• Steve Gray, musician, born April 18 1944 Middlesborough England; died September 20 2008 The musical presence of Steve Gray. As a session keyboard player in the 1970s, he played for Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, Lalo Schifrin, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr, John Barry and many others, but he never regarded himself as a creative pianist and was shy of the role in the presence of the jazz players he loved. In the 1980s he was the keyboardist in the guitarist John Williams' crossover band Sky - participating in several hit albums - but played down his part. After he l…
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