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- 2022-01-08 Funk 'n Waffles Syracuse, US
- 2021-07-23 Funk 'n Waffles Syracuse, US
- 2018-03-05 Vortex Jazz Club London, GB
About Johnny Richards
Johnny Richards was one of the more progressive-minded arrangers of the 1950s and '60s, turning out big, heavily orchestrated scores with a sometimes unabashed use of dissonance and a good feel for Latin rhythms. His music has been called "provocatively colorful," though in the case of his notoriously portentous "Prologue" for the ego-tripping Stan Kenton, simply the word "provocative" says it all. Richards grew up in Schenectady, NY, learning piano, violin, banjo, and trumpet; his mother was a concert pianist who had studied with Paderewski. He started writing film scores, first in London ...
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