ABOUT BOB RAYMOND'S SWING SHIFT

Bob Raymond, lead guitarist,
began the SWING SHIFT
jazz combo on Long Island, NY in 1993.
It grew out of his earlier group, JAZZ FOUR,
entertaining the east end of LI since the middle 1980s.

SWING SHIFT worked through the late 1990s at
popular LINY night spots and was the regular house
band at The Wine Garden in Mattituck for over 3 years.
Other SWING SHIFT "house band" venues include
the famous Hamptons resort, Gurney's Inn .

Bob&Christine's SWING SHIFT

When Bob moved to Florida in 2002, he spent over a
year in the studio recreating all his SWING SHIFT
background arrangements into a midi format to back up
his performances with the full sound of his former combo.

With the classy vocal stylings of Christine Mariani,
SWING SHIFT has worked its musical magic at
public & private parties at the Sheraton Sand Key, the
Countryside Country Club, the Bayou Club, the
Treasure Island Yacht Club, The Wyndham
Westshore Hotel-Tampa, East Lake Woodlands
Country Club, Heritage Springs Country
Club-Trinity and other venues too numerous to
mention. Now you can enjoy all the cool swing, jazz,
Latin, pop and rock standards of the 1930s-1990s while
you dine and dance to SWING SHIFT
...with Christine Mariani !!!

Prior to SWING SHIFT, Bob had, since the '60s,
worked with other jazz, pop and rock groups, wedding
bands, etc. So, here's his tip of the hat to the memories
& friendships he cherishes being part of, over the years:
THE TUDORS... THE KNIGHTMEN...
FRIENDS... THE RANNY REEVE NORTH
FORK JAZZ ENSEMBLE... & JAZZ FOUR...
"And a very special thanks to those whose friendship
and musical tutelage I most appreciate: Bill ('Buck')...
Ranny... Jody... Dick... Vinny (Vincenzo)... Cousin Dave
& Davey G. ("dagod")... George... & Craig !"

Some other facts about Bob:

Bob began his post-college career as an actor. He once
performed in summer stock with a cast that included
Carly Simon (who was only 15 years old at the time).

When Bob was in his early 20s, his rock foursome, the
Tudors, worked as the house band one summer at a Lido
Beach, NY beach resort. They opened for and then
backed up hot acts of the time including the Isley
Brothers. "We nearly got crushed against the stage
back wall when the teenagers rushed the Isleys while
they performed their frantic hit version of 'Shout' !"

Bob was on the air quite a bit as a radio
personality/disc jockey on Long Island, NY. In the
1990s, he syndicated a weekly nostalgia music radio
show called "Once Upon A Tune".
His career also included many years as an educator both
in public schools and on the college level.