another spring

“It can be hard to find new things to say in old songs, but after many years of singing the standards, some singers are still able to discover the secret of a song. Cheryl Richards is a shining example of a singer who has been able to prove the relevance of the standards for a modern audience. ”

– Jakob Baekgaard, All About Jazz (read the full review and article)

PRESS RELEASE
Another Spring

Band: Cheryl Richards Quintet
Title: Another Spring
Release Date: October 15, 2022
Artists: Cheryl Richards, voice (ohyeahloveit.com)
Nick Lyons, alto saxophone
Adam Caine, guitar (adamcaine.com)
Adam Lane, bass (adamlane.org)
Vijay Anderson, drums (vijayanderson.com)
Label: New Artists Records (newartistsrecords.com)
Catalog Number: NA1072
UPC Code: 7 88107 10722 7

Description: Another Spring is an album of swinging, straight ahead jazz with a spontaneous and adventurous bent.

Tracks: 1. The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers on); 2.Love Me or Leave Me; 3. My Melancholy Baby; 4. Mood Indigo; 5. It’s You or No One; 6. Love You Madly; 7. All About You/How About You; 8. There Will Never Be Another You; 9. More Than You Know; 10. Nature Boy; 11. Cheryl

If you love superb vocal jazz improvisation, you’ll fall in love with her high-energy talent right away."– Dick Metcalf (Rotcod Zzaj) (read the full review)

BIOGRAPHIES

Vocalist CHERYL RICHARDS has performed at NYC venues including the 55 Bar, Café Bohemia, the Stone, Greenwich Music House, Why Not Jazz Room, Cornelia Street Café, and Zeb’s in Manhattan as well as iBeam, Roulette, Galapagos Art Space, The Drawing Room, and Mirror Teahouse in Brooklyn. Her debut jazz album, “If Not For You,” was released on New Artists Records in 2015.

She earned her BFA in music from Cornish College of the Arts and for many years, she primarily sang classical music. She is a co-founder of a Renaissance Vocal Quartet, Oriana, which performed at venues throughout the Pacific Northwest, recorded a CD of madrigals and Renaissance songs, and regularly participated in festivals including Bumbershoot and the Folklife Festival. She co-created and performed original music for a number of choreographers and dance companies, including Jeff Bickford Dance, and performed regularly at venues including On the Boards, the New City Theater, the Nippon Kan Theatre, and the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle. She is a co-founder of the band Lionfish, which recorded a CD of original music and performed regularly throughout the Seattle area. She has also sung with Jay Clayton's New York-based Vocal Ensemble, Different Voices.

Alto Saxophonist NICK LYONS has been called “one of the most important and original alto saxophonists on the improvisation scene” (Manhattan Users Guide, 2015) and “definitely a young jazzer to watch” (Time Out–NY). His collaborations, based around spontaneously improvised music, have included performing with guitarist Adam Caine, pianists Carol Liebowitz and Connie Crothers. Lyons leads various trios which have included drummers Roger Mancuso and John Wagner and bassists Adam Lane, Hilliard Greene, and Ratzo Harris. Of his 2009 solo performance at The Stone (a pick in Time Out–NY), Mark Weber commented on “his ability to go inside himself and find meaningful lyric inventions, curling out line upon line,” adding that the concert was “magnificent.”

In 2015 Nick was a featured guest on WKCR’s “Out to Lunch,” performed in Berlin at clubs A-Trane and B-Flat and appeared on Cheryl Richards’s CDs If Not For You and Another Spring on New Artists Records. He has been a regular performer in concert series presented by Arts for Art, the NYC fixture which produces the annual Vision Festival, most recently in Spring 2016 in a quartet with Carol Liebowitz, percussionist Andrew Drury and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. He has recently performed in groups led by tenor saxophonist Jimmy Halperin (who cited Lyons as one of his favorite young musicians in New York City, JazzTokyo.org), Connie Crothers (The Stone), pianist Harvey Diamond (Boston area), and Aaron Johnson (Dizzy’s Club); and he has led groups with pianist Kazzrie Jaxen and bassist Ken Filiano, and pianist Virg Dzurinko, trumpeter Ryan Messina, and drummer Federico Ughi.

Guitarist and composer ADAM CAINE has developed an international reputation as an innovative artist. Adam Caine grew up in Rochester, New York, studied music at the University of Rochester, and has lived in Brooklyn, NY since the first days of the 21st Century. Caine's trio CD's "Thousandfold" (NoBusiness Records, 2009) and "Pipe" (TrueFalse, 2006) received rave reviews in the Wire, Cadence, and All About Jazz. As a composer for video art, Caine's music has been featured in over 20 international festivals. Current projects include the Adam Caine Quartet (with Bob Lanzetti, Adam Lane and Billy Mintz), The Robert Dick & Adam Caine duo, The Daniel Carter & Adam Caine Duo, and New York 69 (with Kevin Shea).

By combining a disparate set of influences into a unique improvisational voice, ADAM LANE has become recognized as one of the most original creative voices in contemporary jazz. His 2006 recording New Magical Kingdom, was recently featured in the Penguin Jazz Guide 1001 Best Records Ever Made, and his most recent recording, Ashcan Ranting received a myriad of critical praise including four stars in Downbeat. His current projects include his Full Throttle Orchestra, a nine piece ensemble formed to realize his extended jazz orchestral compositions, The Adam Lane Trio, featuring legendary reedist Vinny Golia, Four Corners, a co-lead ensemble with reedist Ken Vandermark, and an ongoing solo project that combines unique processed double bass improvisations with Lane's original story telling.

VIJAY ANDERSON is a freelance drummer, bandleader, composer, and teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. As a bandleader, he has led several ensembles and released five albums under his own name. As a sideman, Anderson has played with numerous bandleaders and appears on over 30 independent releases. Anderson has played everything from street corners and local bars, to major Jazz festivals and international tours. He holds an MFA in music performance from Mills College and a BA in music performance from San Francisco State University. Anderson continues working on creative music and performs in various ensembles in Brooklyn and beyond.