Uploaded by Tzazilas on Sep 13, 2011
As Included in the complication album "Jazz for A Lazy Day", track #3.
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Ricky Ford (born March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976. After this he played with Charles Mingus (1976-77), Dannie Richmond (1978-1981), Lionel Hampton, and then in the Mingus Dynasty (1982). In 1985 he played with Abdullah Ibrahim. He has recorded extensively as a leader for Muse Records and Candid Records.
He taught at Istanbul Bilgi University until 2006.
He founded in 2009 the Toucy Jazz Festival in Yonne (France), and invited musician like Rhoda Scott (2009) and Ravi Coltrane (2011).
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what a tone !!
slyme1711 2 months ago
Thanks for posting. Ricky is one of my favorite tenor players. Can't understand why there isn't more of him around.
slyme1711 2 months ago