New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Following the February 26 release of Shift, Logan Richardson's assured Blue Note debut, the alto saxophonist has announced May U.S. tour dates in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and his hometown of Kansas City. For the album Richardson assembled an impressive band of musical visionaries including guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Jason Moran, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Nasheet Waits. Richardson's touring band will feature Mike
Moreno on guitar and Sam Harris on piano.
LOGAN RICHARDSON - U.S. TOUR DATES
May 20 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - New York, NY
May 21 - Blue Whale - Los Angeles, CA
May 23 - Blue Room - Kansas City, MO
May 24 -
David Friend Recital Hall - Boston, MA
CHECK OUT WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT SHIFT:
"Up to this point, the alto saxophonist Logan Richardson has seemed a matter of promise... his first two records felt a little like sketches, not fully embodied. 'Shift,' his third and latest, and first on Blue Note records, is a totally different proposition… Mr. Richardson's songs rest on his melodies, which are sweeping and rhapsodic and don't need a fixed rhythm to ground them… He has a soft, languid tone that encompasses 20 years of full-service new saxophone improvising—precise, abstract, funky, noisy and sentimental, within the same tune."—New York Times
"An excellent release from the talented Logan Richardson... With this debut on Blue Note the blending of culturally rich environments feed creative music realized by Richardson's dream band of jazz luminaries: guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Jason Moran and a superb rhythm unit of bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Nasheet Waits. Some dream bands don't live up to expectations but this one does."—AllAboutJazz
"In Shift, everything clicks. A strong group of songs from an even stronger band from a saxophonist who as a leader has made quite the Blue Note debut. Logan Richardson made a hell of an album."—Nextbop
"Every so often a young jazz alto saxophonist emerges that just completely stuns you with attitude, technique, imagination, or, in Richardson's case, the total package." �Elmore Magazine
