Guitar.
Raised in Seattle, Turay was inspired by guitarist Eddie Lang and Django Reinhardt. In the late ’30s, Turay played bass, sitting in with Palmer Johnson at the 411 Club; with Junior Raglin, at the Black and Tan; and in private sessions with Raglin and guittarist Milt Green. After working on cruises and, after the war, with a band at the Roll Inn, downtown, with Al Pierre bassist Bill Rinaldi, Turay joined Elmer Gill at the Ebony, in one of the most popular Jackson Street bands of the late ’50s. A first-call player on the downtown commercial scene, Turay also led his own jazz band at Pete’s Poop Deck. Turay eventually gravitated toward teaching, running the top guitar studio for budding jazz musicians.
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