RICHARD
ELLIOT RICOCHET
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www.richardelliot.com
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Although
he's called a "smooth jazz artist," saxophonist Richard Elliot is
equally at home with most rock & roll and the kind of classic R&B
performed by the group Tower
of Power. For five years in the 1980s, he was a big part of the classic
R&B band's horn-based sound. The Scottish-born Elliot was raised in Los
Angeles, where he quickly became a fan of West Coast classic R&B.
By the late 90s, Elliot was sufficiently well-established to produce Jumpin'
Off on which he played mostly within the R&B style, a deliberate
reversion to a form that had been at the height of its commercial
acceptability almost two decades before Elliot was born. By this time,
however, Elliot's eclecticism was stretching still further and, like many
musicians of his generation, he was developing a serious interest in salsa. In
addition to playing tenor, on which he produces a rich and expressive sound,
Elliot is also very effective on soprano saxophone.
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