Raleigh Dailey
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies

Degrees:
Kent State University (B.M., 1991)
University of North Texas (M.M., 1996)
University of Kentucky (Ph.D., 2007)

Telephone: 859-257-6413

Email: rdail2@uky.edu

Raleigh Dailey is an internationally recognized jazz pianist, composer, scholar, and educator. Currently Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Dailey studied at Kent State University (B.M., 1991), the University of North Texas (M.M., 1996), and the University of Kentucky (Ph.D., 2007).

Dr. Dailey has performed widely throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. In 2002 he was selected to perform at the 3rd Annual International Martial Solal Jazz Piano Competition in Paris, France. He performs regularly with Miles Osland, with whom he completed a performing tour in Ecuador, South America. He is the pianist and staff arranger for the DiMartino-Osland Jazz Orchestra, recording with that ensemble for Sea Breeze Records.

His compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by numerous college and university jazz ensembles, as well as by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the United States Air Force, and the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble. Dr. Dailey was the recipient of the 2000 Al Smith Fellowship for Musical Composition sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council. Dr. Dailey’s scholarly work has appeared in IAJE Research Papers, The Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Jazz Improv Magazine, Notes, and Teaching Music Through Performance In Jazz.

As Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Dailey currently teaches courses in jazz piano and jazz improvisation, as well as directing the jazz combo program and the University of Kentucky Lab Band. The UK Lab Band under his direction has performed regionally as well as at jazz festivals in Elmhurst, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky. Current projects include performances in Beijing, China with Vince DiMartino and research on the history of free jazz in America.