Rick Crittenden: Links

Musician Friends

Tomas Svoboda-Composer: Czech-American contemporary classical composer, Tomas Svoboda. I have had the great good fortune to study composition with Tomas. His music catalog contains well over 200 pieces. His site has lots of audio and score samples.
The Official Paul McCandless Website: The great multi-reed player. Paul played on my CD, "Passages", along with Art Lande and Chris Lee. Paul is not only a brilliant technician on his instrument, he is also a fluent improvisor on the even the most challenging material. Great fun playing with him.
The Official Oregon Website: The groundbreaking chamber jazz group.
Art Lande Discography: Art is one of the greatest improvising pianists around and there are some great recordings listed here.
Chris Lee & Colleen O'Brien: Chris played drums on my CD, Passages. He and Colleen O'Brian play some really interesting music, very beautiful.
Nancy King's Official Website: Nancy King is the best jazz scat singer alive today, a deep and beautiful jazz musician and one of my dearest friends.
Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestra Surreal: My friend and fellow composer Ross Wright a.k.a. Elvis Schoenberg from the West Coast Composers Forum. Check these guys out... very creative and entertaining. You might say Zappa meets Firesign Theater.
Cascadia Composers: This is the NW regional chapter of the National Association of Composers.
National Association of Composer's: This is the national composer's guild of which I am a member.
Composer/Trumpeter Larry Williams: Larry played trumpet on the Los Angeles premier of my "Impromptu for Winds", in 2009.
Rob Lewis: Rob is a percussionist/composer friend. Check out his original jazz and his instructional book for drummers.