RAY COYLE
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    Ray is a mallet player/composer and percussionist from the U.K now living in Chicago and active in various musical projects and teaching at several schools.
Ray has also performed extensively in England and Europe and has composed music for film and dance.


Please check out the recent live recordings of the 6 tet.

I have also uploaded some recent "improv" recordings with Rick Shandling on drums, and another with Tom Madeja on trumpet. These are live in studio improvisations. Very little editing was done and everything you hear was as it occured in the studio.Good times !



Please click on the audio player on the left to hear the music.

The Ray Coyle Ensemble will be playing at the famous Green Mill in Chicago on Feb.24th as part of the Chicago Jazz Composers Collective.
We will be playing lots of new compositions featuring French Horn vituoso Jessica Pearce and Thomas Madeja from Nu-Directions Chamber Brass on trumpet.
The show starts at 2:00p.m. Come if you can..........

We are also playing at The Oak Park Arms on March 11th.The show starts at 7:00p.m.


It's bloody cold out there today in Chicago @7 degrees fahrenheit- that minus 13 celcius !!
As they say in England,it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey !!

December 2012:
I'm very haapy to announce that we have been writing and rehearsing new material with a French horn. This is not an instrument one usually associates with jazz but we are lucky to have found an excellent player in Jessica Pearce. She really adds a lopt of sonic depth to the band.We will be recording some of the material soon I hope. In the mean time I have posted some rough demo to give a little taste of things to come.

The line up for the band is:

Shimon Marcucci soprano sax
James Davis trumpet, flugel horn
John Lauler bass
Rick Shandling drums
Jessica Pearce french horn
Ray Coyle vibes /composer






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WE ARE PLAYING AT JERRY'S ON DIVISION ON JULY 10TH @10:00 .











last updated 05 13 12



DON'T FORGET TO TUNE INTO W.Z.R.D. THIS THURSDAY AT 10:30 p.m. for our live broadcast .




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Green Mill gig

The Green Mill, Chicago

With James Davis tpt
Shimon Marcucci sax
Eddie Breitweiser bass
Rick Shandling drums
Ray Coyle vibes

The Green Mill, Chicago With James Davis tpt Shimon Marcucci sax Eddie Breitweiser bass Rick Shandling drums Ray Coyle vibes

The Green Mill , Chicago

The Green Mill , Chicago

RAGE INTO THE NIGHT

Ray Coyle Ensemble-Live at the Green Mill

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Two sides of the same coin [9:10]    Album only
Light at the end of the tunnel. [8:58]    Album only
Rage into the night [8:42]    Album only
Last of the summer whine. [7:41]    Album only
Kumquats and Kilts [7:28]    Album only
Black Friday [7:24]    Album only
Augur [6:18]    Album only
Bloom [7:32]    Album only
Take Damen [5:15]    Album only

Bending the Ear

Ray Coyle and Tom Madeja

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Red [5:04]    Album only
Light Blue [12:43]    Album only
Green [16:08]    Album only
Dark Blue [12:59]    Album only
salmon [5:38]    Album only

Coyle +Shandling

Piet.

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Bluemay [14:30]    Album only
Lite Green [14:05]    Album only
Purple Swing [6:33]    Album only
Red May [18:07]    Album only
Yellow-May [10:04]    Album only

W.N.U.R.Broadcast

Live in the WNUR studios

Ray Coyle vibes, keyboards electronics Rick Shandling drums Doug Rosenberg saxes James Davis trumpet, electronics Wetherberry bass

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Ray Coyle Ensemble .W.N.U.R. [45:20] 
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Live at the Green Mill

Ray Coyle 5 tet live at the Green Mill

Ray Coyle vibes, composer Rick Shandling drums James Davis trumpet Shimon Marcucci soprano sax Eddie Breitweiser bass

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Ray Coyle 5 tet live at the Green Mill [54:58] 
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Live with the wizzard

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Live with the wizzard [73:45] 
Ray Coyle vibraphone, composer, Rick Shandling drums , Shimon Marcucci sop sax, Tom Madeja trumpet JohnLauler double bass .
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wizzard 2 [7:36] 
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HEX: Ray Coyle Quartet

Hex

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Ray Coyle vibes/composer Shimon Marcucci soprano sax Rick Shandling drums Swen Hendrickson bass

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Ray Coyle trio

Ray Coyle trio

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This album was recorded in true stereo by Ken Christianson using a Nagra tape machine . There is no editing just the musicians playing straight into 2 carefully positioned mics . Ray Coyle vibes Jose Ormaza drums Stew Pidd bass

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empty orchestra [3:46]  lyrics
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green on green [3:32]  lyrics
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Canyon Stream

canyon stream

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Ray Coyle mallets, keys Rick Shandling drums

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Marcucci Shandling Coyle

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ray coyle, vibes, marimba, keyboards shimon marcucci soprano sax rick shandling drums

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Feet in the fire Ray Coyle trio

Feet in the fire

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Ray Coyle vibes, composer Rick Shandling drums Mike Staron bass

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The winter of our discontent

The winter of our discontent

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Ray Coyle vibes, marimba keys etc Shimon Marcucci soprano sax C.A.Bruce drums

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