== Data == '''Born:''' "Raymond Abramson", New York City, USA '''Died:''' probably during the 90s '''Active:''' 40s-50s '''Instruments:''' Tenor sax == Biography == Tenor saxophonist who toured with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9ba8ccb-505f-4e5c-b909-65998d0d35b5.html|Dizzy Gillespie] (1946) and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f4a5470b-6ced-4bf5-9fbb-aeaf1646619f.html|Don Redman] (1946), then [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ad248993-817e-4e86-a267-000b19b8820c.html|Andy Kirk] (1948-1949) and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/10e5004d-c636-4f6f-8cf6-deefe007764e.html|Hot Lips Page], '''Ray Abrams''' started in Brooklyn combos. He eventually led his own Big Band (1947), and was spotted with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/58234c8b-954e-4617-9c7e-4a8712f41a23.html|Roy Eldridge], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6c74c2d-1631-40be-8914-2ca99c8e511a.html|Bill Harris] and [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/48b82408-3db2-4a96-bd97-129fbdeddfc4.html|Slim Gaillard], before slowly fading out into rhythm and blues formations. == Discography Highlights == Can be heard on ''Boogie Woogie Hannah'', with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/98e2f2c2-2b24-42f6-8b38-74414dfca3bf.html|Cousin Joe] (1946).