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.

A self-taught arranger and conductor from Attleboro, Mass., Conniff, who died in 2002, specialized in covering popular tunes with his own blend of vocal choruses and light instrumentals. His was an ...

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 ...

2002 - Ray Conniff, the Grammy-winning composer and conductor who pioneered the use of vocal elements in pop arrangements, dies at an Esondido, Calif., hospital after injuring his head in a fall. He… ...

ATTLEBORO -- More than 100 years after his birth, Attleboro native and legendary recording artist Ray Conniff received a lasting ovation from music fans and former neighbors Saturday as an exhibit of ...

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 ...