Jimmy Raney是最具代表性的冷爵士吉他手，在安静的音色和流畅的bop乐句里隐藏着大量的激情。在50年代早期，Raney与萨克斯演奏家Getz在演奏中建立了一种独有的默契。深受Charlie Parker影响的Raney在吉他上出了悠闲的swing乐句，他的和声感、近乎无暇的清晰度和不俗的风格使他远远超出了同时代的吉他手，除了Tal Farlow也许无人能与之媲美。



by Scott Yanow
Jimmy Raney was the definitive cool jazz guitarist, a fluid bop soloist with a quiet sound who had a great deal of inner fire. He worked with local groups in Chicago before spending nine months with Woody Herman in 1948. From then on he was in the major leagues, having associations with Al Haig, Buddy DeFranco, Artie Shaw, and Terry Gibbs. His work with Stan Getz (1951-1952) was historic, as the pair made for a classic musical partnership. Raney was also very much at home in the Red Norvo Trio (1953-1954) before spending six years primarily working in a supper club with pianist Jimmy Lyon (1954-1960). After playing with Getz during 1962-1963, he returned to Louisville and was outside of music until resurfacing in the early '70s. During the 1970s, Raney recorded often for Xanadu. He worked frequently with his son Doug Raney (who has a very similar sound on guitar) and was less active in the late '80s and '90s, up until his 1995 death.