Ray Angry
Pianist, composer, and producer Ray Angry is a versatile performer, best known for his work with the Roots, whose style is steeped in the gospel, jazz, funk, and hip-hop traditions. He first emerged as a session player and has worked on albums with the Roots, Joss Stone, Christina Aguilera, Mark Ronson, Robert Randolph, and others. His own albums have showcased his jazz skills, including 2018's small group Ray Angry One and 2020's solo piano date Ray Angry Three. With the Roots, he has performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and contributed to albums like How I Got Over, the Grammy-nominated Undun, and ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin. Plumb, a collaboration with the Roots drummer Questlove and saxophonist David Murray, arrived in 2024.
Born in Albany, Georgia, Angry was raised in Miami where he grew up taking classical piano lessons and playing gospel music. After high school, he studied music at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It was there that he discovered jazz, especially the music of the early Wynton Marsalis group featuring pianist Kenny Kirkland. Prior to his early death in 1998, Kirkland became a mentor and helped guide Angry toward developing his jazz and improvisational skills. After college, Angry moved to New York City where he first met Ahmir Thompson (aka Questlove), the drummer for the Roots. The association also led to Angry recording with singer Joss Stone, Christina Aguilera, Mobb Deep, and Mark Ronson, among others.
By 2008, he was working regularly with the Roots and made his recorded debut with the band on 2010's How I Got Over. It was also during this period that the Roots became the house band on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Angry has contributed to a bevy of projects across the musical spectrum, including albums by Naughty by Nature, Robbie Williams, Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves, Mariah Carey, Robert Randolph, and many more. He and Questlove have collaborated on other projects, including the theme song to Inside Amy Schumer. He shared a Grammy nomination with the Roots for their 2013 album Undun, which he helped produce.
In 2018, Angry made his solo debut with Ray Angry One, a jazz album featuring trumpeters Myron Walden and Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Derrick Hodge, and drummer Eric Harland. More studio work followed, including playing on and producing albums with the Roots, Cindy Blackman Santana, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Ruben Studdard. He also worked with Timo Elliston, co-writing and producing the soundtrack for the Amy Schumer series Life & Beth. An album of solo piano, Ray Angry Three, arrived in 2020. In 2024, he released Plumb, a collaboration with Questlove and jazz saxophonist David Murray.
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Discografía
20 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Plumb
David Murray, Questlove, Ray Angry
Jazz fusión & Jazz rock - Editado por Outside In Music el 21-07-2023
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One
Jazz contemporáneo - Editado por Outside In Music el 16-06-2023
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Ray Angry Three
Jazz - Editado por J.M.I. - Mister Goldfinger Music el 18-08-2023
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Brown Doves
David Murray, Questlove, Ray Angry
Jazz - Editado por Outside In Music el 23-06-2023
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Life & Beth (Original Series Soundtrack)
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por Endeavor Content el 25-03-2022
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Life & Beth Season 2 (Original Series Soundtrack)
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por Fifth Season Music - Lakeshore Records el 01-03-2024
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Like Me
Rotem Sivan, Adam Neely, Ray Angry
Pop - Editado por Sonder House el 02-07-2021
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#TOYLAND
Pop - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 15-12-2021
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Beautiful Horizon
Jazz - Editado por J.M.I. - Mister Goldfinger Music el 14-07-2023
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The Lockdown (Music from the Motion Picture)
Bandas sonoras de cine - Editado por East Bank Studios el 16-08-2024
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#Newbornagain
Soul - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 17-05-2021
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WTML (Don't Shoot!)
Soul - Editado por S-Curve Records el 16-10-2020
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FLATBUSH JUNGLE
Reggae - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 22-08-2021
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Mother's Love
Jazz - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 02-06-2023
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#ALCOHOLICBLUES
Pop - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 17-11-2021
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#THEMETAMORPHOSIS
Pop - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 19-01-2022
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IT'S TIME
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music Group el 07-11-2024
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The Protest
Clásica - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music Group el 29-06-2020
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Caling Out Your Name
House - Editado por Tropical Velvet el 17-11-2023
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#AllAlone
Pop - Editado por Mister Goldfinger Music el 22-02-2022
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