Richard ‘Ric’ Sanders (born 8 December 1952, in Birmingham, West Midlands) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, electric folk and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention.
Sanders’ first experience with a professional band was in the summer of 1972, touring Europe with classical/rock percussionist Stomu Yamash’ta’s Red Buddha Theatre. He later went on to play with jazz pianists Johnny Patrick and Michael Garrick. In the late 1970s he briefly toured as a member of the jazz-rock group Soft Machine and followed with a stint in The Albion Band. In 1981 he co-founded a recording studio, Morgreen Studios, with which he remained active for a few years. In 1984 he joined Fairport Convention and recorded his first album with them, Gladys’ Leap, the following year. Since 2002, in addition to his work with Fairport, he has also been working regularly with his trio, known as the Ric Sanders Trio, which features Vo Fletcher on guitar and Michael Gregory on drums and percussion.
Over the years Sanders has worked with a diverse roster of artists, including: Rick Wakeman, Dave Cousins of Strawbs, Jethro Tull, Robert Plant, Roy Harper, Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, Pentangle, Gordon Giltrap, Andrew Cronshaw, June Tabor, Martin Simpson, Charlie Landsborough, All About Eve, The Mission, Fred Thelonious Baker, Catherine Howe and John Etheridge (guitarist with Soft Machine and Stéphane Grappelli) with whom he co-led the group 2nd Vision, whose record has been re-released on Blueprint Records (Voiceprint Records Group).(by wikipedia)
This is his first soloalbum, recorded for a small German independent label calles “Jeton Records” (so the liner notes are in German only). Together with Steve Richardson and Pete York (from “Pete York´s New York”) he recorded a very unique and exciting album with great instrumentals … sometimes he reminds me to the great Sugar Cane Harris.
This is not only a very rare record … this is highclass Jazz-rock, recorded in direct to disc procedure (Direct-to-disc recording refers to sound recording methods that bypass the use of magnetic tape recording and record audio directly onto analog disc masters.)
In other words: This is a masterpiece !
Personnel:
Steve Richardson (bass)
Rick Sanders (violin)
Pete York (drums)
Tracklist:
01. New Years Day Celebration (Sanders/Jiving Broth.) 7.09
02. Something (Harrison) 5.04
03. Every Little Thing She Does (Sting) 4.26
04. Ebony Slide (Richardson/Jiving Broth.) 4.52
05. Mother Nature’s Son (Lennon/McCartney) 2.37
06. Allois Manius Syneda + Don’t Fret (Sanders/Baker/Jiving Broth.) 9.43
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