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 .......
I am about to go into 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 hope to follow 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.
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 :
Hi Ian, saw you were on line. I hope tonight's gig will be a blast. Enjoy yourself and many thanks for the great blog whih gives such a wonderful insight.
What a pleasure it was meeting you. You are supremely lucky in your talent and your friends, and the warmth you yourself emanate in the world, as one of its bright suns :o) Cheers, Ellie xx
Hi Ian, I love reading your RW blog. I was surprised to see on the picture of your May 1 post that Cosmo Kramer actually plays keyboards with RW ! (No offence Jon !) Seriously, Jon is an awesome musician. Enjoy yourself.
Hello Ian, I see you have resumed your blog on your website. I have enjoyed reading it over the past few years, and look forward to seeing Roger, yourself and the band play in Denver in 9 days. My third Roger Waters show in 3 years (Vegas last year and Detroit the previous year). Hope you and the entire band have a great and safe tour.
Hi Ian, Just wanted to say Hi. We're going out to Denver to catch the show, so hopefully catch up with you briefly then. Say hi to Holly. Big hug Jackie x
Ian, Better late than never but just wanted to say it was fantastic to see you in London a couple of weeks ago. I really had a great time watching you jam with Dave. Hopefully see you in Denver or Texas, if not then safe travels and have a great time on the tour, ill be watching. Kind regards Simon
Hi Ian, hope you are keeping well and had a great time in Folsom with Gina... As if you couldn't. Thanks again for London.. I'll see you in Denver. By the way, Zak was bowled over by you.. come down again when you can, you'll be more than welcome.. Love to you both Take care Jackie and Dave xx
Hello Ian, Hope everything is great in your part of the world. Things are great here in Vegas. Well I booked plane tickets to Denver for the end of April and cannot wait to see you with Roger and his fabulous band one more time. All The Best Jon
