Ray Leatherwood

American jazz double-bassist. Born : April 24, 1914 in Itasca, Texas. Died : January 29, 1996 in Camarillo, California. Ray worked in the bands of Joe Venuti, Bob Chester, Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown, sessionman in the 1950s and 1960s, recorded with Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Julie London, Pete Fountain, Sonny James and many others.