Press & Reviews
"...and that Tim Ray at the piano - he slays me every single night!" — Bonnie Raitt
"Tim surprises us on that song every night. And it's always a good surprise." — Lyle Lovett
"Pianist Tim Ray emerges as one of the most important new piano voices..." — Michael G. Nastos, All-Music Guide 1999.
"Tim Ray, a masterful pianist, always anticipates the next great thing to play." — Ed Friedland, Tucson Weekly, September 1998.
"We’ll get behind anything Tim Ray wants to try." — 8 Days A Week column, Boston Phoenix, April 2003.
"[Tim Ray's] contributions on piano were first rate; he's a highly intuitive musician with superb technical skills." — Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria (BC) Times Colonist,November 2003.
"Boston pianist Tim Ray suplied the haunting elegy to 'Dakota', and elsewhere merrily romped from blues to Monk." — review of Lyle Lovett concert, Dan Gewertz, Boston Herald, 8/19/01.
"Pianist Tim Ray, a stalwart accompanist for singers here and worldwide..." — Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe, March 30, 2000.
“...Lovett's moving more and more into a jazz direction, with his versatile and well-rehearsed Large Band bebopping at the slightest provocation. Pianist Tim Ray was especially impressive in those forays.” — Variety Magazine reviewing a Lyle Lovett concert, May 8th 1992.
"...an irreverent exploration of the music of Ellington, Monk, and Mingus, as well as the trio's own compositions" — Joan Anderman (discussing Tim’s 50/50 Trio), Boston Globe, Jan. 5, 2007.
“Pianist Tim Ray ... displayed responsiveness and keen dynamics, and Ray outdid his several fine solos with a chorus where he provided the singer's [Stacey Kent’s] only accompaniment on "You Go to My Head." – Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe, 4/13/00
"... he played with spectacularly delicate force. "-David Peschek, The Guardian (London), 10/10/07
“...The Tim Ray Trio took the town by storm again... Tim Ray is a young man but he plays a mean piano. Mean to the point of amazing.” — Telluride Times referring to an appearance at the Telluride Jazz Festival.
"... [Tim Ray] is unquestionably a world-class musician." — Herb Pomeroy, trumpet legend, 1996.
