Rick
Braun & Richard Elliot Show their Stuff as
a Duo as R nR comes to Town June
29, 2007 - Forming a duo for trumpeter Rick
Braun and saxman Richard
Elliot was a no brainer considering the pair
have been friends for years, have played together
countless times and are partners in one of the
hottest labels in Smooth Jazz, ARTizen Music Group.
The album RnR featuring original funk, R&B,
jazz and pop songs will be released on August
28th. However the first single the breezy exotic
romance of "Sao Paulo," is already nearing
the Top 10 on the Radio & Records chart. The
album features some other well know Smooth Jazzers
including Jeff
Lorber, Rex Rideout and Philippe Saisse, Chris
Standring, Gregg Karukas, Lenny Castro and Ricky
Lawson. "We've had so much fun playing together
live that it was time for us to get together musically,"
declared Elliot. "We have different approaches
yet they are complementary. We called upon our
roots (Elliot was a long-time member of Tower
of Power and Braun played with War) and we constantly
bounced ideas off each other. As much as we let
the songs develop and evolve from our interaction,
the record was probably more honed and refined
than other albums because we were constantly going
over the work and tweaking and changing things."
"Overall, I think the album is very energetic
and percolates. We didn't want to overpower the
melodies by just blasting a lot of horns in people's
faces. In fact, we did the opposite by using single
trumpet, flugelhorn and tenor sax melodies much
like old recordings from the '40s, '50s and '60's,
which gave it an intimate and warm sound. The
horn section parts were doubled to really give
it that oomph and muscle. We treated the lead
instruments as would vocalists recording duets,
which gave them each a personal voice," explained
Braun. - by John
Beaudin
Rick
Braun & Richard Elliot Teaming Up For
New Album&
Jazz Attack Tour April
4, 2007 - As they say sometimes the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts and a
new duo album with Trumpeter Rick Braun
and saxman Richard Elliot could be
the perfect combination. Braun say's the album
of original songs is totally finished but
so far has no title. It will be released in
the summer on their own ARTizen Music Group
label. Meanwhile Braun plans to tour as a
member of Jazz Attack again with Elliot, Jonathan
Butler and Peter White. Braun says
"For me, I feel like I want people to
walk away from this show with an experience
that's so much more than just putting on my
CD. I want them to feel like we've had some
sort of experience together and they can walk
away saying, 'Boy, I'll never forget that,'
you know, 'That was a wonderful night.'"
Tour Dates below. - by Kari Graham
Jazz
Attack Tour - Rick Braun, Peter White, Richard
Elliot and Jonathan Butler
April 14th - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville
Jazz Festival
April 15th - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - Sea Breeze
Festival
April 20th - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theater
April 21st - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Jazz
Fest
May 6th - West Palm Beach, FL - SunFest
May 12th - Temecula, CA - Thornton Winery
May 19th - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Performing
Arts
May 31st - Washington, DC - 15th Annual Capitol
Jazz Festival
June 1st - York, PA - Shrine Capitol Performing
Arts Center
June 2nd - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theatre
June 3rd - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theater
June 8th - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckard Hall
June 15th - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
June 20th - Cleveland, OH - Palace Theatre
June 21st - Kettering, OH - Frazee Pavillion
June 22nd - Detroit, MI - City of Southfield
Civic Center
June 23rd - Healdsburg, CA - Rodney Strong
Vineyards
June 24th - Big Bear Lake, CA - Big Bear Ski
Resort
July 14th - Sacramento, CA - Radisson Hotel
July 20th - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
July 21st - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater
July 29th - Spring Mountain, NV - Jazz Under
The Stars, Spring Mountain State Park
August 4th - Valencia, CA - The Paseo Tennis
Club
August 11th - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach
Jazz Festival
August 25th - Michigan City, IN - Guy Foreman
Amphitheater, Washington Park
October 14th - Catalina, CA - Catalina Jazz
Festival
May
31, 2005 - Richard
Elliot's album "Metro Blue"
originally slated for a late May release will
be released on June 28th, 2005. The album
is produced by Richard and partner Rick
Braun's newly launched ARTizen Music Group.
Saxophonist
Richard Elliot is in a funky, retro Metro
Blue mood April
29, 2005 - A consistent chart topper saxman
Richard
Elliot is ready to release Metro Blue
on June 28th. It's his fourteenth solo collection
yet his debut for the newly launched ARTizen
Music Group record label, of which he is a
partner. Metro Blue was produced by Elliot
and horn man, Rick
Braun, who collaborated on nine original
songs. Joining them in the studio were Jeff
Lorber, Peter
White, Brian
Culbertson, Dwight Sills, Gregg Karukas,
Lenny Castro, Rex Rideout, Ronnie Grant, Nate
Philips and Phil Davis.
Says
Elliot, "This album release really
represents a turning point for me, the creative
experience of working with Rick (Braun)
couple with the freedom of controlling our
own destiny with the new label is pushing
me into new directions creatively."
ARTizen music is Elliot, Rick Braun, their
longtime manager Steve Chapman and industry
veteran Al Evers.
To
help launch, and support the album release,
Elliot is teaming with Braun, White and
Jonathan Butler for the luminous Jazz Attack
U.S. concert tour. - by Liz
Rivard
Richard Elliot’s
Metro Blue album contains the following
songs:
“Inside
Out” “Chill
Bill”
“Camella”
“Mystique”
“Coastline” “Mango
Tango”
“People
Make The World Go Round” “Maxi’s”
“Say
It’s So”
“Metro Blue”
Catch
Elliot co-headlining the Jazz Attack concert
tour on the following tour dates (dates may
be added):
Groovin'
For Grover Tour Debuts Next Week March
16, 2004 - We lost him in December of 1999
and he remains a big part of the Smooth
Jazz framework. Grover
Washington Jr. His Sony press release
said it best "He maintained the middle
ground between jazz and rhythm-and-blues
with great style and grace." If you
want a taste of Grover's Inspiration check
out the "Groovin' for Grover Tour"
kicking off next week. Featuring heavyweights
likes Richard
Elliot, Jeff
Lorber, Paul
Taylor and Gerald
Albright. The tour will serve as a tribute
to the Jazz legend. Groovin'
For Grover Tour -
Richard
Elliot,
Jeff
Lorber,
Paul
Taylor
and Gerald
Albright
St.
Louis, MO
Milwaukee, WI
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Sacramento, CA
Oakland, CA
San Diego, CA
Dana Point, CA
Anchorage, AK
Seattle, WA
Houston, TX
Atlanta, GA
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Palm Springs, CA
Newport Beach, CA
Oakville, CA
Kettering, OH
Saratoga, CA
Los Angeles, CA
June
29, 2007 - Forming a duo for trumpeter 
April
4, 2007 - As they say sometimes the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts and a
new duo album with Trumpeter Rick Braun
and saxman Richard Elliot could be
the perfect combination. Braun say's the album
of original songs is totally finished but
so far has no title. It will be released in
the summer on their own ARTizen Music Group
label. Meanwhile Braun plans to tour as a
member of Jazz Attack again with Elliot, Jonathan
Butler and Peter White. Braun says
"For me, I feel like I want people to
walk away from this show with an experience
that's so much more than just putting on my
CD. I want them to feel like we've had some
sort of experience together and they can walk
away saying, 'Boy, I'll never forget that,'
you know, 'That was a wonderful night.'"
Tour Dates below. - by Kari Graham
May
31, 2005 - 
April
29, 2005 - A consistent chart topper saxman
March
16, 2004 - We lost him in December of 1999
and he remains a big part of the Smooth
Jazz framework. 
