Jazz Articles about Steph Richards

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Radio & Podcasts

Steph Richards, Kuba Plużek and More

by Maurice Hogue
February 13, 2019

The much-acclaimed Australian saxophonist Sandy Evans' passion for combining jazz improvisation and Indian music continues unabated on her latest recording Bridge of Dreams. She brought together some top musicians from India, including the incredible vocalist Shubha Mudgal, Sandy's frequent accompanist tabla player Bobby Singh and the Sirens Big Band from Sydney for the project. Recently, the project was premiered live on stage at the Sydney Festival. Also in this episode, trumpeter Steph Richards steps in front of a quartet for ...

Album Review

Stephanie Richards: Fullmoon

Read "Fullmoon" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 25, 2018

Reared in Canada and now calling Brooklyn, NY home, trumpeter Stephanie Richards (David Byrne, Henry Threadgill, John Zorn) has been all over the map, whether performing with well-known or globally famous, pop and rap artists or pushing the envelope with forward-looking musicians. Here, let's say she's fashioning musical events with a penchant for communicating with alien beings, trillions of light years away. With sampler/live sampler ace Dino J.A. Dean, this 33-minute program conveys an organic-electronica type modus operandi, if there ...

Album Review

Stephanie Richards: Fullmoon

Read "Fullmoon" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 24, 2018

With the release of Fullmoon, trumpeter and composer Stephanie Richards joins the ranks of Susana Santos Silva, Franz Hautzinger, Peter Evans and Nate Wooley. This enlightened group of trumpeters have taken the art of the solo to new heights with various combinations of extended technique, microtonality, free improvisation and electronic/acoustic experimentation. Here, Richards touches on almost all of the above with her inventively deployed playing. A native of Canada--now a Brooklynite--Richards has worked across genres compiling an impressive ...