Name: Ricky Ford
Dates: 1954
Description
Davis, R. One for Frederick, p1990. (saxophone)
New Grove dict. of jazz: (Ford, Ricky (Richard Allen); b. Mar. 4, 1954, Boston; tenor saxophonist)
African American National Biography, accessed January 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ford, Ricky; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 04 March 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; studied at the New England Conservatory; made recording debut with Ran Blake (1973); part of the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington (1974-1976); professor at Bilgi University in Istanbul (2001-2006); founded the Toucy Jazz Festival in Yonne, France (2009))