ABSTRACT
San Fernando Valley, and Sid found work arranging music for television. Ray invited
them to dinner one night at Southridge. Sid no longer produced Ray’s records, but Ray
continued giving him songs to arrange, and West Washington became one of Sid’s
landmarks as he learned his way on and off the freeways. It was a busy place, Percy May-
field going over new tunes with Ray on the office piano, the Four Tops stopping by with
Stevie Wonder to say respectful hellos. Ike and Tina Turner might be rehearsing in the
studio, or Quincy Jones recording a Chrysler radio commercial. Tenor sax player Clif-
ford Solomon, who had known Ray since his first days in LA, played for Quincy, and
one day Ray heard him blowing a riff. “Is that you out there, Sol?” he asked. “Yeah,
RC,” said Clifford and they had a laughing reunion.
