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Ray Herrmann (born September 3, 1960) is an American
saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ...
&
flutist The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
from
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, United States. He's currently the saxophonist for the band
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since taking over for the retired original saxophonist/flutist and group founder,
Walter Parazaider Walter Parazaider (born March 14, 1945) is an American woodwind musician best known for being a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He plays a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionall ...
, but filled in for Parazaider for over a decade on numerous tours going back to 2005. Herrmann was promoted to an official member of Chicago in 2016. Herrmann graduated from the University of North Texas. Before joining the band Chicago, Herrmann was a Los Angeles studio musician performing with Bob Dylan and Carlos Santana.


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Ray Herrmann's Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herrmann, Ray Living people American male saxophonists American rock saxophonists American Roman Catholics Chicago (band) members 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists 21st-century American male musicians 1960 births