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Steph Richards

Steph Richards is a dynamic improvisor known for her innovative approach to the trumpet and interdisciplinary expression as a composer. An “innately adventurous trumpeter”, (Downbeat), she has collaborated with visionaries Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams and John Zorn as well as art pop luminaries Yoko Ono, St. Vincent, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Characterized by The New York Times as “boldly inventive…Richards composes in ways that standard notation could never document.” her works span interactions with film, poetry, electronics, choreography and scent and have garnered critical acclaim including Record of the Year by the New York Times and Downbeat. Her seminal record Supersense (2019) featuring all-star improvisers Jason Moran, Stomu Takeishi and Kenny Wolleson includes multimedia artist Sean Raspet creating singular, abstract scents to both inform and converse with the recording.

Power Vibe

By Steph Richards

Label: Northern Spy
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prey; Power Vibe (for Wayne Shorter); October to July (for Dorian); Moutons; Reculez; Supersense (live in Bolzano).

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Mike Jurkovic
December 5, 2024

It has been, to say the least, one hell of fright night year. But here is the music that stayed with me, through thick and thin, and all manner of human foible and political upheaval. Vijay IyerCompassion ECM Records Kris Davis

Steve Coleman, Berne/Formanek & Arthur Blythe

by Maurice Hogue
November 26, 2024

If you are as big a fan of Steve Coleman as I am, you will most definitely dig his latest release, Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns, which captures Steve and Five Elements tearing it up at live performances in France earlier this year. Toronto electric bassist Rich Brown contributes an amazing pulse throughout, and Coleman's on fire ...

Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio

by Maurice Hogue
August 5, 2024

New releases abound this time out, including : two from Clean Feed and both excellent--trumpeter Luis Vicente's Come Down Here & Italy's soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Lacy In The Sky With Diamonds ( a tribute to Steve Lacy, not The Beatles); Polish saxophonist Irek Wojtczak's own tribute to a town where he grew up; trumpeter Michael ...

Roxana Amed, Jasper Høiby, Angelica Sanchez, Chad Taylor & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 6, 2024

Dynamic elegance may be the trait that the albums featured in this set have in common, so we hope you'll be elegantly surprised!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The Jazz Defenders “The Long Haul" Memory in Motion (ITI) 0:16 Host talks 4:58 Roxana Amed ...

RSD Releases, My Fair Lady, Steph Richards

by David Brown
May 14, 2024

This week we check out some Record Store Day archival release from Brother Jack McDuff, Cannonball Adderley, Yusef Lateef and Art Tatum. New music from Afro-Cuban Pianist Zaccai Curtis, pianist Noah Haidu, Trumpeter Steph Richards and Philly's own Kenny Barron. We will then the revisit My Fair Lady which opened on Broadway 68 years ago this ...

Steph Richards: Power Vibe

by Mike Jurkovic
May 1, 2024

Fire music. Free jazz. Third stream. Fourth stream. Avant improv, noise chamber blues, and whatever the meta and hashtags say it is, this sextet of loose cannons knows better and holds all the cards. Imagine for a moment what the reaction might be if your facial muscles suddenly, involuntarily, started to freeze, leaving you ...

John Lurie, Isaiah Collier, Dan Weiss & Steph Richards

by Maurice Hogue
April 22, 2024

John Lurie hasn't recorded any music since contracting Lyme disease several years ago; in fact he couldn't even listen to music because of the neurological effects of the disease. He retreated to someplace in the Caribbean then finally improved enough to come back to the US and made Painting With John for HBO. Lurie's music which ...

Classic Meet Ups + Wayne Shorter Homages

by David Brown
April 17, 2024

Tonight, we are looking at classic and contemporary “meet ups" between two soloists, or a soloist and group. “Mulligan Meets Hodges," “Basie & Zoot," “Roy and Diz," “Hargrove meets Miller," and many more. The show continues with a set of tributes to and works by Wayne Shorter form Melissa Aldana, Steph Richards, Thumbscrew and Kris Dais. ...