Logan Richardson

“One of the most gifted and transformative alto saxophonists of his generation” (DownBeat), Logan Richardson continues the distinguished tradition of Kansas City jazz innovators, following in the footsteps of Charlie Parker, Bennie Moten, and Count Basie. He brings his blues PEOPLE project to Joe Henderson Lab for a night of blues-steeped spiritual grooves and masterful improvisation. 

An epochal experience as a teenager at a Max Roach performance set Richardson’s trajectory as a jazz musician, and he was working professionally by 16, performing with the likes of the legendary Jay McShann and the Kansas City Symphony. 

Since his move to New York at the turn of the 21st century, Richardson has an in-demand sideman and collaborator, working with Jason Moran, Stanley Cowell, Joe Chambers, Stefon Harris, Gerald Clayton, and Nasheet Waits, among others, and is a member of the visionary NEXT Collective.  

With the release of his 2007 debut Cerebral Flow, the altoist established his career as a bandleader that has taken him around the world and yielded a succession of albums including the 2015 Blue Note session Shift featuring guitar giant Pat Metheny, 2018’s blues People for which his current project is named, and his most recent releases for the WAX Industry label including 2024’s Sacred Garden.