Ricky Ford
Ricky Ford (born 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 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 and Candid.
He had taught at Istanbul Bilgi University from 2001 to 2006.
He founded in 2009 the Toucy Jazz Festival[2] in Yonne (France), and invited musician like Rhoda Scott(2009) and Ravi Coltrane (2011).
Discography
As leader
- New World Records
- Muse Records
- 1978: Manhattan Plaza with Oliver Beener, Jaki Byard, David Friesen, Dannie Richond
- 1980: Flying Colors with John Hicks, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb
- 1981: Tenor of the Times with Albert Dailey, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Cobb
- 1982: Interpretations with John Hicks, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb
- 1983: Future's Gold with Albert Dailey, Larry Coryell, Ray Drummond, Jimmy Cobb
- 1984: Shorter Ideas with Jimmy Knepper, James Spaulding, Kirk Lightsey, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Cobb
- 1986: Looking Ahead
- 1987: Saxotic Stomp with James Spaulding, Charles Davis, Kirk Lightsey, Ray Drummond, Jimmy Cobb
- 1989: Hard Groovin' with Roy Hargrove, Geoff Keezer, Robert Hurst, Jeff "Tain" Watts
- 1992: Tenor Madness Too with Antoine Roney, Donald Brown, Peter Washington, Louis Hayes
- Candid Records
- Other labels
As sideman
With Ran Blake
With Mal Waldron
With Steve Lacy
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