Ray Santisi was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, recording artist and educator.
11 Facts About Ray Santisi
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Ray Santisi has performed at Carnegie Hall and Boston's Symphony Hall.
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Ray Santisi was professor of piano and harmony at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he taught from 1957 until his death in 2014.
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Ray Santisi was awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in composition and performance.
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Ray Santisi taught at Stan Kenton's summer jazz clinics throughout the US, performing in Europe and Asia.
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Ray Santisi performed at the first Jazz Workshop, the jazz room of Stables nightclub.
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Ray Santisi authored Berklee Jazz Piano, available at Amazon.
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Ray Santisi's trio played the first Sunday of each month for eleven years at Ryles Jazz Club until the month of his death, showcasing standards of Tin Pan Alley and Harlem renaissance.
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Ray Santisi has recorded on Blue Note Records, Capitol Records, Prestige Records, Sonnet Records, Roulette Records, and United Artists Records labels.
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Ray Santisi has recorded on Bethlehem, Transition and Rasan record labels.
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Ray Santisi graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1954 and earned his masters from Boston Conservatory in 1956.