Ricky Ford at Bryant Park New York NY 8/17/84. Ford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,) [1] and studied at the New England Conservatory. [3] In 1974, he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976. [1]After this he played with Charles Mingus (1976–1977), Dannie Richmond (1978–1981), Lionel Hampton ...

2022年8月22日 · Tenor Saxophonist Ricky Ford was born 4 March 1954, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Ford started to play drums, and then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran Blake heard him playing in a Boston Club and persuaded him to study music at the New England Conservatory.

2022年8月22日 · Ricky Ford is a badass tenor saxophonist. Many will recall his fierce and strong playing on his Muse releases in the '80s. Others may be aware that he was a stalwart member of big bands like the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the leadership of Mercer Ellington and with Charles Mingus and later the Mingus Dynasty band. Those Muse disks, and releases on Candid Records, included monster players ...

2023年3月3日 · In a week that the jazz world celebrated the centennial of the mighty tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon and was saddened by the loss of jazz saxophonist giant Wayne Shorter, Ricky Ford made a timely visit to our jazz community. One of the central instruments and sounds of jazz was put on historic display by Ford and his quartet at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. With obvious spiritual ...

Ricky Ford, tenor sax legend, needs no introduction, but he’ll get one anyway because it’s important tohear his lineage before diving into his new recording. After getting his startfilling the Paul Gonsalveschair in theDuke Ellington Orchestra (under Mercer Ellington’s leadership), Ford’s gone on to play withCharles Mingus, Lionel ...

2006年11月22日 · Alto saxophonist James Martin (Jimmy) Ford was born in Houston on June 16, 1927. He was the first Caucasian to join the jazz band of Houston native Milt Larkin.He played with the orchestra in 1947 and 1948 and was referred to as the "white Bird" because his performance style was patterned on that of Charlie Parker.

2017年5月17日 · Love Ricky Ford and seen him play with the last Mingus working band he had and around New York when he lived there at Manhattan Plaza towers. he had a series of albums in the early 80's on a mainstream label whose name escapes me but maybe a google or wiki discography will reveal. on those albums he always had the eccentric genius Jacki Byard on piano and i think Ben Riley on drums, wonderful ...

Ford started to play drums, then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran Blake heard him playing in a Boston Club and persuaded him to study music at the New England Conservatory. (Blake later invited him to play on several albums too, including Rapport, Short Life Of Barbara Monk and That Certain ...

Jonny Ford is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator based in London and is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz scene. Having worked with a diverse array of artists and bands including Mica Paris, Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, Cory Wong, NDR Big Band, Lydian Collective, Ashton Jones, Emma Smith, Gareth Lockrane Big Band, Matt Carter Octet, Tom Smith Big Band, Syd Lawrence ...