Ray Abrams

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This article is for jazz saxophonist Ray Abrams, for the animator see Ray Abrams (animator)

Ray Abrams (born Ray Abramson on January 23, 1920 in New York City; died 1990s) was a jazz and jump blues tenor saxophonist. His brother was jazz drummer Lee Abrams. He first worked with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946 and later with Andy Kirk. He would go back and forth between these two for decases.^[1] Outside of his work with Gillespie he might be best known for the "Ray Abrams Big Band."^[2]

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