(piano), Scott Colley (bass), Bill Stewart (drums) Is That So? Sunnyside (1996); Recorded July 18 & 19, 1990, at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City Tim Ries (tenor & soprano sax, flute), Franck Amsallem (piano), Leon Parker (drums, percussion) Imaginary Time, Moo (1994); Recorded May 5 & 6, 1994, at Sound on Sound Studios, New York City Tim Ries, Randy Brecker (trumpet), Scott Wendholt (de) (trumpet), Charles Gordon (trombone), Ben Monder (guitar), Franck Amsallem (piano),[Scott Colley (bass), Joey Baron (drums), Billy Hart (drums) Universal Spirits Criss Cross (1998); Recorded October 12, 1997, at RPM Studio, New York City Tim Ries, Scott Wendholt (de) (trumpet), Ben Monder (guitar), Scott Colley ( bass), Billy Drummond (drums) PRISM Quartet, Real Standard Time, Innova (2000) Recorded 2000; all but "Your Gentle Heart" recorded at Current Sounds, New York City; "Your Gentle Heart recorded at Settlement Music School, Philadelphia Tim Ries (soprano sax), Michael Whitcombe (alto sax), Matthew Levy (tenor sax), Taimur Sullivan (bari sax), John Riley (drums) Alternate Side Criss Cros (2001); Recorded June 3, 2000, Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn Tim Ries (tenor & soprano saxophone), Greg Gisbert (trumpet & flugelhorn), Michael Davis (trombone), Ben Monder (guitar), Stacey Shames (Harp), Larry Goldings (piano & organ), John Patitucci (bass), Billy Drummond (bass) The Rolling Stones Project Concord (2005); Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II, Sunnyside (2008); Tim Ries (alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones, piano), Charlie Watts (drums), Keith Richards (guitar), Mick Jagger (harmonica), Ronnie Wood (guitar, lap steel), Adam Rogers (guitar) and Tidawt (fusion ensemble) With Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels (Golden Beam/eOne, 2012) With the Joe Roccisano Orchestra Leave Your Mind Behind (Landmark, 1995) Education Tim Ries came from a musical family in Tecumseh, Michigan, about 70 miles from Detroit. His father Jack Ries (né Jack Leonard Ries; 1924–1990) was a professional trumpet player; his mother, Edith Viola (née O'Neil; 1925–2006), played piano; and his three sisters sang and also played the piano. Ries is a 1977 graduate of Tecumseh High School in Tecumseh, Michigan. His high school band director was Jimmie L. Rice (born 1946). In 1981, Ries earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton. While at North Texas, he was a member of the 1980–1981 One O'Clock Lab Band during Leon Breeden's last year as director and also a member of the 1981–1982 One O'Clock during Neil Slater's first