Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Ray Chew (born c. 1968) is an American musician who specializes in keyboards and contemporary and orchestral arranging.Chew was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band from 1980 to 1983. As of the late 2000s, he is the music director for the syndicated television series Showtime at the Apollo, and the bandleader on the The Singing Bee.Chew was the bandleader during the 2008 Democratic National Convention and at the Barack Obama Neighborhood Ball a the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.He grew up in the Grant Houses, located on 125th Street, several blocks west of the Apollo Theater.As of 2009, he was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, having moved there from New York City in the late 1990s.It was announced on December 30, 2010 that he will be replacing Rickey Minor as the new music director on American Idol.In February 2014, it was announced that he will also be replacing Harold Wheeler as orchestra leader, starting in upcoming eighteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.. }
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- Ray_Chew abstract "Ray Chew (born c. 1968) is an American musician who specializes in keyboards and contemporary and orchestral arranging.Chew was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band from 1980 to 1983. As of the late 2000s, he is the music director for the syndicated television series Showtime at the Apollo, and the bandleader on the The Singing Bee.Chew was the bandleader during the 2008 Democratic National Convention and at the Barack Obama Neighborhood Ball a the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.He grew up in the Grant Houses, located on 125th Street, several blocks west of the Apollo Theater.As of 2009, he was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, having moved there from New York City in the late 1990s.It was announced on December 30, 2010 that he will be replacing Rickey Minor as the new music director on American Idol.In February 2014, it was announced that he will also be replacing Harold Wheeler as orchestra leader, starting in upcoming eighteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.".