Tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford boasts a lineage the envy of many, having begun his career with The Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington, followed by stints with
Skerik's latest album Husky, is a live recording featuring his Syncopated Taint Septet, a mix known as a “punk-jazz version of the Thelonius Monk Octet. ” For the musician known as Skerik, the word "collaboration" never grows old.