Doug Richards

A highly respected jazz arranger, bandleader, and educator, Doug Richards is the founder of the jazz studies program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Along with teaching, he launched the repertory jazz orchestra Great American Music Ensemble (aka GAME) and he's transcribed jazz performances for Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks; he's also produced albums with Grammy-nominated guitarist Anthony Wilson. He oversaw GAME's 2016 debut, It's All in the Game. and in 2023 showcased his jazz orchestra with the Antonio Carlos Jobim album Through a Sonic Prism. Born in 1947 in Pittsburg...