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The Ricky Ford Quartet at Bop Shop Records

Courtesy of Tom Kohn | Posted on February 10, 2020

Where

Bop Shop Records
1460 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY
Map
585-271-3354

The Ricky Ford Quartet at Bop Shop Records

When

Sat, April 11, 2020
8:00 pm

At Door

$20 , 25 , 15

Musicians

Ricky Ford
saxophone, tenor
Jerome Harris
guitar, electric

About

An excellent veteran tenor saxophonist inspired by Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, RICKY FORD was playing creative hard bop several years before Wynton Marsalis. He studied at the New England Conservatory, with, among others, Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake; then, while still in his early 20s, he toured with both the Duke Ellington Orchestra (under Mercer Ellington's leadership) and Charles Mingus. By the 1980s, he was considered one of the leading tenor saxophonists of his generation. He worked with Dannie Richmond's Quintet, Lionel Hampton, Mal Waldron, Beaver Harris, and Abdullah Ibrahim’s Ekaya, and also recorded an excellent string of over a dozen albums as a leader for the Muse and Candid labels. Since the 1990s he has been living in France. He taught at Istanbul Bilgi University, as well, in 2000- 2007. He has become a leader among the community of expatriot jazz musicians living in France. He has done a considerable amount of writing for big band, performing with the Paris-based Ze Big Band, while continuing to perform and record with small groups as well. ...

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