Ray Suhy
Guitar | Bass
Hailing from Biddeford, Maine, and currently residing in Asbury Park, New Jersey, bandleader Ray Suhy is an accomplished and versatile guitarist whose playing style spans multiple genres.
While Ray grew up playing classic rock, blues and metal, he gravitated towards jazz in his teen years after hearing John Coltrane for the first time.
Ray continued to hone his skills by attending Berklee College of Music and The New School Jazz Program. Ray also studied jazz improvisation and theory privately with Charlie Banacos for over ten years.
After college, Ray toured with the bands Colepitz and The Baltic Sea before joining up with East Of The Wall, touring and recording with them from 2011 to 2015. Ray has recorded as a sideman on free jazz records with the likes of Allen Lowe, Matthew Ship and Lewis Porter.
Ray is currently touring and performing with Seasons Of Mist and Dangerous Muse, a 1980s style electro pop band. Ray is also an in-demand New Jersey session guitarist and has been a private guitar instructor for more than 25 years.