The Dick Aven Band | "Spin So Long"

Here's some killer Soul vibes from Alabama's brilliant Dick Aven who's toured with The Four Tops, The O'Jay's and The Temptations and is influenced by the likes of Sun Ra & Coltrane to name just a few. His stunning new album 'Spin So Long' is all killer no filler and features a man at the top of his game, doing what he does best, playing beautifully original Alt Soul/Jazz/Blues numbers to perfection. Dick Aven is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist studio musician and a touring saxophonist who currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Dick has been making music since he could reach the keys of his mother’s piano. 

His first influences include the Moody Blues, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elton John, Hank Williams and many others. In his teens he developed an interest in jazz music and was especially influenced by John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sun Ra and Miles Davis to name a few. As a composer he has been described as a ‘troublemaking progressive’, drawing from those jazz and 1970’s rock influences. Out of the studio he has been utilized as a proficient and reliable sideman. In the late 1980’s he quit his touring gig as the saxophone soloist for Soul artist Peabo Bryson to secure a record deal as half of a Folk-Pop guitar and harmony singing duo called The Cages. 

After that era he became a solo artist and has been steadily honing his craft as a home recording artist, hired studio musician, and road warrior sideman. He has been touring with Outlaw Country artist Jamey Johnson for the past few years as a baritone saxophonist as well as playing saxes in horn sections with The Tuscaloosa Horns, The Temptations, The O’Jays, The Four Tops, and recently tenor sax with The Big Band of Brothers (an Allman Brothers tribute Big Band album). He currently has four albums of original music available on all major music platforms. His last album was a late 2020 release called It All Started in The Garden. The single from that album, No Clue was aired on radio stations internationally. 

His new album, Spin So Long is available as of December 2, 2021. This album features Dick’s songwriting, singing, multi-instrumental arranging skills and stylized tenor saxophone soloing on a set of songs and videos which might be described as Alternative Soul or Modern American Blues based Rock.