Larry Ridley has been played on NTS in shows including Dancing_, featured first on 2 February 2014. Songs played include Go Down Moses, Well You Needn’t and In A Sentimental Mood.

An excellent accompanist and a thoughtful soloist, Larry Ridley has appeared on a countless number of sessions as a sideman. He studied at Indiana University and the Lenox School of Jazz. After gigging in his hometown with Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, and Wes Montgomery, Ridley relocated to New York, where he has been active ever since. Among his more significant musical associations in the 1960s were with Slide Hampton, Max Roach, Red Garland, Art…