{"id":11352,"date":"2019-08-26T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2019-08-26T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:29:08","slug":"lisa-rich-there-was-a-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2019\/08\/lisa-rich-there-was-a-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Rich: There Was A Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the 1980s the singer Lisa Rich seemed on her way to a long and successful career. She was featured with symphony orchestras and her recordings received enthusiastic reviews from critics including Leonard Feather in”\u00a0The Los Angeles Times<\/em>. ”\u00a0She was on the Jazz Times<\/em> national airplay chart for fifteen weeks. ”\u00a0In 1985, she became one of the rare American jazz artists to perform in China and India. ”\u00a0She recorded the successful album”\u00a0Touch Of The Rare<\/em> with Clare Fischer, the pianist and arranger then making a mark for his work with Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gillespie and the Hi-Los, among others.<\/p>\n

Ms. Rich recorded Highwire<\/em> in 1987. For reasons not disclosed by Tritone Records, the album was not released for 32 years. Her version of Chick Corea’s “Bud Powell” makes one wonder why.<\/p>\n