A sample of the upcoming release Live In Chelsea, featuring Rick Faulkner on trombone and Cary Brown on piano.  Recorded live at the Music in Chelsea concert series, NYC.

Python

Duo with Cary Brown (piano), from the release Live in Chelsea

Fables Of Faubus

From "Pegao" EP (collaboration with Crazy Baldhead)

Rick Faulkner: trombone, bass, harmonica, percussion, composer
Agent Jay: guitar, mixing
Roger Rivas: keyboards
Esteban Destalco: drums

Alligator Pond

Title track from the CD Waiting for the Rain.

Rick Faulkner, trombone & composer
Marty Ehrlich, alto sax
Patience Higgins, baritone sax
Cary Brown, piano
Omer Avital, bass
Daniel Freedman, drums
Kahlil Kwame Bell, percussion

Waiting For The Rain

From the CD Waiting for the Rain.

Rick Faulkner, trombone & composer
Marty Ehrlich, alto sax
Patience Higgins, baritone sax
Cary Brown, piano
Omer Avital, bass
Daniel Freedman, drums
Kahlil Kwame Bell, percussion

Those Left Behind

My tribute to Cuban trombone legend Generoso "Tojo" Jimenez (arranger for the Beny More band), with Victor Rendon & Bronx Conexión.

Generoso

Trombonist, bassist, and composer Rick Faulkner has made a reputation for himself on the New York City jazz and world music scenes for his rich, expansive sound, no-holds-barred playing style and infectious, soulful compositions.   His musical experience ranges from traditional jazz and bebop to salsa, Latin jazz, Haitian compas, Brazilian choro, klezmer, bluegrass, and more. As a freelancer, he has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Max Roach, David Murray, Wallace Roney, Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers, ska superstars The Toasters, Guided by Voices, and Grammy Award-nominee Juan Carlos Formell.   He was co-founder of the critically-acclaimed New York Ska Jazz Ensemble (featured in Down Beat and JAZZIZ magazines) and appeared with them at the Montreal Jazz Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival, among others.

As a composer, Rick has contributed numerous pieces to recordings by a wide range of artist, and to television and film soundtracks. Every Saturday for more than twenty years, radio listeners heard his trombone and arrangement in the theme music for “Que Viva la Musica” on WFDU. His work has been performed by Michael Brecker, John Scofield, Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Big Band, and by the Vermont Philharmonic.  Rick has also published many pieces for both professional and student ensembles, which have been played at schools and colleges all over the country.


As an educator, he has taught jazz studies and brass studies at Hunter College (CUNY), music history at Mercy College, and has directed various ensembles at Stokes Forest Music Camp (MSU). He has been teaching instrumental music in New York City public schools since 2005, and is currently the director of instrumental music at East Harlem’s Talented and Gifted School for Young Scholars.