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Keith Pray is a saxophonist and composer from 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 in many other local groups.
Pray taught saxophone at SUNY Oneonta, and arranging and jazz history at Schenectady County Community College. He is currently the director of Proctor’s Theater Summer Jazz Institute and teaches instrumental music in the Schenectady City School District.
He has shared the stage with Paul Anka, Benny Golson, The Temptations, Ray Vega, David “Fathead” Newman, Lew Soloff, Mark Vinci, Ralph Lalama and Jerry Weldon.
His performing and recording work spans a wide spectrum, 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; the 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 — available on iTunes and CDBaby.
- Keith Pray: One Last Stop — available on CDBaby.
- Keith Pray: Rhythm of the Blues — available on CDBaby.