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Richard Tee sound sample need help

Started by Kbjazzman, August 25, 2008, 10:22:06 PM

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Kbjazzman

Hi
I've seen Mr. Richard Tee playing Rhodes in DVD concert  in the park of Simon & Art last night I'm very impress with the way he play. Anybody can recomend me his music work inform of DVD concert or Audio CD album?

dnarkosis

Almost anything with the Gadd Gang (or the earlier studio version of that band) will have his Rhodes on it (and his gospel-inspired acoustic work). You can presumably find and audition those albums on amazon.
He used to have an instructional video out; don't know if it's still available.
The first album I heard him on -- and the one that tended to stay with me simply because it was the first -- was the sound track from Paul Simon's movie One Trick Pony, though that mostly features his comping behind Simon's vocals. But what texture.
He was a master at getting this great, signature sound on his Rhodes with a Small Stone phaser. I think in one interview (Keyboard mag?) he even talked about his settings.
1979 Suitcase 73
1980 Stage 54

Kbjazzman

Thank you very much dnarkosis
I'll go check from you recommendation list. By the way if anybody have another rhodes artist to recommend please let me know. Thanks in advance

RolandAliphon

Grover Washington "in Concert" DVD. You won't SEE much of him, but you will hear him playing throughout the Concert. Also features Paul Griffin, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd and Ralph MacDonald.
Suitcase 88 Mark I

vocalchords88

Richard Tee was also in  a band called "Stuff"  you should check out anything by them. He was a studio musician in the 80s and can be found on many albums from that era. Great player and left this planet way too soon. He's one of my heroes.

Check out Joe Sample's Rhodes solo on "Street Life" by the crusaders, "Rosalinda's Eyes" by Billy Joel, "AS" by Stevie Wonder (pretty much anything by Stevie),  Michael Bluestein's solo on "Harbor Lights" on Bozz Scaggs Greatest Hits DVD.

Just a couple of my favs.
1970  Fender Rhodes Suitcase Mark I
Yamaha Motif XS8
Yamaha S-90
Kurzweil PC3

dnarkosis

I think "Stuff" was the studio version of the Saturday Night Live band, wasn't it? Then it morphed into the Gadd Gang. Or am I confusing it with a different band?
1979 Suitcase 73
1980 Stage 54

vocalchords88

I went to see Stuff perform live several times in the late 70s and 80s.
It was Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, Chris Parker and Gordon Edwards. The did a lot of recording together but also played clubs in NYC.
Here's Steve Gadd's website where you can read a lot more about them.
http://www.drstevegadd.com/timeline.htm
1970  Fender Rhodes Suitcase Mark I
Yamaha Motif XS8
Yamaha S-90
Kurzweil PC3