Rick Countryman

Rick Countryman
Background information
Born
Rick Countryman

(1957-01-31) January 31, 1957
Massachusetts, U.S.
GenresFree improvisation
InstrumentsAlto saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass flute
Labels
  • Improvising Beings
  • Chap Chap Records
  • FMR Records
  • Sol Disk Records

Rick Countryman (born January 31, 1957) is a free improvisation jazz saxophonist.

Career

Years after as a baritone saxophone player, including an extended sabbatical, Rick Countryman made a late-life change to alto saxophone. His first recorded work with Christian Bucher, an avant-garde drummer from Switzerland, drew attention from a French music label, Improvising Beings,[1] that subsequently released their album, Acceptance – Resistance in November, 2016.[2] It received favorable reviews, both in the United States and Europe.[3][4][5]

He has since been leading groups on alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto flute and bass flute; performing original compositions and Free Jazz/Free Improvisation with various trios and quartets.[6]

Rick Countryman was a student of American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Bert Wilson; and considers American jazz double bassist Michael Bisio and tenor saxophonist Rick Mandyck as early mentors. Based in the Philippines, Countryman features in Manila's jazz festivals[7][8] and performance venues. In early 2019, he performed and conducted workshops with Dr. Royal Hartigan at the MAKILINC6 Arts Festival;[9] and later that year at the Yilan International Art Festival in Taiwan as "acomo trio".[10]

Countryman has over a dozen album releases distributed on five labels across Europe, Asia, and the United States, including multiple CDs with Japanese improvisational drummer, Sabu Toyozumi,[11][12] who had made several trips to Manila to perform and record.[13][14] Rick Countryman's prodigious recordings are found across specialty record labels which include Improvising Beings (France), Chap Chap Records (Japan),[15][16]FMR Records (UK)[17][18][19] and Sol Disk Records (US).

References

  1. ↑ "Acceptance - Resistance". improvising-beings.bandcamp.com.
  2. ↑ "CHRONIQUE". citizenjazz.com.
  3. ↑ Edwards, Grego Applegate (January 17, 2017). "Gapplegate Music Review: Tan Bucher & Countryman, Acceptance.Resistance". gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com.
  4. ↑ Aaron, S. Victor (April 8, 2017). "Bucher Tan Countryman – Acceptance – Resistance (2017)". somethingelsereviews.com.
  5. ↑ Barriaux, Franpi (March 26, 2017). "Countryman / Tan / Bucher". citizenjazz.com (in French).
  6. ↑ "Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 068)". klexfestival.com. July 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ CCP's Winds and Jazz Festival opens July 26 | marketmonitor.com.ph, July 23, 2016
  8. ↑ 'Winds and Jazz' festival at CCP | pressreader.com – via PressReader
  9. ↑ "PHSA celebrates National Arts Month via MAKILINC 6". gmanetwork.com. February 11, 2019.
  10. ↑ "America akomo trio". yiaf.e-land.gov.tw.
  11. ↑ Waxman, Ken (August 12, 2020). "Voices of the Spirit". www.jazzword.com.
  12. ↑ "SABU TOYOZUMI and FMR Records Release REABSTRACTION" (PDF). fmr-records.com.
  13. ↑ "Sabu Toyozumi / Rick Countryman". jazztokyo.org. September 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sabu Toyozumi / Rick Countryman". www.jazzword.com.
  15. ↑ "River People (Bucher / Countryman / Alegre / Hori)". www.squidco.com.
  16. ↑ "river-people-sol-expression". chapchaprecords.bandcamp.com.
  17. ↑ "Artists A – Z". fmr-records.com.
  18. ↑ "Turtle Bird" (PDF). fmr-records.com.
  19. ↑ "Blue Spontaneity" (PDF). fmr-records.com.
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