Ray started playing the drums when he was eleven years old. He attended William Patterson University, studying drums with John Riley and Horace Arnold.
He has been a member of the KJ Denhert Band for 10 years, a NYC based urban folk/jazz group that has been a staple of NYC's 55 Bar's performance roster, and a regular at the Umbria Jazz Festival. Mr. LeVier has performed with jazz guitarists Mike Stern, Wayne Krantz and fusion violinist Joe Deninzon.

Read the Modern Drummer feature on Ray HERE.