Education
Oberlin College.
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Ken Rich
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He began playing violin at age 5, tuba at age 9 and moved on to the electric bass at age 15. After majoring in philosophy at Oberlin College while pursuing intensive jazz studies with Wendell Logan and Donald Byrd, he moved to New York City in 1991. Those sessions inspired Rich to develop his own home studios in the East Village and Brooklyn apartments where he produced Joseph Arthur’s album “Our Shadows Will Remain” which was voted Entertainment Weekly’s Album of the Year in 2004 and Chris Rubin’s (Rolling Stone) Number One album of 2004.
He also co-produced Mr.
Arthur’s “You’re so True” which appeared on the Grammy-nominated Shrek 2 Soundtrack. From those home studios Mr.
Rich also produced Tracy Bonham’s “Blink The Brightest” (Zoe Records), Rene Lopez’s “One Manitoba’s Year” and Morley’s “Days Like These” (Universal France) which Time magazine said “embodies modern-day New York femininity in all its multicultural finesse”. and “My Blacks Don’t Match” (2009), and the Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout’s 7” ep featuring Leah Siegel (2009),
Drama Critics Circle Award for Sound Design. Ken Rich continues to produce, engineer, mix, master and still plays an occasional bass gig.
Achievements
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He quickly ensconced himself in the session and live music scene of New York playing bass on David Byrne"s "lieutenant Goes Back", "Offbeat - a Red Hot Soundtrip", Shabba Ranks" 1993 Grammy Award winning album "X-Tra Naked", and Laurie Anderson"s "In Our Sleep" with Lou Reed. In 2008, Rich"s score and sound design for Alex Lyras’s play “The Common Air” were nominated for 2008 Garland Awards and won the 2008 Ovation Award for Intimate Theater and the 2008 Los Angeles
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Quotations: “embodies modern-day New York femininity in all its multicultural finesse”.
Membership
Mr. Rich was a member of Babatunde Olatunji’s New York City-based band from 1994 until Olatunji"s death in 2004.
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Born
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United States