Jazz Articles about Rich Halley

Rich Halley Trio: Mountains And Plains

by John Kelman
December 18, 2005

Over the years, Oregon-based saxophonist Rich Halley has travelled in the same musical circles as intrepid woodwind multi-instrumentalist and Left Coast guru Vinny Golia. And while he's even released a couple of albums on Golia's Nine Winds label with Golia in tow as performer and/or producer, Halley's recent recorded output on Louie Records has focused exclusively on his working trio featuring bassist Clyde Reed and drummer Dave Storrs. Mountains and Plains is the trio's fourth release, documenting not only the ...

Rich Halley: Mountains And Plains

by Mark Corroto
October 18, 2005

This latest release comes from saxophonist Rich Halley's working trio. The term “working trio" denotes several things in jazz. First, it literally designates Halley, bassist Clyde Reed, and drummer Dave Storrs as a band you might catch live in their native Northwest. Second, it implies that the members of this trio share a common approach and musical language. Third, it suggests this will be a quality recording.

That designation is correct on all three counts.

Just ...

Rich Halley Quartet: The Blue Rims

by Dan McClenaghan
April 14, 2003

On “The River's Edge Is Ice," the opener on the Rich Halley Quartet's latest, The Blue Rims, the band sounds like a force of nature, like a gathering low pressure system that coalesces into a storm front, building to a ferocious gale of logical bopping that eventually breaks into inevitable dissipation. The Blue Rims is saxophonist Rich Halley's third outing on Louie Records, the innovative small label from Corvallis, Oregon. Halley's two previous Louie efforts, Coyotes in the ...

Rich Halley: Coyotes In The City

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2001

What is the significance of saxophonist Rich Halley’s formal education in field biology? To answer that question, I might pose the same question for trumpeter Eddie Henderson’s medical studies or saxophonist Charles Gayle’s devotion to his faith. To paraphrase Charlie Parker, “If you don’t live it, it cannot come out of your horn.” For a musician like Rich Halley nature proves ample inspiration for his music.

For Halley, ‘nature’ is no “Born Free” feel good ‘let’s hug’ kind of thing. ...