Rich Halley
Rich Halley (* 1947 ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor , soprano saxophone , flute ), composer and band leader in the field of post-bop and free jazz .
Rich Halley, who is a trained biologist, grew up in the state of Oregon and began his career in jazz, rhythm and blues and Latin jazz bands in Chicago, San Francisco, and the northwestern United States. A first band project under his direction was the Multnomah Rhythm Ensemble , which combined jazz with multimedia ; In 1983 his debut album Multnomah Rhythms , u. a. with Denney Goodhew . He has performed with Bobby Bradford , Andrew Hill , Julius Hemphill , Vinny Golia , Obo Addy , Tony Malaby , Oliver Lake , Michael Bisio , Michael Vlatkovich and Rob Blakeslee ; he is also a founding member of Oregon's Creative Music Guild . Halley has been working with various formations since the 1980s, his sextet Lizard Brothers , the Outside Music Ensemble , which regularly gives concerts in Powell Butte Nature Park. Cornetist Bobby Bradford plays in his current quartet. Halley lives in Portland, Oregon .
Discographic notes
- Songs of the Backlands (Avocet, 1986)
- Cracked Sidewalks (Avocet, 1987)
- Saxophone Animals (Ninewind, 1991)
- Live at Beanbenders (Ninewinds, 1998)
- Coyotes in the City (2001)
- The Blue Rims (Louie, 2003)
- Mountains and Plains (2005)
- Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival (2010)
- Children of the Blue Supermarket (Pine Eagle, 2011)
- Requiem For A Pit Viper (Pine Eagle, 2011)
- Back From Beyond (Pine Eagle, 2012)
- The Wisdom of Rocks (Pine Eagle, 2014)
- Rich Halley / Carson Halley: The Wild (2017)
- Rich Halley 3: The Literature (Pine Eagle Records, 2018)
Web links
- Web presence
- biography
- Entry and discographic references at All About Jazz
- Rich Halley at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halley, Rich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halley, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oregon |