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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, he studied at Kent State University (B.M., 1991), the University of North Texas (M.M., 1996), and the University of Kentucky (Ph.D., 2007).
Raleigh 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 (Off the Charts [2001] and Quotient [2008]). His most recent international performances were with Vince DiMartino in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.
Raleigh’s 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. He was the recipient of the 2000 Al Smith Fellowship for Musical Composition sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council. He has published articles in IAJE Research Papers, The Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Saxophone Journal, Jazz Improv Magazine, Notes, and Teaching Music Through Performance In Jazz.
As Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Kentucky, Raleigh 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, IL., and Louisville, KY. His current projects include composing new music for the UK Jazztet and research on the history of free jazz in America.