Rich Perry
| Rich Perry | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Educator, Bandleader |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Labels | Steeplechase Records |
| Associated acts | Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Maria Schneider |
| Website | richperrymusic.com |
Rich Perry is an American jazz tenor saxophonist from Cleveland, Ohio.
Rich Perry attended Bowling Green State University for a year before moving to New York. Perry first toured with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1975, and followed it with time in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra the following year.[1] He has also played with Chet Baker, Paul Bley, Machito, Bob Moses, Jack McDuff, Billy Hart, Eddie Gómez, Tom Harrell, and Harold Danko. He has released copiously as a leader since 1993 on Steeplechase Records.
Perry is currently a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as well as Maria Schneider's Orchestra. He is an adjunct faculty member of the William Paterson University Jazz program.[2]
Discography
As leader
- To Start Again (Steeplechase Records, 1993)
- Beautiful Love (Steeplechase, 1994)
- What Is This? (Steeplechase, 1995)
- Left Alone (Steeplechase, 1997)
- Cancoes do Brasil (Steeplechase, 2000)
- So in Love (Steeplechase, 2000)
- Doxy (Steeplechase, 2000)
- O Grand Amor (Steeplechase, 2001)
- Hearsay (Steeplechase, 2002)
- At Eastman (Steeplechase, 2003)
- East of the Sun and West of 2nd Avenue (Steeplechase, 2004)
- You're My Everything (Steeplechase, 2005)
- Rhapsody (Steeplechase, 2006)
- At the Kitano, Vol. 1 (Steeplechase, 2006)
- E.Motion (Steeplechase, 2007)
- At the Kitano, Vol. 2 (Steeplechase, 2008)
- Gone (Steeplechase, 2010)
- At the Kitano, Vol. 3 (Steeplechase, 2010)
- Grace (Steeplechase, 2011)
- Time Was (Steeplechase, 2010)
As sideman
- Pete Malinverni: "Invisible Cities"
- Rufus Reid: "The Gait Keeper", "Live At The Kennedy Center"
- Gary Versace: "Time And Again"
- Dave Scott: "Song For Amy", "Naivete","Nonchalant"
- Christian Finger: "Merge Into Beauty"
- George Mraz: "Bottom Lines", "Mraz Jazz", with Richie Beirach, Al Foster
- Fred Hersch: "Songs Without Words", "Point in Time", "Forward Motion"
- Ron McClure: "Soft Hands", "Dream Team", "Double Triangle", with Tim Hagans, Mark Copeland, Billy Hart
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: "Up From The Skies", "The Way", "Can I Persuade You", "Lickety Split", "The Thad Jones Legacy"
- Andy LaVerne: "Pianissimo"
- Paul Bley: "Speechles" ,with Victor Lewis
- The John Fedchock New York Big Band: "Up And Running", "No Nonsense", "On the Edge"
- Dave Stryker: "Blue to the Bone" , "Big Room"
- Lee Konitz: "RichLee"
- Steve Lampert: "Venus Perplexed", "Music From There"
- Joe Henderson: "The Joe Henderson Big Band"
- Clay Jenkins: "Matters Of Time"
- Sila Cevikce: "A New Abode"
- Aaron Irwin: "Into The Light"'
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Rich Perry: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ↑ "News and Events". William Paterson University. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
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