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Ricky Ford (04 Mar 1954 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Shorter Ideas 1985
  2. Hot Brass 1992
  3. Loxodonta Africana 19 Aug 1997

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. The Charles Mingus Quintet (1976) tenor saxophone
  2. The 360 Degree Music Experience
  3. Ekaya
  4. Richard Davis Quintet
  5. Steve Lacy Octet tenor saxophone

Recordings by (32)

  1. Yes or No 5:36 (1985)
  2. Miyako 4:45 (1985)
  3. Dance Cadaverous 6:10 (1985)
  4. Pinnochio 3:38 (1985)
  5. Tabloid Blues 4:08 (1985)
  6. Wolf Trap 5:06 (1985)
  7. Happy Reunion 4:15 (1985)
  8. Ford Variations 3:33 (1992)
  9. Banging, Bashing, Bowing and Blowing 5:46 (1992)
  10. A Night in Valencia 7:06 (1992)
  11. 11/15/91 5:49 (1992)
  12. Cop Out 3:32 (1992)
  13. Hot Brass 8:13 (1992)
  14. Mood Blues 7:21 (1992)
  15. Speak Now 6:41 (1992)
  16. Carbon 14 7:29 (1992)
  17. It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 2:28 (1992)
  18. Loxodonta Africana 4:42 (19 Aug 1997)
  19. Ucil 5:13 (19 Aug 1997)
  20. Blues Peru 5:00 (19 Aug 1997)
  21. Dexter 5:43 (19 Aug 1997)
  22. My Romance 8:30 (19 Aug 1997)
  23. One Up, One Down 4:24 (19 Aug 1997)
  24. Aerolinos 6:54 (19 Aug 1997)
  25. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) 6:19 (28 Sep 1999)
  26. Chelsea Bridge 4:26 (1999)
  27. Samba de Caribe 4:38 (2003)
  28. Moon Mists 5:42 (30 Jan 2007)
  29. I Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good 6:20 (23 Jun 2008)
  30. Moon Mist 5:45 (10 Oct 2008)
  31. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good 6:20 (2008)
  32. Manhatten Blues 6:25 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Three or Four Shades of Blues 12:12 Charles Mingus (1977) tenor saxophone
  2. Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat 7:13 Charles Mingus (1977) tenor saxophone
  3. Nobody Knows 10:09 Charles Mingus (1977) tenor saxophone
  4. Noddin' Ya Head Blues 10:35 Charles Mingus (1977) tenor saxophone
  5. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion 27:58 Charles Mingus (May 1978) percussion, tenor saxophone
  6. Three Worlds of Drums 30:22 Charles Mingus (1979) tenor saxophone
  7. Carolyn "Keki" Mingus 7:45 Charles Mingus (1979) tenor saxophone
  8. Something Like a Bird, Part 2 12:17 Charles Mingus (1980) tenor saxophone
  9. Suicide Is Painless 6:19 Ronnie Mathews (1980) tenor saxophone
  10. Legacy 8:46 Ronnie Mathews (1980) tenor saxophone
  11. Something Like a Bird, Part 1 19:12 Charles Mingus (1980) tenor saxophone
  12. Once I Loved 6:19 Ronnie Mathews (1980) tenor saxophone
  13. Ichi Ban 5:02 Ronnie Mathews (1980) tenor saxophone
  14. Farewell Farwell 7:00 Charles Mingus (1980) tenor saxophone
  15. Four for Nothing 4:48 Ronnie Mathews (1980) tenor saxophone
  16. Goodbye Porkpie Hat 4:13 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  17. Fables of Faubus 13:13 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  18. Noddin’ Your Head Blues 3:54 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  19. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love 9:06 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  20. Nostalgia in Times Square 5:45 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  21. Wee 5:01 Dannie Richmond and The Last Mingus Band (1981) tenor saxophone
  22. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love 7:14 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  23. Reincarnation of a Love Bird 9:50 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  24. Ecclusiastics 7:38 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  25. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 6:00 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  26. Jump Monk 6:57 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  27. East Coasting 6:00 Mingus Dynasty (1982) tenor saxophone
  28. Sotho Blue 5:55 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  29. Ntyilo, Ntyilo 4:37 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  30. Ekaya 7:56 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  31. Ek Se Ou Windhoek Toe Nou 8:03 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  32. Bra Timing From Phomolong 5:18 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  33. Cape Town 7:10 Abdullah Ibrahim (17 Nov 1983) tenor saxophone
  34. Double Arc Jake 8:32 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984) tenor saxophone
  35. Land Of The Pharoahs 5:34 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984) tenor saxophone
  36. When You Wish Upon a Star 6:22 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  37. The Rose Tattoo 6:38 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  38. My Foolish Heart 4:47 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  39. Embraceable You 4:30 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  40. Well Kept Secret 7:50 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984) tenor saxophone
  41. Gorée 17:27 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984) tenor saxophone
  42. Poor Butterfly 6:24 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  43. Time After Time 6:46 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  44. My Romance 5:13 Freddie Hubbard (1984) tenor saxophone
  45. Newcomer 6:42 The 360 Degree Music Experience (1984) tenor saxophone
  46. Tuang Guru 5:26 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986) tenor saxophone
  47. The Wedding 2:41 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986) tenor saxophone
  48. Song for Sathima 6:12 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986) tenor saxophone
  49. Water From an Ancient Well 11:58 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986) tenor saxophone
  50. The Mountain 3:21 Abdullah Ibrahim (Nov 1986) tenor saxophone

Credited as (5)

  1. Ricky Ford
  2. Ricky Ford & Ze Bigband
  3. Rhoda Scott, Ricky Ford & Houston Person
  4. Rhoda Scott & Ricky Ford
  5. Yusef Lateef & Ricky Ford

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78011829
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78011829
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dd23vw
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13894032d
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13457950X

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/359775

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ford

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/65754

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000302057

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/84971567

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349387