MAX RIDGWAY TRIO

Max Ridgway – guitar Richard Martin – bass Tony Swafford – drums


Max Ridgway studied guitar with Jon Damian at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 1990, Summa Cum Laude. He holds a Master’s degree in Music Education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he currently teaches as an adjunct instructor. The Max Ridgway Trio formed in 1993 with Max Ridgway on guitar, Richard Martin playing bass, Tony Swafford on drums. The trio performed that year at the 1993 Jazz in June festival in Norman, Oklahoma. Since that time they have appeared at a variety of venues in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa area, including Tulsa International Mayfest, the Norman Music Festival, the OKC Festival of the Arts, Live Music on the Canal, the Post Oak Jazz Festival, and the Oklahoma State Fair. The Max Ridgway Trio plays funky, blues-inflected original jazz compositions with a heavy emphasis on improvisation, and has recorded several albums together, including Deep Memory Scan, and Street of Crocodiles, both of which are available on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.