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Richard Sorce

Ph.D., Published composer, charted songwriter, author of music theory textbook, professor of music, and founder of the all-original Latin-Jazz group, "The Richard Sorce Project," consisting of piano, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, trumpet, alto sax/flute, trombone, and occasional guest vocalist. CDs: "A Place I've Never Been," The Richard Sorce Project; "The Sorcerer's Accomplice," featuring Guitarist, Russ DeFilippis. Available for concerts, clubs and festivals. CD, "Closer Than Before," 11/2016 released on EverJazz Records. CD, "Samba Para a Vida," 7/1/2017 released on EverJazz Records. www.richardsorce.com EverJazz Records, Distributed by Latin Cool Records, LLC See Press Quotes below.

Bossambal Brazil

Label: Everjazz Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sooner Than Now; The Sweetest Dream; How This Night Disappeared; Our Little Secret; Welcome Spring; Ballad for Claudio; Sunrise Samba; Our Make-Believe; Afternoon Shadows; She's Always Beautiful to Me; Did I Tell You?; For More Than This Moment; Never Far From You; Let's Take A Chance.

Richard Sorce: Bossambal Brazil

by Edward Blanco
March 20, 2021

Long-time proponent of the Brazilian style of music, pianist Richard Sorce presents his fourth album as leader with the light and graceful Bossambal Brazil, offering 14 fresh original compositions showcasing bossa novas, sambas and soft ballads, all designed to remind us that there is a gentle side of jazz which appeals to those who know how ...

Richard Sorce, Ph.D.

Born: July 29

Samba Para a Vida

By Richard Sorce

Label: Everjazz Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Escrito No Vento (Written In the Wind); Antes De Te Conhecer (Before I Knew You); Samba Para a Vida; Forever Again; Cante (Sing); A Chama (The Flame); Danca Do Sol (Sun Dance); Say It Softly; Seu Olhar (Your Eyes); Once More; Me Deixe Perto (Let Me); Another Day In Paradise; Vozes (Voices); It's Always New; No One Else But You.

Richard Sorce: Samba Para a Vida

by Edward Blanco
August 7, 2017

Samba Para a Vida--New York-based pianist and composer Richard Sorce's third album of Brazilian-styled jazz from his group the Richard Sorce Projecti--s a delicious blend of ballads, light bossa novas and sambas, all captured in a superb package of vocal and instrumental performances, resulting in one enchanting musical taste of Brasil. One thing is certain: there's ...

Closer Than Before

By Richard Sorce

Label: Everjazz Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Minha Alegria (My Joy); Your Eyes; Closer Than Before; So I Won't Forget; Não Passa Um Dia (Not A Day Goes By); Could This Be?; Never In A Million Years; Lately; I Think Of You; Sky High; Easy Summer Day; With You.

The Richard Sorce Project: Closer Than Before

by Mark Sullivan
October 14, 2016

Lush Brazilian-flavored Latin jazz from composer/pianist/arranger Richard Sorce and his nine-piece group consisting of a five-piece rhythm section, a three-piece horn section and vocalists (augmented by occasional horn and string sections). An accomplished musician and academic, Sorce has received several Meet the Composer grants, is an ASCAP award winning composer and songwriter and the recipient of ...

Russ DeFilippis: The Sorcerer's Accomplice

by Edward Blanco
February 6, 2016

Jazz guitarist and educator Russ DeFilippis from Stony Point, New York delivers his second album as leader with the appropriately titled The Sorcerer's Accomplice, a ten-piece project of smooth-styled jazz with a Brazilian flair. Why is the album title so apropos? In 2012, DeFilippis met fellow educator, composer and pianist Richard Sorce at a rehearsal of ...

Richard Sorce: A Place I've Never Been

by Edward Blanco
January 11, 2016

New York-based pianist/Composer and educator Richard Sorce has had a life-long affinity for the Brazilian genre and the music that emanated from the periods of the 50s through the 70s which led the artist to form the Latin Jazz group, The Richard Sorce Project in 2012. Sorce and the group now present their ten-track Brazilian- styled ...