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ianritchiemusic

Ian Ritchie's SOHO Project

About Me


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 :
http://ian-ritchie.com/rwblog.htm" .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/30/2006
Band Website: ian-ritchie.com/soho
Band Members: ian ritchie - tenor and soprano saxes,
tom fry - double bass,
vladimiro carboni - drums,
alex hutton - piano.

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 .......
Record Label: 33 Jazz Records
Type of Label: Indie