
Recent Updates
Living With Imperfection
During the recording of Norther Noir, a french filmmaker, Antoine Polin, was making a movie about Ran and his life. Antoine included some footage of us in the studio, and captured a few conversations about the music and of us just hanging. I can’t thank him enough. I can imagine I am going to look back on these moments that he included in his film with great fondness for Ran and the time we shared that week rehearsing, watching his favorite movies, and recording.
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AR Quartet at Cliff Bells APRIL 10th
Looking forward to playing some new music at Cliff Bells!
with Keith Hall, Matthew Fries and John Hébert.
Jazztrail 4 Star Review of THAR
NEW RELEASE – THAR
So happy that this record is out in the world!
AR – Saxophones, Taylor Haskins, trumpet, Matt Pavolka, bass, Tom Rainey, drums.
JCP Listening Session
Hope you can join me for a JazzComposersPresent Listening session.
Consider joining today!
https://www.jazzcomposerspresent.com
Jazz Composers Present
I have recently joined the team of JazzComposersPresent,com, an online forum and resource for jazz composers and beyond. This is my first “mini-lesson” that I did for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wbHVlnzUfw
Bells Gig with TIM HAGANS!
So looking forward to this one!
Upcoming Concerts
NODES Project Debut
Gilmore International Piano Festival – Robin D.G. Kelley
I have had the distinct pleasure of speaking to Robin D.G. Kelly twice about his incredible Monk biography. This book is simply the greatest jazz biography ever written. It is impeccably researched, so detailed, and very well written. Robin is a brilliant author and historian, and I really had to go to school for our interviews. Looking forward to speaking to him as part of the Gilmore Piano Fest!
Fulton St. Collective
Looking forward to playing with with Dana Hall and John Hébert!
Kerrytown Concert Review
Lovely Review from the Michigan Daily of our concert at Kerrytown Concert House!
“Bad Call” at the Union
This is a clip of my toon “Bad Call” at the Union. With guests Gary Versace (whose expressions are priceless!) and Jay Anderson.
LA Jazz Scene Review
Northern Noir Review – All About Jazz
John Ephland reviews Northern Noir with two other recent recordings that feature Ran:
WMUK Interview
Debussy Reviews Wrap-Up
Kevin Whitehead reviews Northern Noir
Collaboration with Franco Pinna
Franco Pinna: Arpalegüera and Percussion. Andrew Rathbun: Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, WX7 and Synths and Samplers.
Fun to collaborate with and old friend and incredible musician Franco Pinna, who has created his own instrument that he plays along with his percussion setup, that invokes the Andes, the Koto, and the Kora, all at the same time.
Interview/Performance on WMUK
This was a really fun interview and performance with drummer Keith Hall and bassist John Hébert.
Neon Jazz Interview
New CD Selected as Most Alluring of the Year (so far!)
Northern Noir Review
New York City Jazz Record Review
“Search Committee” Video
A new pandemic pursuit. A virtual recording with three of my faves:
Andrew Bishop, Jeff Lederer, Geof Bradfield: Search Committee!
Inspired by our times: Elegy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkM1_KE98KU