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Sean Rickman

Sean Rickman is an American musician from Washington, D.C. He has worked with Shawn Lane, Garaj Mahal, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello, Blacksheep, Phil Upchurch, David Fiucynski & Screaming Headless Torsos, Kai Eckhardt, Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane, K’Alyn, Angela Bofill and George Duke. Rickman was lead singer and drummer for Garaj Mahal from 2007–2011 and his rock band Big Mouth featuring guitarist Leonard Stevens. He was also featured alongside Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller on the Tribute to Miles 2011 tour.

Rickman has toured and recorded with alto saxophonist Steve Coleman, bassist Kai Eckhardt, and guitarist Miles Okazaki. He releases self produced albums under the name „The Rick“, performing vocals and all the instruments. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of his power trio.

The Rick Lessons


Sean Rickman was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., into a musical family. His father, Phil Upchurch, worked as a guitarist and bassist with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, George Benson, Curtis Mayfield, Cannonball Adderley, John Lee Hooker, Grover Washington Jr., Lenny Breau, and Dizzy Gillespie. His mother, Renee Morris is a singer who played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber. His uncle, Joseph Morris, was a drummer with the Ohio University marching band who inspired Rickman’s stick grip. Another uncle, Wayne Morris, was a DJ, who exposed him to a record collection without the bounds of genre. Rickman also enjoyed the work of Al Green and Funkadelic at an early age. Rickman exhibited innate musical abilities and was considered a musical prodigy with a remarkable sense of meter. Surrounded by the musical influence of his family, he is said to have begun playing drums around age 1, as he began to learn to walk. Throughout primary school and high school, Sean excelled as a musician both intramurally and extramurally.

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Sam Rivers

Sam Rivers (2011)

Samuel „Sam“ Carthorne Rivers (* 25. September 1923 in El Reno, Oklahoma; † 26. Dezember 2011 in Orlando, Florida[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Tenor- und Sopransaxophon, Piano, Flöte, Komposition).

Sam Rivers (2008. Lake Eola, Orlando)
Sam Rivers (2008. Lake Eola, Orlando)

Rivers stammt aus einer musikalischen Familie. Sein Großvater Marshall W. Taylor veröffentlichte 1882 eine Sammlung von Erweckungshymnen und Melodien, die auf Plantagen gesungen werden. Die Mutter war Pianistin, der Vater war Gospelsänger und sang bei den Fisk Jubilee Singers und beim Silverstone Quartet. Im Alter von fünf Jahren begann Rivers mit dem Piano, lernte dann Geige und Altsaxophon und spielte mit zwölf Jahren in einer Marschkapelle Sopransaxophon. Am texanischen Jarvis Christian College lernte er dann Tenorsaxophon. Nach dem Wehrdienst studierte er ab 1947 am Boston ConservatoryKomposition,Boston ConservatoryKomposition. Nachts arbeitete er derweil in einer Bar als Saxophonist; er spielte auch mit Quincy Jones, Jaki Byard, Joe Gordon, Tadd Dameron und Herb Pomeroy. Zwischen 1955 und 1957 lebte er inFlorida, wo er an Jazz & Lyrikprogrammen teilnahm und mit Sängern und Tänzern zusammenarbeitete. Außerdem begleitete erBillie Holiday bei ihren Live-Auftritten. 1958 arbeitete er wieder in Boston bei Herb Pommeroy und hatte ein eigenes Quartett (Schlagzeuger war der junge Tony Williams).

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STEVE COLEMAN’S COUNCIL OF BALANCE:
James Zollar, Shane Endsley (tp), Tim Albright (tb), Marshall Sealy (frh), Mariam Adam (cl), Steve Coleman (as), Gary Thomas (ts), Valerie Coleman (fl), Toyin Spellman (oboe), Vijay Iyer (p), Anthony Tidd (elb), Sean Rickman (dr)

SAM RIVERS RIVBEA ALL STARS ORCHESTRA.
James Zollar, Ralph Alessi, Jack Walrath, Stanton Davis (tp), Ray Anderson (tb), Joseph Bowie (btb), Joe Daley (frh,tuba), Bob Stewart (tuba), Steve Coleman, James Spaulding (as), Sam Rivers, John Stubblefield, Gary Thomas (ts), Hamiett Bluiett (bs), Doug Mathews (elb), Anthony Cole (dr)

 

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