Ian Ritchie's SOHO project live at London's Pizza Express Jazz Club.
Influences
jerry bergonzi, gilad atzmon, esbjorn svensson trio, gato barbieri, john coltrane, miles davis, joe henderson, hank mobley, eddie harris, barry harris, rolf harris, blue nile, yellowjackets, bill mchenry, aphex twin, kraftwerk, trevor horn, blue note, impulse, the beatles, the rolling stones, pink floyd, elp, est, nucleus, john surman, jimi hendrix, cream, deep purple, black sabbath, coldplay, gato barbieri, dewey redman, ellery eskelin, roxy music, velvet undergound, the doors, chris potter, miro, kandinsky, george orwell, john williams, iain banks, iain m banks, bob silverberg, kurt vonnegut, graham greene, angelo badalamenti, renato d'aiello, rammstein, bela bartok, wagner, arthur c clarke, isaac asimov, philip k dick, debussy, eric satie, traffic, snake pliskin, bobo stenson, jan garbarek, dave liebman, mcoy tyner, elvin jones, benny goodman, louis armstrong, charlie parker, charles mingus, bud powell, dexter gordon, frank herbert, hawkwind, the orb, william orbit, the human league, new order, david bowie, alex reece, red snapper, apotheosis, deep forest, john carpenter, linkin park, john mcglaughlin, chick corea, joe farrell, james brown, osibisa, dudu pukwana, lol coxhill, johnny cash, leonard cohen, serge gainsbourg, steve grossman, joe lovano, johnny dodds, buddy de franco, artie fishel, tricky, massive attack, underworld, shen, laurie anderson, sonny stitt, tony williams, paul verhoeven, ridlety scott, jean-pierre jeunet, jean reno, stephen hawking, ............
Sounds Like
(I wish! ) wayne shorter, dave liebman, jerry bergonzi, steely dan, dick parry, eric satie, claude debussy, john coltrane, joe henderson, gilad atzmon, miles davis, nucleus, ian carr, philip glass, penguin cafe orchestra, lonely planet, globetrekker, pilot guides, est, jan garbarek, michael brecker, keith jarrett, the orb, moby, william orbit, sonny rollins, bob mintzer, lounge, ambient, funk, jazz, chillout, saxophone .......
My Lounge-Jazz CD "Paradiso" is available for download at CD Baby.
My SOHO CD is available for download at CD Baby.
Following up on a few emails enquiring about my SOHO Project tunes, I have made some charts of the compostions available on my website. As well as C, Bb and Eb versions of the scores there are also free, downloadable play along mp3's and Sibelius files. Feel free to copy, share and most of all play these tunes. If I get sufficient interest, I will upload scores and playalongs for the rest of the CD. Let me know. The link is :
I have recently been in the studio with Harry Waters, recording an album worth of his own tunes. The band includes the great Alan Barnes on clarinet, alto and baritone saxes, Yaron Stavi on bass, Roger Beaujolais on vibes and Sebastian Rochford on drums. I look forward to hearing the resulting CD very soon.
I will be following him into the studio quite soon to make a new jazz album with my great band. This will be in a similar style to the ’SOHO Project’. I plan to play a few dates in London with the new material before we hit the studio, so watch this space. I am also looking for somewhere in London to set up a regular weekly gig with my band, so if you have any ideas please get in touch.
Previous to this I was touring with the Roger Waters band performing"The Dark Side Of The Moon" and other major Pink Floyd tunes. This amazing period in my life lasted for about two years and took me to places I thought I would never visit such as Bombay, Lima, Bogota, Auckland, Sydney, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mexico City .....
My playing is featured on John Henry Lambert’s new album "Gone Away". This is a fascinating set of songs composed by John and recorded live at his house in Dartmoor. Details at his MySpace.
I also compose and produce music for TV. The Lonely Planet / Globetrekker Theme can be heard on the new Globetrekker / Pilot Guides ( depending on where you are in the world ) shows.
Previous to this I have produced a few records by Laurie Anderson, Pete Wylie, Roger Waters, Big Dish, Soho and Three o’ Clock amongst others. I spent a few years in Los Angeles writing songs ( "She’s Having A Baby" from the eponymous John Hughes film being the most well known ) and six months in New York producing Techno. I have toured with Deaf School ( who are doing a few reunion gigs later in the year ) and Jane Aire and the Belvederes and released my own electro pop records under the name Miro Miroe. Our hit ( I use the word loosely! ) "Nights Of Arabia" has just been re released on an 80's compilation cd on Blanco Y Negro.
I have been featured as saxophone soloist on records by Wham, Robbie Nevil, The Beach Boys and D.C. Lee and arranged and programmed for Dead or Alive, Howard Jones, David Sylvian, Steve Hillage and David Grant.
My website at www.ian-ritchie.com has more details about this part of my career.
All the Best,
Ian
P.S. I kept a TOUR BLOG during the duration of the Roger Waters tour. It is located on my website at :
awwww, thanks ian....that was really sweet of you......for some reason i can't send messages so i am having to leave comments....anyways, i hope you will visit rubyjames.com and sign up for the mailing list and maybe come out to a show sometime....you never know who will be on stage with you....:)
I forgot to thank you for the lovely birthday messages (loved the song you wrote and the performance was .... spectacular!!!! I loved seeing my dress!!!
LOL! SURE you accidentally deleted my previous comment!
Well, since you did ... you have to keep this one!
Happy Birthday!!
Just remember, flying back to England does not constitute losing a birthday .... you are still going to be older!!!
Thanks for the fun visit and I'm so glad we all got to go to Lake Tahoe. I'm sad that you have to leave but look forward to my next trip to London to visit and get to hear you play some Jazz live. Best wishes with you and your future endeavors.
