Posts Tagged ‘Richard Randolph’

Throwback Thursday: Jazz in the City (part 1)

Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Jazz in the City tribute to Donald Ransome (2007)

Jazz in the City tribute to Donald Ransom (2007)

We look forward to Jazz in the City,  which this year will only be one event (vs. three).  Past artists who have played for this series include Fred Wesley, Jr. Walker’s All-Stars, Marion Meadows, Dave Valentin, Alex Torres, Jackiem Joyner and Richard Randolph’s Urban Jazz Coalition.

Perseverance Park/Pike Block will be the lone destination on September 3.

Jazz in the City: James Patterson singing on the Southside (circa 2007)

Jazz in the City: James Patterson singing on the Southside (circa 2007)

Doin’ What They Do

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Phil Raney, bassist for Urban Coalition

Phil Raney

Urban Jazz Coalition, a Syracuse Jazz in the City alumni band, prostate made their return to Syracuse and played the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival on Saturday. The band, featuring Richard Randolph on sax and Phil Raney on Bass, especially pleased the crowd when the played a rendition of the Luther Vandross hit “Never Too Much.”

Hector Maldanado, percussion for Urban Coalition

Hector Maldanado, percussion for Urban Coalition

The band also backed the featured act of the night, Jessy J.

Richard Randolph, saxophonist for Urban Coalition

Richard Randolph

Summer Breeze

Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Urban Jazz Collective's Duane Tribune (left) and Richard Randolph play on stage in Little Italy

Urban Jazz Coalition’s Duane Tribune (left) and Richard Randolph

Columbus, OH-based Urban Jazz Coalition brings an unofficial end to the outdoor live jazz season in Syracuse on Thursday. They performed in Little Italy for the season finale of  Jazz in the City, a neighborhood concert series produced each summer by Larry Luttinger and the Central New York Jazz  Orchestra.