Trumpeter Tom Richeson toured with pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (The Jacksons), Diana Ross, The O'Jays, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, The Spinners, Tom Jones, and with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He's performed with jazz artists Pharoah Sanders, Gregory Tardy, Frank Sinatra, Alvin Batiste, Airto Moriera, Carl Fontana, Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Coker, Donald Brown, Stan Samole, Art Porter, Stefano Sabatini, Charles Thomas, Ted Ludwig, Gene Rush, Bill Scarlett, Mark Boling, Maasej Kovacevic, Buck Powell, and was lead trumpet with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra for Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Buddy Rich.  He's been on tours to numerous 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 (1980s), a big band with band directors, faculty, orchestra musicians, and other professionals, playing in night clubs, for dances, concerts, 2 Governor's Balls, and recording 2 albums, e.g., 1987's Live at the Afterthought. He's a former member of the Arkansas and Knoxville Symphony Orchestras. Tom taught jazz studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for 41 years. He also plays flutes & MIDI wind controllers. Tom's most recent album is Gift of Wind (2020).

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