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Dave Richards

Trumpeter and arranger whose work connects jazz-orchestra performance, composition and the disciplined craft of the brass section.

Richards approaches the trumpet with an awareness of the entire score. His line has to speak, but it also has to make the architecture around it work.

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Dave Richards performing at Campus JAX

Dave Richards · live at JAX

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WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW THEM

Listen for the whole design.

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THE TRAINING

Arranging and composition came first-class.

Richards earned degrees in jazz arranging and jazz composition at the University of North Texas.

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THE SECTION

Trumpet and trombone informed the ear.

His One O'Clock Lab Band experience included both brass instruments.

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THE JAX HISTORY

Four broadcasts, two large-ensemble worlds.

The archive connects Teryn Ré's big band with three BBB appearances from 2025 and 2026.

THE STORY

A brass voice with the score in view.

Dave Richards is a brass player with an arranger's sense of architecture. In The BBB, his trumpet voice sits inside a section built for power and precision, while his arranging credits reveal the thinking behind the sound: voicing, pacing and the placement of every entrance. Richards studied jazz arranging and jazz composition at the University of North Texas and played trumpet and trombone in the One O'Clock Lab Band. His professional path has included big bands, touring musical theater and work with Tower of Power. The JAX archive shows that range in context. Richards appears with the Teryn Ré Big Band in 2021, then in BBB broadcasts from October 2025, January 2026 and October 2026. Across those rooms, the through-line is ensemble craft—how an individual brass voice strengthens the design around it.

LIVE AT JAX

The Room Comes Alive.

START HERE · LIVE PERFORMANCE · CAMPUS JAX APPEARANCE · Oct 4, 2026

The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel — Live from Campus JAX

JAX HISTORY

Dave Richards at Campus JAX

A selective history of live performances and appearances, preserved across visits to the room.

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Previous JAX moments

REPLAY · Oct 4, 6:30 PM

The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel

Blistering big band jazz with rockabilly fire