Does anyone know anything about Jazz tenor sax player Ricky Ford?

Question

I've been to his website, and on the Grove music dictionary, but I have to write a 5-7 page paper about him and I can't find that much information. Any help would be appreciated!

Here's some info that I know already: He went to NEC, studied with Ran Blake and Jaki Byard, played with the Ellington Orchestra and the Mingus group, and recorded a lot of albums. (I know more than this but this is just basic info that I've found).

Thanks!

Answer 1

This might help a little. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll Maybe it will give you some leads.