Richard Elliot

If you’re veteran saxophonist Richard Elliot, long known as the “James Brown of Contemporary Jazz” for the intense soul inspirations of his recordings, a relentless tour schedule and joyfully exhausting onstage performances, you dig deep into your R&B/jazz roots. Richard Elliot found his voice on the tenor through the likes of King Curtis, David Sanborn, Tom Scott, Sly Stone and even Tower of Power, whom the sax man toured and recorded with from 1982-87.