Ray Draper
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Raymond Allen Draper (1940–1982) was an American hard bop tuba player.
After attending the Manhattan School of Music in the mid-1950s, he played or recorded with Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Don Cherry, Horace Tapscott, Archie Shepp, Teddy Wender,Brother Jack McDuff, Dr. John and Howard Johnson. He also recorded as a leader in the late 1950s.
