Results for "Rick Stepton"

Rick Stepton

The Placebone Effect

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Preacher, Elegy for Slide Trombone, Bye, Bye, Blackbird, 'Round Midnight, Ballin' the Jack, How High the Moon, Lament, It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing.

Transcendent Trombone - Jazz Survivor: The Rick Stepton Story

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 29, 2017

Transcendent Trombone Frank McGowan Self Published 2017 “Jazz Luck"--a phrase I pull out of the hat every so often that aptly describes those oddball and, in some cases, unfortunate events which practitioners of the art encounter in the business. It's a more apropos term that the commonly-used “Stuff Happens," because ...

Rick Stepton: Off-The-Cuff Trombone

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 19, 2016

There's a fascinating--almost stunning--moment mid-way through Off-the-Cuff Trombone wherein the late Buddy Rich is accompanying and intently observing trombonist Rick Stepton as Stepton solos with great intensity and zeal. Perceptive eyes can see that Rich, the toughest of tough customers, is visibly and physically moved at what he's heard. It's a not-so-subtle acknowledgement of the utmost ...

Birdland

By Buddy Rich

Label: Lobitos Creek Ranch
Released: 2015
Track listing: Mexicali Rose; Birdland; Milestones; Just Friends; CTA; God Bless The Child; Moments Notice; I Hear A Rhapsody; Three Day Suckers; Parthenia; Keep The Customer Satisfied.