RAY MILLER

During the l920's, Ray Miller was a well-known, highly respected bandleader whose orchestra made many recordings for various companies; it was featured on-the-air for most of that decade. Like Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis and a few others he usually had top jazz musicians amongst his personnel. Most of his records sold extremely well and are not particularly rare today, although a handful remain sought-after collector's items. Despite all this very little is known about Ray Miller himself. Click Here To OrderRay Miller's musical career started with him being at the right time in the right place. That was in 1916 when he was a singing waiter at the Casino Gardens in Chicago. This restaurant happened to be the place where the Original Dixieland Jazz Band appeared before they went to New York and where they wrote musical history. Upon the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's success, Ray decided to try his read more...