Ray Conniff, the Grammy Award-winning composer and bandleader whose arrangements epitomized the Big Band sound while spawning such albums as "S'Wonderful" and "Somewhere My Love," has died. He was 85.

Ray Conniff, the Grammy Award-winning arranger and bandleader whose arrangements continued and modernized the Big Band sound while spawning such albums as "'SWonderful" and "Somewhere My Love," has ...

Ray Conniff, the Grammy Award-winning composer and bandleader whose arrangements epitomized the big band sound while spawning such albums as "S'Wonderful" and "Somewhere My Love," died Saturday. He… ...

Ray Conniff, who died on Saturday aged 85, was a jazz trombonist whose big band arrangements evolved over 20 years into the lush music favoured as an inducement to buy in supermarkets. Conniff's ...

Ray Conniff, the bandleader, composer and arranger whose orchestra and chorus produced a string of Top 40 popular music albums such as “ ‘S Wonderful” and the Grammy-winning “Somewhere My Love,” has ...

Conniff was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. Early career After serving in the U.S. Army in World War ...

Popular jazz trombonist who studied the formula for making hits. RAY CONNIFF, who died on Saturday aged 85, was a jazz trombonist whose big band arrangements evolved over 20 years into the lush music ...