Sean Rickman
Encyclopedia
Sean Rickman is an American drummer
, vocalist, guitarist
, bassist
, songwriter
, producer
and recording artist from Washington, DC.
He is best known for his work with Shawn Lane
, Garaj Mahal
, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman
, Maxwell
, Meshell Ndegeocello, Blacksheep, Phil Upchurch
, David Fiucynski
& Screaming Headless Torsos, Kai Eckhardt
, Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane, K’Alyn, Angela Bofill
and George Duke
.
Rickman is currently lead singer and drummer for Garaj Mahal
and Big Mouth. He is also being featured alongside Herbie Hancock
, Wayne Shorter
and Marcus Miller
on the upcoming “Tribute to Miles” 2011 tour.
Sean Rickman was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., into a musical family.
His father, Phil Upchurch
, worked as a guitarist and bassist with legendary musicians including Michael Jackson
, Quincy Jones
, B.B. King, George Benson
, Curtis Mayfield
, Cannonball Adderley, John Lee Hooker
, Grover Washington, Jr.
, Lenny Breau
and Dizzy Gillespie
among many others.
Rickman’s mother, Renee Morris is a singer, who among other things played the part of Mary Magdalene in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar
.
His uncle, Joseph Morris, was a marching band drummer with Ohio University, who inspired Rickman’s one-of-a-kind stick grip. Another uncle, Wayne Morris, was a DJ, who exposed him to a record collection without the bounds of genre. Rickman became inspired by the work of Al Green
and Funkadelic at an early age.
Rickman exhibited innate musical abilities and was considered a musical prodigy with a remarkable sense of meter. Surrounded by the musical influence of his family, Rickman is said to have begun playing drums around age 1, as he began to learn to walk. Throughout primary school and high school, Sean excelled as a musician both intramurally and extramurally.
. Rudolph who, partnered with Michael Douglas
, released an album of moderate success with the band Saigon Kick
. He later assigned Rickman to work with American record producer, Stewart Levine
.
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. signed Rickman to a publishing deal and gave him an advance, used to cover an entertainment attorney, transportation and studio expenses during the remainder of his time in Los Angeles during the late 80s and early 90s.
In the early months of 1992, Sean returned to Washington, D.C. and began performing with DC area reggae band Blacksheep.
In the final months of 1992, Jamie Brown (owner of Sister2Sister Magazine) recommended Rickman to Kim Jenkins of Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN. Rickman immediately relocated to Memphis and recorded a demo with producer, Angelo Earl
. Earl placed him with rising star, Shawn Lane
, whom Rickman instantly recalled from a Guitar Player Magazine article entitled “Unknown Greats” which he had read in years prior. Shawn Lane was sought out and signed by Jim Ed Norman, President of Warner Bros. Records in Nashville. Eventually the group toured the US with Robben Ford
and released Shawn Lane’s Powers of Ten album which was produced by the legendary Andy Johns
. This was followed with the Tri Tone Fascination album release along with two instructional videos on REH video.
In 1993, Rickman again relocated to Los Angeles to perform with his father, veteran musician Phil Upchurch
. They toured Europe and performed in the Southern California area. Producer Angelo Earl
relocated to Los Angeles to work with him, but they both returned to their hometowns following a devastating 6.7 magnitude earthquake in January 1994.
After living in Washington D.C. for a short period of time, Angela Bofill
hired him on the spot after watching him perform in Washington D.C. with keyboardist Federico Pena
and alto saxophonist Marshall Keys.
In 1994-1996 Rickman began touring with Angela Bofill
, and working on her album, Love in Slow Motion. While in New York, drummer Gene Lake Jr suggested Rickman to Steve Coleman
. After an audition including a host of veteran drummers, Coleman hired 25-year-old Rickman. For the years 1996 through 2002, Rickman toured and recorded four albums with Coleman on BMG/RCA records.
In 1996 Rickman began touring with Sony recording artist, Maxwell
.
In 2000, he toured with Meshell Ndegeocello as well as performing on her album, Cookie.
In 1999, Rickman joined Cosmic Dapp Theory which was soon renamed Dapp Theory. The group featured pianist/composer Andy Milne
. Sean recorded, produced and toured with the group for the albums New Age of Aquarius, Y’all Just Don’t Know and Layers of Chance.
During 1999 through 2007 Rickman remained with Dapp Theory.
In 2002, his first DVD entitled “Compositional Drumming” was released, followed by clinics and lessons in the US.
In 2007, Rickman joined the fusion band, Garaj Mahal
and remains as a member although the group is on undefined hiatus.
In 2011, Rickman was selected as drummer for the “Tribute to Miles” 2011 tour by Marcus Miller
, featuring Herbie Hancock
and Wayne Shorter
.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, vocalist, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and recording artist from Washington, DC.
He is best known for his work with Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
, Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt , Fareed Haque , Alan Hertz , Sean Rickman and Eric Levy...
, Dapp Theory, Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
, Maxwell
Maxwell
-People:* Maxwell , Grammy winning R&B/neo-soul singer* Maxwell Cabelino Andrade , a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona...
, Meshell Ndegeocello, Blacksheep, Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist.Upchurch started his career working with The Kool Gents, The Dells, and The Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz,...
, David Fiucynski
David Fiuczynski
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski is an American guitarist, best known as the leader of the Screaming Headless Torsos and David Fiuczynski's KiF, and as a member of Hasidic New Wave...
& Screaming Headless Torsos, Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...
, Anthony Tidd’s Quite Sane, K’Alyn, Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
and George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
.
Rickman is currently lead singer and drummer for Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt , Fareed Haque , Alan Hertz , Sean Rickman and Eric Levy...
and Big Mouth. He is also being featured alongside Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
and Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
on the upcoming “Tribute to Miles” 2011 tour.
Early life
Sean Rickman was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., into a musical family.
His father, Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist.Upchurch started his career working with The Kool Gents, The Dells, and The Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz,...
, worked as a guitarist and bassist with legendary musicians including Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, B.B. King, George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
, Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
, Cannonball Adderley, John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
, Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...
, Lenny Breau
Lenny Breau
Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau was a musician, guitar player, and music educator. He was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar...
and Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
among many others.
Rickman’s mother, Renee Morris is a singer, who among other things played the part of Mary Magdalene in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
.
His uncle, Joseph Morris, was a marching band drummer with Ohio University, who inspired Rickman’s one-of-a-kind stick grip. Another uncle, Wayne Morris, was a DJ, who exposed him to a record collection without the bounds of genre. Rickman became inspired by the work of Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
and Funkadelic at an early age.
Rickman exhibited innate musical abilities and was considered a musical prodigy with a remarkable sense of meter. Surrounded by the musical influence of his family, Rickman is said to have begun playing drums around age 1, as he began to learn to walk. Throughout primary school and high school, Sean excelled as a musician both intramurally and extramurally.
Career
In 1989, Rickman traveled from his hometown, Washington D.C., to Los Angeles, CA at the request of his father, who introduced him to owner of Third Stone Records and American cinematic music director, Dick RudolphDick Rudolph
Richard Rudolph , was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1910-1927. He played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves. He was an alumnus of Fordham University...
. Rudolph who, partnered with Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the...
, released an album of moderate success with the band Saigon Kick
Saigon Kick
Saigon Kick was an American rock band from Miami, Florida that formed in 1988.-History:Saigon Kick was formed by lead vocalist Matt Kramer and guitarist Jason Bieler along with bassist Tom Defile, and drummer Phil Varone. They gained a following on the local club scene and generated enough of a...
. He later assigned Rickman to work with American record producer, Stewart Levine
Stewart Levine
Stewart Levine is an American record producer. He has worked with such artists as The Crusaders, Minnie Riperton, Lionel Richie, Simply Red, Boy George, Peter Blakeley, Joe Cocker, Oleta Adams, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Jamie Cullum, Aaron Neville, Sly Stone, Hugh Masekela and Killing Joke.Stewart...
.
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. signed Rickman to a publishing deal and gave him an advance, used to cover an entertainment attorney, transportation and studio expenses during the remainder of his time in Los Angeles during the late 80s and early 90s.
In the early months of 1992, Sean returned to Washington, D.C. and began performing with DC area reggae band Blacksheep.
In the final months of 1992, Jamie Brown (owner of Sister2Sister Magazine) recommended Rickman to Kim Jenkins of Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN. Rickman immediately relocated to Memphis and recorded a demo with producer, Angelo Earl
Angelo Earl
Angelo Earl is an American guitarist, record producer, songwriter and owner of Soul Street Records. Earl is most widely known for playing electric guitar on Al Green’s “He Is The Light”, Bobby Rush’s “Southern Soul”, the Bar-kays “The Real Thing”, contributing vocal work to Isaac Hayes’ “Branded”,...
. Earl placed him with rising star, Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
, whom Rickman instantly recalled from a Guitar Player Magazine article entitled “Unknown Greats” which he had read in years prior. Shawn Lane was sought out and signed by Jim Ed Norman, President of Warner Bros. Records in Nashville. Eventually the group toured the US with Robben Ford
Robben Ford
Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
and released Shawn Lane’s Powers of Ten album which was produced by the legendary Andy Johns
Andy Johns
Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
. This was followed with the Tri Tone Fascination album release along with two instructional videos on REH video.
In 1993, Rickman again relocated to Los Angeles to perform with his father, veteran musician Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist.Upchurch started his career working with The Kool Gents, The Dells, and The Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz,...
. They toured Europe and performed in the Southern California area. Producer Angelo Earl
Angelo Earl
Angelo Earl is an American guitarist, record producer, songwriter and owner of Soul Street Records. Earl is most widely known for playing electric guitar on Al Green’s “He Is The Light”, Bobby Rush’s “Southern Soul”, the Bar-kays “The Real Thing”, contributing vocal work to Isaac Hayes’ “Branded”,...
relocated to Los Angeles to work with him, but they both returned to their hometowns following a devastating 6.7 magnitude earthquake in January 1994.
After living in Washington D.C. for a short period of time, Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
hired him on the spot after watching him perform in Washington D.C. with keyboardist Federico Pena
Federico Peña
Federico Fabian Peña is a former United States Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 1997 and United States Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of Bill Clinton....
and alto saxophonist Marshall Keys.
In 1994-1996 Rickman began touring with Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
, and working on her album, Love in Slow Motion. While in New York, drummer Gene Lake Jr suggested Rickman to Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
. After an audition including a host of veteran drummers, Coleman hired 25-year-old Rickman. For the years 1996 through 2002, Rickman toured and recorded four albums with Coleman on BMG/RCA records.
In 1996 Rickman began touring with Sony recording artist, Maxwell
Maxwell
-People:* Maxwell , Grammy winning R&B/neo-soul singer* Maxwell Cabelino Andrade , a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona...
.
In 2000, he toured with Meshell Ndegeocello as well as performing on her album, Cookie.
In 1999, Rickman joined Cosmic Dapp Theory which was soon renamed Dapp Theory. The group featured pianist/composer Andy Milne
Andy Milne
Andy Milne is a jazz pianist/composer now based in New York. Born in Hamilton, Canada, and partially raised in Kincardine, Ontario and Toronto, Canada, one of 10 siblings, Milne studied Music at York University, Toronto, where he was a student of Oscar Peterson.His musical influences include...
. Sean recorded, produced and toured with the group for the albums New Age of Aquarius, Y’all Just Don’t Know and Layers of Chance.
During 1999 through 2007 Rickman remained with Dapp Theory.
In 2002, his first DVD entitled “Compositional Drumming” was released, followed by clinics and lessons in the US.
In 2007, Rickman joined the fusion band, Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal
Garaj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt , Fareed Haque , Alan Hertz , Sean Rickman and Eric Levy...
and remains as a member although the group is on undefined hiatus.
In 2011, Rickman was selected as drummer for the “Tribute to Miles” 2011 tour by Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
, featuring Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
and Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
.
Discography
- 1992: Shawn LaneShawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
- Powers of Ten (Warner Bros. Records) - 1996: Angela BofillAngela BofillAngela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
- Love in Slow Motion (Shanachie Entertainment Corp.) - 1998: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- Genesis & The Opening of the Way (BMG/RCA) - 1999: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- Sonic Language of Myth: Believing, Learning, Knowing (BMG/RCA) - 2000: Kai EckhardtKai EckhardtKai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...
- Honour Simplicity, Respect the Flow (Naim) - 2000: Andy MilneAndy MilneAndy Milne is a jazz pianist/composer now based in New York. Born in Hamilton, Canada, and partially raised in Kincardine, Ontario and Toronto, Canada, one of 10 siblings, Milne studied Music at York University, Toronto, where he was a student of Oscar Peterson.His musical influences include...
- New Age of Aquarius (Contrology Records) - 2000: David DysonDavid DysonDavid Dyson is an American bassist, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Throughout his career he has performed with an array of artists including New Kids on the Block, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lalah Hathaway, Pieces of a Dream, George Duke, Regina Bell, Jonathan Butler, Najee, Candy Dulfer, Rick...
– Soulmates (Three Keys Music) - 2000: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- The Ascension to Light (BMG/RCA) - 2001: Various Artists - ObliqSound Sampler (ObliqSound)
- 2001: Shawn LaneShawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
- Powers of Ten Live! (King Japan) - 2001: Shawn LaneShawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
- Tri-Tone Fascination (Eye Reckon) - 2002: Me’Shell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)
- 2002: Quite Sane - Child of Troubled Times (Coolhunter)
- 2002: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- Alternate Dimension Series I (Label Bleu Records) - 2002: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- Resistance Is Futile (Label Bleu Records) - 2003: ObliqueSound - Obliqsound Remixes (ObliqSound)
- 2003: Dapp Theory - Y’all Just Don’t Know (Concord)
- 2003: Steve ColemanSteve ColemanSteve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
- On the Rising of the 64 Paths (Label Bleu Records) - 2005: Various Artists - Mysterious Voyages: A Tribute to Weather Report (Tone Center)
- 2008: Dapp Theory - Layers of Chance (Contrology/ObliqSound)
- 2010: Garaj MahalGaraj MahalGaraj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt , Fareed Haque , Alan Hertz , Sean Rickman and Eric Levy...
- More Mr. Nice Guy (Owl Studios)
Videography
- 2002: Sean Rickman - Compositional Drumming DVD/CD Set
- 1992: Shawn LaneShawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
- Power Licks (REH Video) - 1992: Shawn LaneShawn LaneShawn Lane was an American musician. Although piano was his first instrument, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles and joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old....
- Power Solos (REH Video)