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Jerry Gray (arranger)

Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915 – August 10, 1976)[1] was an American violinist, arranger, composer, and leader of swing dance orchestras (big bands) bearing his name. He is widely known for his work with popular music during the Swing era.[2] He worked with the bandleaders Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller.

Jerry Gray

Generoso Graziano

(1915-07-03)July 3, 1915
East Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

August 10, 1976(1976-08-10) (aged 61)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Swing, jazz

Bandleader, composer, arranger, musician

Violin

1930s–1970s

Decca

Early life[edit]

Jerry Gray was born Generoso Graziano in East Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1] His father, Albert Graziano, was a music teacher who began teaching his son violin at age seven. As a teenager Graziano studied with Emanuel Ondříček and was a soloist with the Boston Junior Symphony Orchestra.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Jerry Gray married Barbara Ann Denby in 1951. They had a son, Albert Gray, named after Jerry Gray's father, who taught him how to play violin. Later, after a divorce, he married Joan Barton (1925–1977), a vocalist and film actress.[6]

(1986)

Tough Guys

(1954)

The Glenn Miller Story

Artie Shaw, Collected Papers, University of Arizona School of Music

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, George T. Simon, 1974

Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band – liner notes, Ed Polic; BMG Music 2001