Raleigh Dailey
Director, Jazz Arts & Jazz Repertory Orchestras
Raleigh Dailey is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, and educator. He has performed widely throughout the United States, North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He is the pianist and composer for the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra, the Osland/Dailey Jazztet, the Raleigh Dailey Trio, and Tandem.
Raleigh is in high demand as a composer and arranger; his works have been performed and recorded by numerous college, university, military, and professional jazz ensembles. His most recent chamber works are Triptych, Chimera, and Conversations for Trombone and Piano.
He is also the founder of Llama Records, which focuses on jazz and creative music and was the subject of a recent article in Down Beat magazine. Recent recordings include What Happened Next, Measure From Zero (with Peter Evans), Opening Lines (with Tim Daisy and Jason Stein), Essays for Solo Piano (books 1 and 2), and Something Called Freedom.
As Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Kentucky, Dailey teaches courses in jazz piano, improvisation, composition, and small and large jazz ensembles.