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Trumpeter Tom Richeson has toured with pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (with The Jacksons), Diana Ross, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Lou Rawls, the Spinners (led by Motown Records Music Director Maurice King), toured with the Charlie Spivak Orchestra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (led by trombonist Buddy Morrow), performed with jazz artists Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Mark Boling, Jon Hamar, Charles Thomas, Art Porter, Sr., Bill Scarlett, Gene Rush, Maasej, Abel, and Josua Kovacevic, Wally Brath, Donald Brown, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Coker, Keith Brown, and, with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, with Nancy Wilson, Buddy Rich, and Ella Fitzgerald. He’s toured 20-plus countries with International Cultural Exchange, an organization that promotes cross cultural exchanges in the arts and education for the purposes of enlightenment, understanding and compassion. The ICX Jazz Ensemble headlined the Cairo International Jazz Festival (2019). Tom was inducted into the Arkansas Hall of Fame in 2014. He’s a former member of the Arkansas and Knoxville Symphony Orchestras and taught music history and jazz studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for four decades. He has a few albums, including Gift of Wind (2020). “…whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31).

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Gift of Wind

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Jazz and jazz fusion from trumpeter Tom Richeson and guests Gregory Tardy (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Mark Boling (guitar), Jon Hamar (double bass), Jay Gentry (electric bass), "Memphis Pianist" Charles Thomas on one track, John Bowers (vocals), Keith Lynch (electric guitar), Bill Nesbitt (mandolin, guitar, double bass), and others.

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Prelude Doxology 1:59
Prelude Doxology
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Gabriel's Groove 9:58
Gabriel's Groove
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Gift of Wind Suite 10:02
Gift of Wind Suite
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Waves 4:00 am 5:10
Waves 4:00 am
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More Love More Power 5:28
More Love More Power
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Here's That Rainy Day 6:28
Here's That Rainy Day
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K-BYE 5:01
K-BYE
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Amazing Grace 3:19
Amazing Grace
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Lament for the Stolen Ones 3:41
Lament for the Stolen Ones
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Wade in the Water 10:55
Wade in the Water
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To Him Who Sits Upon The Throne 6:57
To Him Who Sits Upon The Throne
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Waiting on the Wind to Blow 4:09
Waiting on the Wind to Blow
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Doxology Postlude 3:46
Doxology Postlude
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