Rick Recht

{{short description|American rock musician (born 1970)}} {{Update|reason=Needs more information on career since 2011|date=December 2022}} '''Richard Samuel''' "'''Rick'''" '''Recht''' (born August 28, 1970) is an American [[rock music]]ian who was one of the early pioneers of contemporary [[Jewish rock]] music in the early 2000s, performing for Jewish teenage and young adult audiences.<ref name="JewishRock2004">{{cite news|last=Daniels |first=Cynthia |title=Teenagers get down with Jewish rock |work=JewishRock.com |format=reprint |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2004-08-28 |url=http://www.jewishrock.com/news.asp?newsfile=latimes82804.txt&newsid=26 |accessdate=2007-09-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930083659/http://www.jewishrock.com/news.asp?newsfile=latimes82804.txt&newsid=26 |archivedate=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> He is the founder and executive director of Songleader Boot Camp (SLBC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Library |first=P. J. |date=2024-01-09 |title=An Exclusive Q&A with musician Rick Recht |url=https://www.jewishphoenix.com/read/an-exclusive-qa-with-musician-rick-recht/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=JewishPhoenix |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career== Recht grew up in [[St. Louis]], Missouri. By the late 1990s, he was a member of a band and worked as a song leader at a Jewish day camp in St. Louis.<ref name="JewishRock2004" />

By the early 2000s, Recht and his band were touring nationwide, delivering about 150 performances a year, included for an estimated audience of 30,000 people at the [[Los Angeles Jewish Festival]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web| last =Aushenker| first =Michael| title =Rock 'n' Roll Rules at 2003 Valley Fest| work =[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]| date =2003-09-05| url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10984| accessdate =2007-09-08}}</ref>

In 2010, Recht founded [[Jewish Rock Radio]], one of the first exclusively Jewish rock online radio stations in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Jason |date=November 16, 2010 |title=Jewish Rock Gets Internet Radio Channel |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/jewish_techs/jewish_rock_gets_internet_radio_channel |accessdate=June 13, 2013 |work=[[The Jewish Week]]}}</ref><ref name="Boorstein">{{cite news |author=Michelle Boorstein |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Jewish musician rocks during Hanukkah |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/jewish-musician-rocks-during-hanukkah/2011/12/19/gIQAEKsK5O_story.html |accessdate=June 13, 2013 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>

Recht is the Artist-in-Residence at the [[United Hebrew Congregation (Chesterfield, Missouri)|United Hebrew Congregation]] in [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]], Missouri, where he provides music for [[Shabbat]], [[High Holy Days|High Holidays]], and other programming.<ref name="UHC">{{cite web |title=Rick Recht|url=https://www.unitedhebrew.org/praying/music-sounds-of-uh/artist-in-residence/ |website=United Hebrew Congregation |date=November 2015 |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>

In October 2023, the nonprofit Judaism Alive (of which Recht is executive director) organized the virtual event nity in Harmony: Standing in Solidarity, Song, and Prayer for Israel. Recht appeared with fellow musicians and community leaders, including [[David Broza]], [[Nefesh Mountain]], [[Jewish Federations of North America|JFNA]] board member [[Julie Platt]], Winnie Grinspoon of the [[Harold Grinspoon Foundation]], and Rabbi David Ingber of the [[92nd Street Y]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Jordan |date=2023-10-24 |title=Rick Recht and 'Judaism Alive' to lead star-studded musical lineup to support Israel |url=https://stljewishlight.org/news/news-local/st-louis-based-judaism-alive-to-lead-star-studded-musical-lineup-to-support-israel/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=[[St. Louis Jewish Light]]}}</ref>

== Discography == Recht has released eight studio albums, two children's albums, and four live albums.<ref name="UHC" />

=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Label !Notes |- |1992 |''Collage'' | rowspan="2" |Independent |Sole album with the band Collage.<ref>{{Citation |title=CD Album: Collage [90s] - Collage (1992) |url=https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/nc324044us |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> |- |1994 |''Reality'' |Debut solo album. |- |1998 |''Good Thing'' | rowspan="3" |Vibe Room | |- |1999 |''Tov'' |Debut Jewish-themed album. Features a backing choir of [[United Synagogue Youth|USY]], [[NFTY]], and [[BBYO]] singers. |- |2004 |''What Feels So Right'' | |- |2005 |''Tear Down The Walls'' | rowspan="3" |Jewish Rock |Collection of songs themed around [[social justice]] and [[anti-racism]]. |- |2009 |''Simply Shabbat'' |Collection of original melodies for [[Shabbat]] songs. |- |2013 |''Halleluyah'' | |- |2018 |''Here I Am'' |Independent | |}

=== Live albums === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Label !Notes |- |2001 |''Shabbat Alive!'' | rowspan="2" |Vibe Room |Released as multimedia CD. Features six youth choirs from [[St. Louis]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], as well as guest appearances from Craig Taubman, [[Dan Nichols]], and Peri Smilow. |- |2003 |''The Hope (Live)'' |Features Recht's successful song "The Hope". |- |2005 |''Shabbat Alive! Live'' | rowspan="2" |Jewish Rock |Recording of Recht's Shabbat Alive! service, recorded at [[United Hebrew Congregation (Chesterfield, Missouri)|United Hebrew Congregation]] in St. Louis. Includes originals as well as compositions from Craig Taubman, [[Debbie Friedman]], [[Julie Silver]], Dan Nichols, and others. |- |2008 |''Knockin' Holes in the Darkness'' |Recorded on April 19, 2007 at [[Hope Presbyterian Church]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Includes three bonus studio tracks. |}

=== Children's albums === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Label !Notes |- |2002 |''Free to Be the Jew in Me'' |Jewish Rock |Collection of children's songs as well as short stories, poems, and skits, with themes of diversity and Jewish identity. |- |2010 |''Look At Me!'' |Jewish Rock/[[PJ Library]] |Collaborative album with musician Sheldon Low. |}

=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Album |- |2018 |"Oseh Shalom" |''Here I Am'' |- |2021 |"Chosen Family" |non-album single |}

=== Music videos ===

* "The Hope" (2006)<ref>{{Citation |title=The Hope Video | date=6 October 2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbDxJDQ3w0 |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "Summer of Our Lives" (2012)<ref>{{Citation |title=Summer of our Lives - Rick Recht | date=17 May 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorakT-HuOY |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "The Rainbow Song" (2017)<ref>{{Citation |title=The Rainbow Song - Rick Recht | date=24 January 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFHIYNOu-4E |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "Sanctuary" (2017)<ref>{{Citation |title=Sanctuary - Rick Recht (feat. Songleader Boot Camp) | date=23 April 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7i53bgXPo |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "Here For You" (2019)<ref>{{Citation |title=Here For You -. Rick Recht | date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ublf4XMoNzY |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "Oseh Shalom" (2019)<ref>{{Citation |title=Oseh Shalom - Rick Recht | date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaP5ehemeBw |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref> * "Chosen Family" (2022)<ref>{{Citation |title=Rick Recht - Chosen Family (Official Music Video) | date=31 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MElQMicc0QA |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * [http://www.rickrecht.com Rick Recht official site]

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