Doug Raney Quartet Never Say Yes – 1986 Vinyl LP 2026

Tracklist:

1. Never Say Yes
2. Get Out of Town
3. I’m Old Fashioned
4. I Hear A Rhapsody
5. Giant Steps
6. All Or Nothing At All
7. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Storyville Records present ‘Never Say Yes – 1986’, a previously unreleased live-in-studio recording by the Doug Raney Quartet, captured in Studio 3 at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation on January 9, 1986. The album features Doug Raney on guitar, Ben Besiakov on piano, Jesper Lundgaard on bass, and Finnish drummer Jukkis Uotila. ‘Never Say Yes’ offers seven tracks of inspired modern jazz, full of interplay, elegance, and technical brilliance.

Doug Raney, the son of jazz guitar legend Jimmy Raney, carved out a distinctive path of his own, particularly within the vibrant Scandinavian jazz scene, where he lived and worked for decades. This recording, unearthed from the archives of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, captures Doug in strikingly fine fo