Results for "Rich Perry"

Rich Perry

Tenor saxophone soloist with Orchestras of Thad Jones-Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Orchestra since 1977. Featured soloist with Maria Schneider Orchestra since 1991, with John Fedchock New York Big Band. Has been a member of groups led by Harold Danko, Fred Hersch, George Mraz, Dave Stryker. Has recorded with Joe Henderson's Big Band in 1992, with Ron McClure, Paul Bley, and Lee Konitz, as well as a number of CDs under his own name on the Steeplechase label.

Introducing Baritone Saxophonist Evan Gongora

by Sanford Josephson
May 1, 2024

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Evan Gongora's father, Oscar, is a classical saxophonist and Founder and Director of The Vitral Saxophone Quartet. “So," recalled the 18-year-old Evan, “he put a saxophone in my mouth at a very early age." Evan “fell in love with the baritone saxophone. I loved the sound. ...

Introducing Saxophonist Olivia Hughart

by Sanford Josephson
March 1, 2024

This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Growing up in Lower Merion, PA, a jny: Philadelphia suburb, Olivia Hughart started playing jazz saxophone in middle school. “My parents were big music lovers," she recalled. “We were listening to music all the time. They're huge Yellowjackets fans, so we'd always listen to Bob Mintzer ...

Mareike Wiening: 'Reveal' Offers Jazz Rhythms of Hope

by Lawrence Peryer
February 17, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On Mareike Wiening. Mareike is a drummer and composer who joined us on the occasion of the release of her third record as bandleader, Reveal (Greenleaf Music). Featuring her long-time group: tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, pianist Glenn Zaleski, guitarist Alex Goodman, and bassist Johannes Felscher, the band is joined on ...

Mareike Wiening: Reveal

by Mark Sullivan
January 12, 2024

Mareike Wiening is a German drummer/composer who began her career in New York, and now divides her time between there and Köln, Germany. On her third album, she continues making music with her New York-based working band, an increasingly rare situation in contemporary jazz. It provides her an opportunity for more compositional experimentation with each release. ...

Reveal

By Mareike Wiening

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Time For Priorities; Choral Anthem; Reveal; Encore; Declaration of Truth; Balada; Old Beginning; The Girl By the Window.

Maria Schneider Orchestra at Hill Auditorium

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 21, 2023

Maria Schneider Orchestra Hill Auditorium 55th Performance of the 144th UMS Annual Season Ann Arbor, Michigan March 11, 2023 An independent thinker with a distinctive voice as a composer, Maria Schneider has been at the forefront of creative big band music for decades even as her recognition among casual jazz ...

Secrets of Inanna

By Connie Han

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Prima Materia; Ereshkigal of the Underworld; Gilgamesh and the Celestial Bull; Morning Star; Vesica Piscis; Young Moon; Ninshubur’s Lament; Wind Rose Goddess; The Gallu Pursuit; Dumuzi of Urak; Desert Air; Enki's Gift.

Connie Han: Secrets of Inanna

by Mike Jurkovic
September 18, 2022

If, when first pressing play on Connie Han's charismatic Secrets of Inanna, you think you have stumbled upon a previously unheard Chick Corea tune with Hubert Laws at its heart and soul, it is okay, calm down, relax. It is just pianist Han (with the help of soulful alto flute and piccolo by Katisse Buckingham ) ...

Onward

By Peter DiCarlo

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Onward; Feast in the Fuar; Stepping Off; The Imposter; Arrival; Hint of Mint; There Will Never Be Another You; Feel Like Makin’ Love.