Ron Westray/Tray Deuce

Tray Deuce / Ron Westray - one and the same - and different sides of creativity the way it's supposed to be



LET'S BE CLEAR: Tray Deuce is not about a mid-life-crisis, or the 40 yr. old rapper syndrome.  I wanted to rap before I started playing trombone. I spent the majority of my career in a band with a horn up to my mouth. “Just shut up and play the trombone.” Right? Further, Tray Deuce is a reflection of my compositional interests and the expansion of my skills in electronic music.  Tray Deuce Is my way of saying I don’t care about perceptions and opinions (to put it nicely). SMILE.  In MUSIC, I please MYSELF....first. Critics should focus on whether or not they like the Music, not on my decisions as a musician.  


Drop Mic- TD



Take in the sounds of Tray Deuce:


RON WESTRAY is a musician and composer best known for his work with Wynton Marsalis. Ron joined York University's Music Department in 2009 as the Oscar Peterson Chair In Jazz Performance, a position endowed by the Government of Ontario to commemorate legendary Canadian jazz artist Oscar Peterson. Ron Westray produces his alter ego, Tray Deuce, doing hardcore rap, West Coast rap, funk, jazz, headnodic, heavy backbeat.


FIND TRAY DEUCE MIXTAPES HERE, HERE & HERE

FIND OUT ABOUT YORK UNIVERSITY HERE

RON WESTRAY HAS PREVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTED A PIECE TO THIS PLATFORM, READ IT HERE