Ray Arvizu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ray Arvizu

American musician

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1953

Date of Death: 09-Aug-2001

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ray Arvizu (born Reynaldo Arvizu) (1953 – August 9, 2001), better known as Ray "Daddy" Arvizu, was a prolific blues and jazz saxophonist, working with famous musicians such as Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop.
During the years of 1975 - 1976 Ray also worked and recorded [rock] saxophone with Richard Pinal in Bakersfield, California. He died on August 9, 2001, from respiratory infection resulting from a freak accident five years earlier when a piece of nightclub ceiling fell on him, broke his back, and led to pulmonary hypertension.