Rich Perry

[Jazztropic]

Never heard this player before but highly recommend these two cds.Every track is great.

[relyles]

Perry is on quite a few SteepleChase releases under his own name and with Harold Danko among others. I think he also often performs with Maria Schneider's archestra. Great saxophonist whose name is not mentioned very often.

[colinmce]

One great Steeplechase he's on is Ron McClure's Soft Hands.

[BillF]

Perry is on quite a few SteepleChase releases under his own name and with Harold Danko among others. I think he also often performs with Maria Schneider's archestra. Great saxophonist whose name is not mentioned very often.

Fine work with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the John Fedchock New York Big Band, too.

[Free For All]

Rich Perry is an outstanding player. I'll second relyles' recommendations, specifically a couple Steeplechase sides he did under Harold Danko's name with Dick Oatts- they're called "Oatts and Perry" and "Oatts and Perry II". Great music!

[Tom 1960]

Perry is on quite a few SteepleChase releases under his own name and with Harold Danko among others. I think he also often performs with Maria Schneider's archestra. Great saxophonist whose name is not mentioned very often.

Fine work with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the John Fedchock New York Big Band, too.

I'm familar as well with his work on Fedchock's Big Band releases on the Reservoir label. They're definitely worth checking out.

[slide_advantage_redoux]

I first heard Rich in the early 80s at the Vanguard, playing with Thad and Mel.

He was in Texas this past week for artist-in residence obligations (along with Alex Sipiagin and drummer Donald Edwards. They were in town thanks to the U.N.T. jazz department.

Last week they played as part of a jazz series at Sammons Center for the Arts in Dallas. My quintet had the fortune to open for the group they played in (along with UNT profs pianist Stefan Karlson and bassist Lynn Seaton).

They sounded great as would be expected!

Edited October 6, 2012 by Greg Waits

[Rooster_Ties]

48 minutes ago, mjzee said:

I can't believe he's had 28 releases on SteepleChase!  I've never heard him.

I’ve been meaning to explore more of his recordings for a while now (years, actually).

I only have a few Dave Scott discs that Perry is a sideman on — and a few larger-group contexts he’s on, but I’m not sure how much solo space he gets (like with Maria Schneider and several other big bands).

http://richperrymusic.com/discography/

I wish there was somewhere — at a glance — I could survey (see) who are the various sidemen on Perry’s leader-dates. Which ones have other horns on the front line, and who — and what kinds of rhythm-seconds (with piano, or organ, and/or maybe guitar — and if any maybe have vibes).

30 albums is a LOT of leader-dates, and I’m sure I’d be game to try and focus on (get) half-a-dozen  — if I could just figure out which ones — and I’d probably love most of them, I imagine.

[cliffpeterson]

see: http://richperrymusic.com/discography/

 

Anything with Danko on piano has been interesting.  The Oatts Perry combination is fine.