Rich Lamb has been playing fretless, 4 string, 5 string electric basses and the upright bass professionally for 34 years. He co-founded the turn of the 80's jazz fusion band "Dry Jack" with his brother, pianist Chuck Lamb, which was listed as part of the new wave of fusion in Rolling Stone Magazine's History of Rock `n' Roll. With Dry Jack (completed by guitarist Rod Fleeman and drummer Jon Margolis) he performed with legendary vocalist Eddie Jefferson and avant garde sax beatnik Richie Cole and opened shows for Pat Metheny, The Dixie Dreggs, Gino Vinelli, Freddie Hubbard and McCoy Tyner among many others.
Since moving to Colorado in 1989, Rich has been performing locally with various artists. He performs in a nationally released PBS video concert playing with saxophone greats Ernie Watts and Ed Summerlin recorded at the Deer Mountain Jazz Festival in South Dakota (1992). Also performed there with sax legend Hank Crawford. He performs on the new release by Hazel Miller, Icons, as well as the "Live At The Fox" CD released by Hazel Miller and The Caucasians. With The Caucasians for 7 years, Rich performed in opening shows for Lou Rawls, Stanley Jordan and Brian Savage among others.Rich has subbed several times on E Town, the nationally syndicated radiio program which is recorded live in Boulder and played there with David Wilcox, Joan Baez, Martin Sexton and Greg Brown. He is currently freelancing and performing on the upright bass locally with pianists including Pat Bianchi, Geoff Cleveland, Eric Moon, Dana Marsh and Bill Unrau. You can also see him playing throughout Colorado with John Denver alums, guitarists /songwriters Pete Huttlinger and Jim Salestrom. And with singer songwriter John Erlandson.
As a composer, Rich released a CD, "Music Along The Way" in 2009. Click here to read all about it!
"I was thinking this morning about you asking about my favorite gig...
There happens a few moments each year when the music I'm playing takes on a life of its own. The playing becomes effortless and the individual musicians seem to disappear into the music being created. It is truly a whole-being-greater-than-its-parts spiritual kind of event. It really is the reason I keep practicing and pursuing the intangibles of music. The more the machine is honed the easier it might be to take off. So, my answer to your question I think would be; my favorite gig (because there is the possibility of truly creating music) is the next one."
Click to Read entire article by Corey Colombin in Serenity Magazine Feb. 2007 Evergreen, Colorado
