Richard Nelson (musician)

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Richard J. Nelson (* around 1960) is an American jazz guitarist , composer and university professor .

Live and act

Nelson grew up in the eastern suburbs of San Francisco and studied music at Sonoma State University and UC Berkeley , where he played in the UC Berkeley Big Band and accompanied guest musicians such as Joe Henderson , John Handy and George Duke . He performed with smaller ensembles at the Keystone Korner jazz club and at the Concord Jazz Festival . After graduating in 1977, he moved to the Midwest and studied composition at Indiana University with Donald Erb , where his first recordings were made with the singer Rita Di Carlo-Bishop ( A Portrait of the Artist , 1986). He played u. a. also in the IU Big Band under the direction of David Baker , which appeared in New York with guest musician Slide Hampton . He then continued his doctoral studies in New York, where he studied composition with Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University. He also took lessons from Bob Brookmeyer and Manny Albam at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. Nelson teaches composition and jazz improvisation in the jazz faculty at the University of Maine in Augusta. He also works in the New England jazz scene , a. a. from 1988 with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra ( The Seeker ); In 2001 he released his debut album Figuarations , followed by Origin Story (2004). In 2015 Nelson wrote the jazz suite Deep Rivers , which he recorded with musicians from the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. In the field of jazz he was involved in 31 recording sessions between 1994 and 2015. According to Mark Harvey , his eclectic influences range from Wes Montgomery , Jim Hall , Pat Martino , John McLaughlin and Jimi Hendrix to blues guitarists like BB King , Albert King and Freddie King .

Discographic notes

  • Richard Nelson Large Ensemble: Pursuits (2012)
  • Richard Nelson / Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Deep River (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review of the album Deep River (2015) at All About Jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nelson, Richard J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist, composer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1960