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Rick Haydon

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Rick Haydon is a Professor of Music at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville where he is Director of Jazz Studies and head of the Guitar Program .He teaches Advanced Jazz Improvisation, Rhythm Section Workshop, Private Applied Jazz Guitar, supervises the Jazz Combo System, and directs the Jazz Guitar Ensemble. Rick has served on the summer faculties of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy, the Birch Creek Music Center and the Jim Widner Summer Jazz Camps. Rick has been playing guitar for forty-nine years and has studied with many of the Masters of Jazz Guitar. Among these are, Johnny Smith, Howard Roberts, Pat Martino, and most recently Bucky Pizzarelli (7-string). Professor Haydon has been performing professionally for over thirty-five years and has played in a variety of situations

Album

Just Friends

Label: Mel Bay Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Chasin' the Blues; Two Funky; Sometime Ago; Halley's Comet; Look for the Silver Lining; Samba de Orfeu; It's a Wonderful World; Old Folks; Perdido; Tony's Tune; Just Friends.

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Article: Album Review

Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli: Just Friends

Read "Just Friends" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Guitarist Rick Haydon, a veteran jazz educator, is not widely known to most jazz fans. On the other hand, John Pizzarelli has established himself by leading his own trio (and appearing in many Foxwoods Casino ads). Following a concert together in 2004, Haydon achieved his goal of recording a tribute to greats of the instrument with ...


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