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Leo Richardson

Move

By Leo Richardson

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: The Demise; Effin’ & Jeffin’; Martini Shuffle; Move; E.F.G.; Mr. Tim; Peace; Second Wind.

Quentin Collins Sextet: Road Warrior

by Chris May
August 19, 2019

Hard-bop with a modern twist from the British trumpeter Quentin Collins, who is probably best known for his work with the Kyle Eastwood Band and who leads his own transatlantic group on Road Warrior. The frontline is completed by two British-based saxophonists, Leo Richardson on tenor and Meilana Gillard on alto. The rhythm section is out ...

Leo Richardson Quartet: Move

by Roger Farbey
August 6, 2019

The follow-up to Leo Richardson's debut album The Chase (Ubuntu, 2018) reveals that the tenor man is no one-trick pony. These fifty minutes of hard bop further demonstrate that, in addition to being a composer of well-constructed, memorable tunes, Richardson is also rapidly emerging as one of the UK's top saxophonists. At odds with ...

The Chase

By Leo Richardson

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Blues for Joe; Demon E; The Curve; The Chase; Elisha's Song; Mambo; Silver Lining; Mr. Skid.

Leo Richardson: The Chase

November 29, 2017

News this week that Britain's Prince Harry's will marry American actress Meghan Markle in May isn't the only good word about British-American relations. Yesterday, I listened to British tenor saxophonist Leo Richardson's new album. It pays tribute to American hard bop. I'm happy to report that the musical coupling is a perfect match. Released on Britain's ...

Leo Richardson Quartet: The Chase

by Roger Farbey
October 16, 2017

An alumnus of London's Trinity College of Music, tenor saxophonist Leo Richardson, who incidentally is the son of bassist Jim Richardson (formerly of the jazz rock band If), graduated from the College with a first class honours degree in Jazz Performance. Whilst studying at Trinity he was tutored by some world class players including Jean Toussaint, ...

Theo Jackson: Shoeless And The Girl

by Bruce Lindsay
May 2, 2015

Theo Jackson's second album, Shoeless And The Girl, is an old-fashioned kind of record. That's “old-fashioned" as in melodic, swinging, understated, lyrically engaging--old-fashioned in a really good way.Jackson's debut, Jericho (Self Produced, 2012), was impressive but the lengthy songs sometimes lost focus. Shoeless And The Girl is a more mature, more savvy, album: the ...