Steph Richards - Take The Neon Lights (2019)

After her "spellbinding" (NPR) debut record celebrated by the New York Times as a "bold pronouncement" last year, trumpeter Stephanie Richards follows up with a release of her second project: Take The Neon Lights on Birdwatcher records. Using NYC as a backdrop, her compositions are named from poems by icons Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou and Allen Ginsberg, to name a few. Her music explores a spontaneous prose of grit and brilliance; the ugly beauty of NYC. Featuring James Carney on piano, Sam Minaie on bass and Andrew Munsey on drums.

Steph Richards (trumpet, flugelhorn, compositions)
James Carney (piano)
Sam Minaie (bass)
Andrew Munsey (drums)