Rich Perry
Rich Perry | |
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| Born | July 22, 1955 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Saxophone |
| Label | SteepleChase |
| Website | www |
Rich Perry is an American jazz tenor saxophonist from Cleveland, Ohio.
Perry attended Bowling Green State University for a year before moving to New York. He toured with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1975 and with 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 recorded as a leader since 1993 on SteepleChase Records.
Perry is currently a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as well as the Maria Schneider Orchestra. He is an adjunct faculty member of the William Paterson University jazz program.[2]
Discography
[edit]As leader or co-leader
[edit]- To Start Again (SteepleChase, 1993)
- Beautiful Love (SteepleChase, 1994)
- What Is This? (SteepleChase, 1995)
- Left Alone (SteepleChase, 1997)
- RichLee! (SteepleChase, 1997) – with Lee Konitz
- Canções 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)
- Nocturne (SteepleChase, 2014)
- Organique (SteepleChase, 2015)
- Mood (SteepleChase, 2016)
- Other Matters (SteepleChase, 2019)
- Happy Destiny (SteepleChase, 2021)
- Everything Happens (SteepleChase, 2022)
- Progression (SteepleChase, 2023)
- Dream (SteepleChase, 2025)
As sideman
[edit]- Paul Bley Speechless – with Victor Lewis
- Sila Cevikce A New Abode
- John Fedchock New York Big Band Up and Running, No Nonsense, On the Edge
- Christian Finger Merge into Beauty
- Artt Frank Waltz for Sharon Stone (mja Records, 1997)
- Joe Henderson The Joe Henderson Big Band
- Fred Hersch Songs Without Words, Point in Time, Forward Motion
- Aaron Irwin Into the Light
- Clay Jenkins Matters of Time
- Steve Lampert Venus Perplexed, Music from There
- Andy LaVerne Pianissimo
- Pete Malinverni Invisible Cities
- Ron McClure Soft Hands, Dream Team, Double Triangle – with Tim Hagans, Mark Copeland, Billy Hart
- George Mraz Bottom Lines, Mraz Jazz – with Cyrus Chestnut, Al Foster
- Jeanfrançois Prins El Gaucho – with Victor Lewis
- Rufus Reid The Gait Keeper, Live at the Kennedy Center
- Renee Rosnes Manhattan Rain
- Dave Scott Song for Amy, Naivete, Nonchalant
- Dave Stryker Blue to the Bone, Big Room
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Up from the Skies, The Way, Can I Persuade You, Lickety Split, The Thad Jones Legacy
- Gary Versace Time and Again
References
[edit]- ↑ 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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