Ricky Ford

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Ricky Ford (b. March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory.^[1] In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then did time 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 and Candid.

He taught at Istanbul Bilgi University until 2006.

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• Loxodonta Africana with Oliver Beener, Charles Sullivan, Bob Neloms, Richard Davis, Dannie Richmond, 1977
• Manhattan Plaza with Oliver Beener, Jaki Byard, David Friesen, Dannie Richond, 1978
• Flying Colors with John Hicks, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, 1980
• Tenor of the Times with Albert Daley, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Cobb, 1981
• Interpretations with John Hicks, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb, 1982
• Future's Gold with Albert Dailey, Larry Coryell, Ray Drummond, Jimmy Cobb, 1983
• Shorter Ideas with Jimmy Knepper, James Spaulding, Kirk Lightsey, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Cobb, 1984
• Looking Ahead (1986)
• Saxotic Stomp with James Spaulding, Ricky Ford, Charles Davis, Kirk Lightsey, Ray Drummond, Jimmy Cobb, 1987
• Hard Groovin' with Roy Hargrove, Geoff Keezer, Robert Hurst, Jeff Watts, 1989
• Manhattan Blues with Jaki Byard, Milt Hinton, Ben Riley, 1989
• Ebony Rhapsody (1990) U.S. Jazz #13^[2]
• Hot Brass with Lew Soloff, Claudio Roditi, Steve Turré, Danilo Pérez, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, 1991
• American African Blues with Jaki Byard, Milt Hinton, Ben Riley, 1991
• Tenor Madness Too with Antoine Roney, Donald Brown, Peter Washington, Louis Hayes, 1992
• Tenors of Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford with Yusef Lateef, Avery Sharpe, Kamal Sabir, 1994
• Balaena with George Cables, Cecil McBee, Ed Thigpen, 1999
• Song for My Mother (2002)
• Reeds and Keys with Kirk Lightsey, 2003

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