Jazz Articles about Ray Blue

About Ray Blue

Radio & Podcasts

Orrin Evans, Benny Golson & Ray Blue

by Joe Dimino
July 2, 2023

From the award-winning chops of Ray Blue, we kick off the 809th Episode of Neon Jazz with a cut off his latest project called #People. From there, we hear new music from Bruno Raberg, John Allee, Orrin Evans and Gordon Lee. In between, listen for luminaries including Benny Golson, Howard McGhee and Lew Soloff. We wrap it all up with Clark Gibson. Dig the jazz, my friends.Playlist Ray Blue “We'll Be Together Again" #People (Jazzheads) 0:00 Host talks ...

Album Review

Ray Blue: Work

by Edward Blanco
April 8, 2020

New York-based and bred, tenor saxophonist Ray Blue is no novice but a veteran player who has not received the accolades he so deserves. Perhaps after laying down and documenting an incredible volume of music on Work, the spotlight will shine a little brighter on this unheralded player. A composer and educator, as well as one of the most in-demand musicians in New York, Blue is a soulful performer, a full-throated sax man with a fluid and lyrical style which ...