October 17th @ 9pm – Keith Pray Quartet

Saxophonist and composer Keith Pray is a native of upstate New York who returned to the Capital Region in 2006 after a lengthy tenure in New York City. He performs regularly with the Keith Pray Quartet, the Soul Jazz Revival and the Big Soul Ensemble, and freelances with many other groups in the area.

Pray taught saxophone at SUNY Oneonta and arranging and jazz history at Schenectady County Community College. He is currently director of Proctor’s Theater Summer Jazz Institute and teaches instrumental music in the Schenectady City School District.

He has shared the stage with hundreds of gifted musicians, including Paul Anka, Benny Golson, The Temptations, Ray Vega, David “Fathead” Newman, Lew Soloff, Mark Vinci, Ralph Lalama and Jerry Weldon. Pray has performed and recorded across a range of musical styles, including appearances on ABC’s Good Morning America and The View, Food Network’s Food Nation, The Newport Jazz Festival, Albany’s Riverfront Jazz Festival, The Kingston Jazz Festival, 103.1 Smooth Jazz Festival, Albany’s Tulip Festival, Lark Festival, Fleet Blues Festival and Schenectady’s A Place for Jazz.

Keith Pray’s Big Soul Ensemble is available on iTunes and CDBaby. Keith Pray: One Last Stop and Keith Pray: Rhythm of the Blues are available on CDBaby.