ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 14 -- Ray Conniff -- the Grammy-winning arranger, bandleader, composer and trombonist behind some of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s and '60s -- has died. He was 85. Conniff ...
Ray Conniff, who died earlier this week, was another of those swing-era musicians who had two careers. In his first, he was a little-known but excellent jazz trombone player plus top-notch, ...