Ray Foxley
Raymond Geoffrey Foxley, known as Ray "Professor" Foxley, was born on December
28, 1928, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He was a British jazz pianist and
arranger. Inspired by Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton's "King Porter Stomp",
he began playing jazz at age 14. He joined the Gutbucket Six for their
performance at the "Jazz at the Birmingham Town Hall" festival in 1947. Foxley
then formed the Levee Ramblers, performing in Paris in 1952. Moving to London
mid-1950s, he played with Ken Colyer and Chris Barber. In 1960, he returned to
the Midlands, collaborating with Henry Gardine...
