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MP3 Waldron Mahdi Ricks - Waldron Mahdi Ricks
7 MP3 Songs in this album (46:30) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Bebop, JAZZ: Modern Creative Jazz
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Trumpeter Waldron Ricks is a Detroit native. He''s a contemporary and friend of saxophonist James Carter and studied with Marcus Belgrave. Born in 1968, Waldron came to
New York as a teenager and began studying with jazz greats like Barry Harris, Tommy Turrentine, and Wallace Roney. He sat in with Art Blakely, Roy Haynes, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Barry Harris, Arthur Taylor, Eddie Henderson, and Roy Hargrove, among others.
He has recorded with the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet on the CD "Good Deeds" on the Accurate Label; and also with composer Michael Taylor on an as-yet to be released CD. He is a member of the Roxbury Blues Aesthetic, an octet featuring Frank Lacy, which has played at the House of Blues in Cambridge and at the Jazz Gallery in New York City. Below are Waldron''s notes on his first CD.
The music on this CD represents some precious moments in my life when tragedy, love, illness, or loss forced me to slow down and reflect.
Bottom Rail on Top. I was inspired to compose a melody for a brave and bodacious black soldier after watching Ken Burns'' documentary series "The Civil War." It tells the story of a former slave who has joined the union army and now marches through the south. His brigade runs across his former master, now a beaten and broken man. As the former slave corrals his master, he says, "Howdy master! Bottom rail on top now!" its a soulful proud melody that''s has its roots in the traditional song form the AABA format. It''s simplistic from a melodic stand point but structure-wise it is more complex. It starts in 4/4 with very mild harmony then quickly shifts to very dense harmonic progressions and a hidden 2/4 bar proceeded by the last 2 bars of 4/4 in the A section to the bridge and the A section returns.
Don''t ask is a Wayne Shorter tribute. It seems like like i been playing Wayne''s tune forever, so I wanted to get the feeling of something he might write but from my own pen. When first got to Berklee School of Music in Boston, Wayne''s tunes were a mystery to me. In my harmony class it was a big deal to try to solve the Wayne puzzle. It was not until I studied with the great theorist George Rusell and learned his Lydian Chromatic concept that I was finally able to understand Wayne''s writing. I used to ask a lot of questions from a 2-5-1 harmony point of view that didn''t seemed to work with George''s concept. One day he told me "Don''t ask and just do it". So i guess this is a tribute to George too.
June My Dear is written for my lovely wife June, who has been a friend and well-spring of inspiration for many years now.
The Last Dawn represents the morning of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. It has a sense of urgency and beauty with a touch of sadness. The musicians all play moving solos with a particular great alto cry by Jorge Sylvester. Jorge''s "Playground" has always been one of my favorite compositions, and I''m honored that he allowed me to record it here.
Wee Bee''s In Heaven is the only compositionin in which I had one of those magical Mozart heavenly experiences. It was totally conceived in my head --- all I needed was a pen and some manuscript, and it poured out completely perfect the first time - harmony, rhythm and melody. Its one of those up tempo modern burn-outs that shifts time here and there, after it was done the only thing I could say was, "We be''s in heaven."
Lastly, from "The Wizard of Oz" - Somewhere Over the Rainbow. It has become a theme song for me and represents the dream and the reality of creating my first CD. Enjoy!
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