Ricky Sweum - Sound Artist

By Edward Blanco for AllAboutJazz.com (April 13, 2012)

4 1/2 Stars

West coast saxophonist Ricky Sweum grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and spent many years as a freelance musician in New York before embarking on a military career, joining the…

By Brent Black for CriticalJazz (June 9, 2011)

5 Stars

Ricky Sweum is a great deal more than your typical saxophone player! Pulling Your Own Strings is a rock solid release on the Origin label but it really is just…

Ricky Sweum is a sensational Jazz artist based in the California Bay Area. He is predominantly a saxophonist and band leader for the US Air Force Band and we have been lucky enough to review his latest release, ‘Earth Song’. 

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Ricky Sweum – Earth Song (Review by TheBandCampDiaries.com)

A jazz-inspired artist with a broad creative scope, and an eclectic taste in music.  

Ricky Sweum is a saxophonist and composer with a really unique feel. He is passionate about jazz…

By Brent Black for CriticalJazz (June 8, 2013)

5 Stars

Ricky Sweum is one of thousands of musicians working the scene today that is working more than one job. Sweum's work as a recording artist may in fact be considered…

From the, "The New Face of Jazz: An Intimate Look at Today’s Living Legends and the Artists of Tomorrow" [A Random House Book 2010] 

By Cicily Janus – photography by Ned Radinsky 
[Excerpt from book - used…

By Lenny Mazel for the Pikes Peak Jazz Notes Newsletter, January 2011. www.ppjass.org 

With no prior knowledge of what is being heard, a local jazz artist comments on musical selections chosen by 25-year veteran of jazz radio Lenny Mazel…

The completion of the 10 day Vispassana Meditation course in 2013, as taught by S. N. Goenka, has had a profound effect on my mind. It is a simple technique that contains the potential to free the practitioner from suffering…

By Cicily Janus for AllAboutJazz.com (November 11, 2009)

The fog has lifted off of the coast of Seattle with the rise of Origin Records. As the fisherman of jazz today, they’ve cast their nets and pulled in a catch…

Local jazz luminary Ricky Sweum exits Colorado Springs on a high note 

By Bill Forman for the Independent (June, 2011)

Think of it as a pre-emptive strike. Ricky Sweum, the bright young tenor player who over the last…