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Ray Gelato

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Paul McCartney chose Ray Gelato to play at his wedding, Bryan Adams managed to get him for his party, he opened Robbie Williams’ concert at the Royal Albert Hall and he’s played for Her Majesty twice. Ray Gelato is a maestro of swing and jazz, an entertainer and saxophone player of the first degree.

In 2004 he signed a multi album major record company deal and released the acclaimed ‘Ray Gelato’ album described by Music Week Magazine as “A well made and brilliantly sung 15 track album”. Since then Ray has been busier than ever. He performed his self penned track “A Pizza You” on ITV’s This Morning. Due to viewer demands the producer’s asked the band back to perform the live favourite “Just a Gigolo” on the show for an unprecedented second time in two weeks. Other national TV appearances included performances on Top of the Pops 2, the Terry & Gaby Show, BBC News, Strictly Dance Fever and Good Food Live where Ray demonstrated his talents as a chef.

Summer 2004 saw Ray and his powerful 7 piece band touring around the UK and Europe playing at all the major festivals in Spain, Germany, Greece, Switzerland and a ground breaking 7th successful 10 day residency at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy.

He performed at the BBC Proms in the Park in front of an excited audience of 40,000 in Hyde Park, London alongside The Corrs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. What followed was a sold out weeklong residency at Pizza Express in Dean St London. The critics loved it: “..arguably the only British jazz group with a proper stage show” commented Jack Massarik of the The Evening Standard.

Ray performed at Ronnie Scott’s Club’s 45th anniversary concert at The Barbican in London along side Cedar Walton, Mingus Big Band, Elkie Brooks and Liane Carol. He also had a very inspired 3-week residency at the legendary jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s Club in London’s Soho.

In 2005 Ray and his band headlined the first night of the Dubai International Jazz Festival with a bill that included Claire Martin , the Peter King Quartet and Jazz Matrix featuring Jim Mullen . In March and April a UK tour of regional theatres culminated in a packed out show at The Bloomsbury Theatre in London.

In 2006 Ray was nominated for BBC Radio 2 Jazz Artist of the Year. Clare Teal and Jamie Cullum joined him in the same category. Backed by a 35 piece orchestra Ray performed alongside amongst others Katie Melua and Will Young at the BBC's VE Day Concert in Trafalgar Square in May. His tracks have been used for a Levi's advert and in the Jude Law movie Enigma and in Hilary Duff’s and Heather Locklear’s movie, ‘The Perfect Man', securing the rights to Ray's self penned song ‘Givin' Up Givin' Up.
At the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards Ray was nominated in the category of ‘Best of Jazz’. This was when his album 'Hey There' was released - The 15 track album consists of all time classics like ‘That’s Amore’ and ‘You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You’ mixed with dancefloor classics like ‘Mambo Italiano’ and the stomping ‘Mutton Leg’.
In 2006 Ray toured Brazil for the first time. The band made their 7th appearance at Umbria Jazz, and also embarked on a highly successful UK theatre tour. Ray was nominated for ' Best Male Vocalist' and ' Best Small Group' and won the ' Best UK Small Group' award at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards in 2007. A very busy year with an impressive gig schedule all over Europe that has continued right into 2008.
Ray truly is one of the last in the long line of “great” jazz entertainers with countless albums, releases and world tours under his belt, and 25 years in the business. He’s scooped a number of awards and nominations including Ronnie Scott’s Best Band, plus a nomination for BBC ‘Heart of Jazz’ in 2008.

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