Trumpeter Tom Richeson toured with pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (with The Jacksons), Diana Ross, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Lou Rawls, The Spinners, Tom Jones, and The Tommy Dorsey and Charlie Spivak Orchestras. He played lead trumpet with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra for Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Buddy Rich. He's performed with many jazz artists, most notably, Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Frank Sinatra, Alvin Batiste, Airto Moriera, Carl Fontana, Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Coker, Donald Brown, Stan Samole, Art Porter, Charles Thomas, Bill Scarlett, Ted Ludwig, Gene Rush, Mark Boling, Jon Hamar, Wally Brath, Maasej Kovacevic, Abel Kovacevic, Mike Choby, Buck Powell, Rick Carfa, and Brandon Dorris. He’s toured 20+ countries with International Cultural Exchange (ICX), an organization that promotes cross cultural exchanges in the arts and education for the purposes of enlightenment, understanding and compassion. The ICX Jazz Ensemble was featured on the 2021 Cairo International Jazz Festival. Tom founded and directed the Little Rock Jazz Machine, a jazz big band. Band directors, orchestra, and other local musicians played as a Monday night rehearsal band in a local night club. Albums include The Little Rock Jazz Machine, Live at the Afterthought (1987). He's a former member of the Arkansas and Knoxville Symphony Orchestras, and taught jazz studies courses at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for 41 years. Albums include Jazz Tracks (2014) and Gift of Wind (2020).

“…whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).