recording with Lou Armagno & Sinatra Selects – 2015
Joe Hunter, myself, Roger Hines
w/ Joe Hunter & Redlight Roxy for Ingenuity fest 2018
On Stage with Hydra- 2004
w/ Ernie Krivda & the Fat Tuesday Big Band
w/ Octo-Jazz
Mark Russo Quartet (library Sessions)
My New Kit Aug. 2012
In Session with Joshua Aaron
CD Release at H.O.B – 2005
With Ernie Krivda & the Fat Tuesday Big Band for Tri-C Jazz Fest 2018
Dave Sterner, Scott Marsh, myself, & Kristopher Sayre
Roger Hines, Brent Hamker, myself, & Joe Hunter
w/ Redlight Roxy for Ingenuity fest 2018
w/ Octo-Jazz
With Hydra – 2004
w/ Alan Gleghorn & Mark Russo
w/ Ernie Krivda & the Fat Tuesday Big Band
w/ Dan Zola Orchestra
Performing with the great Lou Rawls – 1997
at work
w/Just Jazz
Hydra at H.O.B.
Octo-Jazz
Ricky Exton Trio w/ Alan Gleghorn, & Dan Bailey
With Ernie Krivda & the Fat Tuesday Big Band for Tri-C Jazz Fest 2018
Ricky Exton Trio
with Mike Petrone, Kenny Davis, Lamar Gains Sr.
Matt Skitzki Trio
myself, Kurt Felgemaker, Bob Frasier, Mark Russo
Discussing a chart in rehearsal
w/ Dane Vannatter
Matt Skitzki Trio
w/ Ernie Krivda
w/ Lou Armagno & Sinatra Selects
with Cyrus Chestnut after rehearsal – 1998
Rehearsing w/Debbie Gifford in Los Angeles, CA – 2005
w/ Tara Hawley
w/Terence Blanchard
W/ Ernie Krivda
Mark Russo Quintet at Nighttown
with Louie Bellson!
w/ Oikos Ensemble
Cheese!
Tri-C Jazzfest 2016
Duane Freed Quartet
w/ Demetrius Steinmetz and Joe Hunter (trio) x-mas 2018
Quotes
When I need a great drummer with incredible ability and creativity, there’s only one guy on my mind – the master Ricky Exton. Ricky’s chops and sensitivity have brought my music to another level, and as always, he is simply awesome to work with.
— Mark Petrie (composer for film and television)
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Ricky Exton
Ricky Exton: Drummer, recording artist, composer, arranger, and producer, has been active in the music community for over 2 decades. At an early age, Ricky's talents emerged as one of the Cleveland Tri C All Stars. He continued his career in music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., where he earned a Baccalaureate in Professional Music. His performance venues include jazz festivals, concerts, television appearances, and private and corporate events. He has performed with Lou Rawls, Wynton Marsalis, Rufus Reid, Terence Blanchard, Ernie Krivda, Cyrus Chestnut, Joanne Brackeen, Kim Nazarian, Dominick Farinacci, and international guitar virtuoso Neil Zaza. In addition, Ricky is an active session musician recording in studios from the east coast to the west coast.