BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:217263@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260831T102652Z DTSTART:20260923T200000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z SUMMARY:Ricky Ford Quartet John Coltrane 100th Birthday Celebration DESCRIPTION:Hallwalls is excited to celebrate the 100th Birthday of one o f the most influential saxophonist/composers of the 20th century\\, John Coltrane\\, with a special tribute concert featuring legendary American s axophonist Ricky Ford. As a bandleader\\, sought-after sideman\\, prolifi c composer\\, teacher\\, and an accomplished painter\\, the master musici an is part of a direct lineage of great American tenor saxophonists and h as been exploring many different aspects of art throughout his astounding career.\\nBorn on March 4th\\, 1954\\, he was already training at the Ne w England Conservatory of Music in 1968. He studied under Gunther Schulle r\\, Ran Blake\\, Jaki Byard\\, George Russell\\, Joe Allard and Joseph M aneri before Mercer Ellington invited him to join the Duke Ellington Orch estra\\, just a few months after the passing of Duke Ellington and Paul G onsalves. Then he went on to work with Charles Mingus (1976-1977)\\, Dann ie Richmond (1978-1981)\\, Lionel Hampton (1980-1982)\\, Abdullah Ibrahim (1983-1990)\\, Mal Waldron (1989-1994)\\, not forgetting the many record ing sessions with Yusef Lateef\\, Sonny Stitt\\, McCoy Tyner\\, Freddie H ubbard\\, Amina Claudine Myers\\, Sathima Bea Benjamin\\, and Steve Lacy\ \, to just name a few. As a comprehensive musician\\, Ford has always str ived to master different musical genres\\, from swing to hard bop to free \\, and recently focusing on the work of Turkish poet and musician Neyzen Tevfik.\\nAs a leader\\, Ricky Ford has recorded 21 albums and authored a vast repertoire of originals. The musician has proved to have sharp kno wledge and is continually looking for new forms of expression. Ford is al so a unique arranger and conductor. From 1985 to 1996 he led Brandeis Uni versity’\\;s big band\\, arranging the works of composers whose musi c had never been played by big bands. When he settled in Paris in the 199 0s\\, he created another big band before moving to Turkey to teach at the Istanbul Bilgi University (2000-2006). Ricky Ford has been working with Ze Big Band\\, conducted by Fred Burgazzi\\, with who he has recorded two beautiful albums\\, 7095 (2009) and Sacred Concert (2013). Ford and Ze B ig Band created Sketches of Brittany at the Jazz Festival of VitrĂ©\\, in Brittany. In 2022 Ford\\, now 68\\, burst out with a strong new album\\, The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’\\;s Scene (Whaling City Sou nd)\\, his first recording in almost a decade. For those who need to be r eminded of Ford’\\;s playing strength and musical imagination\\, a l isten to this music will jog the memory. Ford never ceases to create musi c of the highest caliber.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-stat es/buffalo/events/ricky-ford-quartet-john-coltrane-100th-birthday-celebra tion-2026-09-23 LOCATION:visitbuffalo.com URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/buffalo/events/ricky-ford-quartet-john-coltrane-100th-birthday-celebration-2026-09-23 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR