Biography

Ray's career spans 35 yrs as a session man recording artist, composer, producer, songwriter. He has toured with one of the greatest jazz drummers ever ELVIN JONES and also played and recorded with grammy smasher ADELE. He was a founder member and in the original line ups of legendary INCOGNITO & JAZZ WARRIORS bands.

I am also a member of the classic rare groove band CYMANDE and have been touring with them in UK, Europe, USA and Brazil over the last few years.

We are currently performing in live music nights of jazz, ska, reggae, rocksteady and bluebeat celebrating Windrush called #WindrushJazz - visit www.windrushjazz.com for more information.

Ray's Windrush Jazz & Ska Party program delivers much more than your ordinary gig as you'll see from this live version of the Jackie Mittoo classic 'HOT MILK' ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aomXgBW_Gs&lc=z23sydyg3vbbsbl2vacdp430dh0d0lnugi43ijomlixw03c010c.1541431569106365

See the August 2018 Jazzwise Magazine review....

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/15039-ray-carless-wows-with-windrush-jazz-celebration-at-the-vortex

During the set Ray delivers running commentaries and sometimes goes the extra furlong to share his most personal heart-warming Windrush era narratives. These bite-sized stories are utilised as entertaining vehicles to introduce songs from Ray's eclectic repertoire of Windrush inspired tunes.