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Charles Heath

Laid Back Vol. 1, featuring John Swana

By Rich Willey

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Laid Back (Night Life); Triple Play; Relax & Take It Easy; Long Lost Brothers; Ladies First; That’s My Little Girl; Hip Slick & Cool.

Rich Willey: Laid Back Vol. 1, featuring John Swana

by Jack Bowers
June 20, 2026

Chicago-based trumpeter and composer Rich Willey oversees an impressive 11-piece ensemble on Laid Back, Vol. 1, which embodies seven of his melodically enticing and rhythmically strong compositions, all neatly arranged by Wally Minko. The one drawback in this otherwise pleasing session is a disconcerting funk/Latin beat, which lends an aura of sameness to every ...

Rich Willey: Laid Back Vol. 1, featuring John Swana

by Jack Bowers
June 13, 2026

Chicago-based trumpeter and composer Rich Willey oversees an impressive eleven-piece ensemble on Best Laid Plans, which embodies seven of his melodically enticing and rhythmically strong compositions, all neatly arranged by Wally Minko. The one clear drawback in this otherwise pleasing session, however, is an incessant rock beat, which lends an aura of sameness to ...

Ramsey Lewis & Urban Knights: VII

by Phillip Woolever
November 17, 2019

Back in 1995, an executive named Carl Griffin at Ramsey Lewis' record label reportedly conceived the idea of forming a jazz “super group" around the well-established Chicago pianist. The resulting all-star project, deemed Urban Knights, featured Grover Washington Jr. and a rhythm section with Omar Hakim and bassist Victor Bailey, who'd worked together in the early ...

Ramsey Lewis Sun Goddess Tour Closes Gem Theater Season May 19

April 23, 2012

The Sun Goddess Tour featuring Ramsey Lewis and His Electric Band will close out the 2011-2012 Jammin' at the Gem concert series with a performance in the historic Gem Theater in Kansas City, MO on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 8:00 PM. With the release of “Ramsey, Taking Another Look" Ramsey started touring last summer with ...

Recent Recordings on Chicago Sessions

March 9, 2009

Recent recordings on Chicago Sessions Larry Gray: 1, 2, 3 ... Intelligent, ultra-sensitive musicmaking from one of Chicago's pre-eminent bassists. If guitarist John Moulder does much of the heavy lifting here, there's no questioning the deft interactions among him, bassist Gray and drummer Charles Heath. Steven Hashimoto's Mothra: Tradewind.