Ricky Ford
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-02-13
- Active to
- 1991-10-17
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Ricky Ford (born March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory.[1] In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976. After this he played with Charles Mingus (1976-77), Dannie Richmond (1978-1981), Lionel Hampton, and then in the Mingus Dynasty (1982). In 1985 he played with Abdullah Ibrahim. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ricky+Ford">R
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- bebop
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Record label
- Candid Records
- Official website
- ricky.ford.free.fr
- Image
- Ricky Ford & Mercer Ellington.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1954-03-04
- Commons category
- Ricky Ford
- influenced by
- Dexter Gordon
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