Jazz
RAY FAVORS JR
Six Decades of Soul at the Keys
Ray Favors Jr has spent the better part of six decades with his hands on the keys, and every note he plays carries the weight of that journey. A jazz pianist and composer of extraordinary range, Ray's music draws from the deepest wells of the American musical tradition — bebop, blues, gospel, and soul — and distills them into something unmistakably his own.
At 69, Ray plays with the patience of a man who has nothing left to prove and everything left to say. His compositions are conversations — between the left hand and the right, between the melody and the silence, between the past and the present. There is no rush in his music, only intention.
His work with QA2 Records represents a new chapter: the freedom to record on his own terms, with the production quality his artistry deserves. Ray Favors Jr is not a relic of jazz history — he is its living, breathing continuation.
