Home » Search Center » Results: Rik Wright
Results for "Rik Wright"
About Rik Wright
Results for pages tagged "Rik Wright"...
Rik Wright
Born:
A graph of Rik Wright’s influences would read like a wave, running a gamut from jazz to rock and back again. As a guitarist he has taken on influences—often subconsciously—as varied as Andy Summers of The Police and John Abercrombie. Compositionally speaking, Wright hangs with a different crowd altogether, mingling instead with the spirits of Mingus, Monk, and Miles. Of this alliterative trio, Miles has been a decidedly conscious influence in terms of process. And in fact, as becomes obvious once you acclimate to its flow, Wright’s improvising strikes more of an affinity with horn players than guitarists. As a relatively intervallic, melodic player he prefers his wheat brewed, not shredded.
Raymond Scott, JabFung, Josh Warren, Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--composer/bandleader Raymond Scott; vocalist Michelle Lordi and bassist Matthew Parrish; the quintet JabFung; bassist Josh Warren; guitarists Anthony Garone and Rik Wright; drummer/bandleader/composer Cindy Blackman Santana; saxophonist/composer/bandleader Rob Dixon; multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton and the collective Butcher Brown; pianist Dan Crisci; and and baritone saxophonist/composer/bandleader Leigh Pilzer . ...
Ali Ryerson, Joey Alexander, David Blake, Douye and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Ali Ryerson, Joey Alexander, David Blake, Douye, La Lucha, Antonio Adolfo, Bill Connors, Bria Skonberg, Mike DiRubbo, Ralph Alessi, Paul Carlon, Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces, Charles Tolliver, Nicole Zuraitis, Lisa Rich, Steve Swallow, Bruce Williams, Sylvia Brooks, John Clayton, Will Lyle, Lakecia Benjamin, Emmet Cohen, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Eliane ...
Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces: Subtle Energy
by Geannine Reid
Guitarist Rik Wright returns with Subtle Energy, an album that continues his exploration of well-crafted originals and band chemistry, again in a quartet format, but with a slightly more relaxed approach to the music compared to his earlier quartet records. The Seattle-based guitarist's previous releases were based on a trilogy of primary colors, Blue (2013), Red ...
Take Five With Rik Wright
by AAJ Staff
Meet Rik Wright: A graph of Rik Wright's influences would read like a wave, running a gamut from jazz to rock and back again. As a guitarist he has taken on influences, often subconsciously, as varied as Andy Summers of The Police and John Abercrombie. Compositionally speaking, Wright hangs with a different crowd altogether, mingling ...
Zen Tornado
By Rik Wright
Label: HipSync Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1.Hummingbirds Don't Sing (5:24) 2. Blue Streak (10:22) 3. Sunrise Pixels (4:28) 4. Boogie for Buddha
(6:42) 5. Paradiggum (5:43) 6. Scratch Ticket (4:59) 7. Clickstream (4:44)
Rik Wright's Zen Tornado: Zen Tornado
by Eric J. Iannelli
Zen Tornado, as the name alone might imply, is a tempestuous brew of jazz fusion with moments of almost transcendental tranquility. The eponymous ensemble, a semi-conventional five-piece unit, is led by guitarist Rik Wright, and the resulting debut full-length has a distinct thrust and direction that suggests Wright was able to get precisely what he wanted ...
Polymorphism: Sound Is What You Shape It
by Jason West
Originally from Winchester, Virginia, a small town in the north Shenandoah Mountains, guitarist and composer Rik Wright studied jazz in a program led by Ellis Marsalis at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. As a professional musician he’s lived in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans and San Francisco. Wright ended up in ...
Album Showcase
Trending
Interview
Lou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
History of Jazz
John Coltrane in Detroit: A Brief History
Live Review
The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100,...
Radio & Podcasts
Sullivan Fortner, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, Ardeshir,...
Reanimating Conversations Past
Charlie Haden: Anatomy of a Jazz Classic
Radio & Podcasts
Miki Yamanaka, Stefon Harris, Paul Yonemura, Amber Weeks...
Profile
The Discreet Charm of Tete Montoliu
VOTE!
