Ray Pitts

American musician (1932–2012)
Person human Q285346

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
September 30, 1932
Date of death
November 2, 2012
Place of birth
Boston
Place of death
Nivå
Family name
Pitts[19]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Instrument
saxophone[23]
Place of burial
Garnison Cemetery[7]
Residence
Denmark (1962–1975), New York City (1975–present), Denmark (1980–present)[16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
298149294077880520278
Library of Congress authority ID
nr98023172
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001733762
DR music artist ID
9632
Danish National Filmography person ID
124368
Danskefilm person ID
9222
Danskfilmogtv person ID
12258
Discogs artist ID
341530
Geni.com profile ID
6000000017462653284
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11r80qqhs
Gravsted.dk ID
raypitts
IMDb ID
nm1381289
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Lex ID
Ray_Pitts
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007328025605171
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpTYp9qQkKrdYqbjJd84q

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Summary

Ray Pitts was born in Boston[1]. He was born on September 30, 1932[2]. He passed away in Nivå[3]. He died on November 2, 2012[4]. He worked as a saxophonist[5] and jazz musician[6].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: DK[25]

  • Began / founded: 1932-09-30[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2012-11-02[27]

  • Genre(s): jazz[28]

  • Community tags: jazz[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bc976164-8d2b-4f8b-8690-fbf77891e018[30]

Body

Education

Educated at Princeton University[12], a private university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1746[33], headquartered in Princeton[34] and University of Copenhagen[13], a public research university[35], in Denmark[36], founded in 1479[37].

FAQs

Where was Ray Pitts born?

Ray Pitts's place of birth was Boston[1].

Where did Ray Pitts die?

Ray Pitts passed away in Nivå[3].

Who was Ray Pitts married to?

Ray Pitts's spouses include Grethe Kemp[8].

What did Ray Pitts do for work?

Ray Pitts worked as saxophonist[5] and jazz musician[6].

Where did Ray Pitts go to school?

Ray Pitts was educated at Princeton University[12] and University of Copenhagen[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . komponistbasen.dk. Retrieved . komponistbasen.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [12] ↑ . komponistbasen.dk. Retrieved . komponistbasen.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . komponistbasen.dk. Retrieved . komponistbasen.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . dr.dk. Retrieved . dr.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . dr.dk. Retrieved . dr.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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