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Lynn Riley

Lynn Riley enjoys a vibrant career as a jazz musician, composer, and educator, whose primary instruments are saxophone and flute. As the leader of The World-Mix, Lynn has been described more than once as "Superwoman" of the sax. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pa., she received a B. A. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii. Her time spent in Hawaii was influential in developing her sensibility to, and awareness of, different musical cultures. She continued her musical studies at the University of Missouri Kansas City, studied privately with Doris Sellers (principal flutist of the Kansas City Symphony), saxophone with Ahmed Alladeen, and immersed in its rich jazz tradition, apprenticed and performed with many of KC's jazz legends

Head To The Sky

Label: Ru Ba Groov Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Keep Your Head Up To The Sky; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Mango Tango; Resistance Matters; Norwegian Wood; Golden Lady; Body and Soul; Covid Blues.

Head To The Sky

By Lynn Riley

Label: Ru Ba Groov Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1-Keep Your Head Up To The Sky 5:51 2-Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 5:12 3-Mango Tango 5:24 4-Resistance Matters 5:53 5-Norwegian Wood 5:00 6-Golden Lady 6:34 7-Body and Soul 5:26 8-Covid Blues 4:16

Mercy Mercy Mercy

September 24, 2022

Album: Head To The Sky
By Lynn Riley
Label: Ru Ba Groov Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:12

Voices of the People: Philadelphia Jazz Project to Celebrate America’s Cherished Values

by Victor L. Schermer
June 29, 2017

The famed Philadelphia Jazz Project (PJP) has a tradition of organizing and presenting concerts in fresh, imaginative, and creative ways. It is a stimulus program whose mission is to generate interest in and responsiveness to the music and to locally-based musicians. The upcoming series, “Voices of the People," four concerts featuring Philadelphia vocalists, is designed for ...

Jazz Bridge Presents Lynn Riley At The Kennett Flash Wed. May 2nd!

April 11, 2012

Appearing on Wednesday, May 2nd at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA, for the last concert of this season will be saxophonist Lynn Riley and her band World Mix. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. This concert is produced by Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that ...

All-Star, All-Women Jazz Jam at LaRose Jazz Club on December 11th

November 26, 2011

Jazz Bridge and the Sunday Sessions at LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, will join together on Sunday December 11th to raise money for women jazz and blues musicians in crisis and for the wives of jazz and blues musicians. Showtime: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets: $20.00 For info call 215-517-8337. Appearing that ...

Jazz Bridge Presents Saxophonist Lynn Riley at the Collingswood Community Center on March 3rd

February 15, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 W. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on March 3rd, 2011 will be saxophonist and flutist Lynn Riley with her band, featuring pianist Aaron Graves, bassist Rubin Edwards, and Butch Reed on drums. Born in Washington, D.C., Lynn Riley has been called the “Superwoman of the Sax" more than once ...

Saxophonist Lynn Riley to Appear at Habitat for Humanity Benefit

March 5, 2010

Saxophonist Lynn Riley to Appear at Fundraiser to Benefit Habitat for Humanity (Bucks County) Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County will be hosting Lynn Riley, “Superwoman of the Sax," at Bucks County Community College in Newtown on March 27. The Jazz in Bloom concert will benefit Habitat's Youth United program and its goal to raise funds ...

Lynn Riley (AKA Superwoman of the Sax) Debuts Too Cool Nationally

January 14, 2010

"She's a show stopper. She wails, she grooves, she swings. She plays with authority, with power, with soul." These are the words used to describe Lynn Riley by Ron Avery of the Philadelphia Daily News. A powerful dynamo in a tiny package, Riley has been described more than once as “Superwoman" of the sax for her ...