paris by Duke and Harburg and Chega de Saudade by A.C. Jobim.
