Rich Maraday, owner of Viking Instruments, has been active over the years both in the studio and on the stage as a professional saxophonist across the nation. Rich has recorded three full length CDs that have all landed on the MP3 top ten smooth jazz charts. Tangle Room, The Passage, and When I Close My Eyes are all available for purchase on CDBaby.com. Rich also has a book/CD combo titled" Smooth Jazz for Saxophone" published by Music Minus One.

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Rich has also had the honor of performing live as a member and featured solo artist in the house band at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. He has played with such notable artists as Virgin Records recording artist Bill Perry Blues Band, Alive and Kicken, Papa Chubby, Jimmy Vavino, Joey Defancesco, Danny Brubeck, Richie Morales, Bernard Purdie, Harvie S. Joel Rosenblatt and Atlantic Records recording artists Rob Affuso, Sebastian Bach, and Snake of the popular band Skid Row. He has opened for such acts as Warren Zevon, Meatloaf, Delbert Melinton, Room Full Of Blues, Johnny Copland, NRBQ and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Rich has 20 plus years in the saxophone retail business working independently and also employed by USA HORN of NJ and Alto Music, running the Woodwind/Brass departments.