Rick is described by David Baker as "...one of the most exciting and consistently creative trombonists in jazz today", Rick has played with Billy Taylor, Jon Faddis, James Moody, Slide Hampton, Milt Hinton, Plas Johnson, Sweets Edison, Milt Hinton, and many others. He has toured with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and played on the big bands of Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Nelson Riddle, Lou Rawls Frank Sinatra, Jr. and the last band of Charlie Spivak.

He is Associate Professor of Music at Milligan College in Tennessee and has two solo CDs, Simple/Complexity and Obscurity which is on the Double-Time label. He performs clinics/concerts throughout the United States as an Artist/Educational Specialist for Conn-Selmer, Inc.

Visit Rick at ricksimerly.com

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