Doug Raney

Doug Raney (b. August 29, 1956) is an American jazz guitarist. He is the son of Jimmy Raney.

Raney began his career in his father's band, with Al Haig, at the age of 18. He later played in a duo with his father. He recorded as a leader for SteepleChase extensively in the 1970s and 1980s, and worked with Kenny Barron, Joey DeFrancesco, Billy Hart, Duke Jordan, Jesper Lundgaard, Horace Parlan, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Tomas Franck, Bernt Rosengren, and Chet Baker among others. Doug Raney moved to Denmark in 1977.

Discography

• Introducing Doug Raney (SteepleChase Records, 1977)
• Cuttin' Loose (SteepleChase, 1978)
• Listen (SteepleChase, 1980)
• I'll Close My Eyes (SteepleChase, 1982)
• Meeting the Tenors (Criss Cross Jazz, 1983)
• Everything We Love (Hot Club Records, 1983)
• Blue and White (SteepleChase, 1984)
• Lazy Bird (SteepleChase, 1984)
• Guitar Guitar Guitar (SteepleChase, 1985)
• Something's Up (SteepleChase, 1988)
• The Doug Raney Quintet (SteepleChase, 1988)
• Blues on a Par (SteepleChase, 1993)
• Raney '96 (SteepleChase, 1996)
• Back in New York (SteepleChase, 1996)
• The Backbeat (SteepleChase, 1997)
• You Go to My Head (SteepleChase, 1998)
• Doug Raney Trio (Pony Canyon, 2001)
• Blues, Ballads, Bebop And A Blue Girl (Marshmallow, 2008)