| 词条 | Ram Ramirez |
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Roger "Ram" Ramirez (September 15, 1913 – 11 January 1994) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a co-writer of the song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" Early lifeRamirez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 15, 1913.[1] He grew up in New York and started playing the piano at a young age.[1] Later life and careerRamirez's first professional performances were in the early 1930s.[1] In 1933 he played with Monette Moore, then with Rex Stewart and Sid Catlett in New York.[1] He joined Willie Bryant in 1935, and toured Europe with Bobby Martin in 1937.[1] During the first half of the 1940s Ramirez played with Ella Fitzgerald, Frankie Newton, Charlie Barnet, John Kirby, and Catlett, in addition to leading his own band.[1] Ramirez wrote "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" in 1942,[7] which became a jazz standard following Billie Holiday's recording of it two years later.[1] He was a freelance into the mid-1950s, when he added electronic organ to his instruments.[1] In 1953 he was in one of Duke Ellington's small groups, as a substitute.[2] Ramirez again toured Europe in 1968, this time with T-Bone Walker.[1] In 1979 and 1980 he was part of the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, including for appearances in Germany.[1] He also freelanced after this,[1] and retired for health reasons in 1987.[7] Ramirez was married to Marcy and had a daughter.[7] He died of kidney failure in Queens, New York City[3] on January 11, 1994.[1] Discography (selection)
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{Citation |last=Vollmer |first=Albert |date=2003 |title=Ramirez, Ram (Roger) |publisher=Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J369300 |accessdate=January 6, 2019 |subscription=yes}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Ram}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://jazzdelapena.com/puerto-rico-project/boricua-jazz-pioneer-rogelio-ram-ramirez-1913-1994/|title=Boricua Jazz Pioneer, Rogelio “Ram” Ramirez (1913-1994) - JazzDeLaPena|first=Tomas|last=Peña|publisher=}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |last= |first= |date=January 17, 1994 |title=Roger Ramirez, 80; Wrote 'Lover Man' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/17/obituaries/roger-ramirez-80-wrote-lover-man.html |work=The New York Times |location= |accessdate=}} 13 : 1913 births|1994 deaths|American people of Puerto Rican descent|American songwriters|American jazz pianists|American male pianists|American jazz composers|Male jazz composers|Jazz-blues pianists|People from San Juan, Puerto Rico|20th-century American pianists|20th-century American composers|20th-century male musicians |
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