Rick Wald

Rick Wald 16 / NYC: Castaneda's Dreams

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2006

Talk about flying under the radar. Saxophonist Rick Wald has been gigging around New York City for 34 years, and this is the first time I've ever heard his name, much less that of the resourceful big band he leads on Castaneda's Dreams. But if one is known by the company he (or she) keeps, Wald must surely be admired by his peers, as he has persuaded a number of the city's most active and sought-after musicians to become members ...