Richard Fairhurst

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Richard Fairhurst (* 1975 ) is a British jazz - pianist and composer .

Fairhurst - inspired by Oscar Peterson , whom he heard on the radio - did not begin to play the piano until he was fifteen. After finishing school and receiving various awards, he received a scholarship to study improvisation at New School University in Manhattan . After his return to England he founded the formation The Hungry Ants with saxophonist Iain Ballamy . The album of the same name was released on the Babel Records label when Fairhurst was just 19 years old. He then played with his band in London clubs such as Club 606 and the Vortex , and finally spent a week at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club .

In 2000 he appeared as a soloist at the Montreux Jazz Festival ; In 2004 he received a composition commission for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and formed a new sextet. a. the trumpeter Dave Priseman and the saxophonists James Allsop and Rob Townsend belonged. The 2004 album Standing Tall contains a number of original compositions by Fairhurst, such as Empty Corridors , The Bright Side and The Rare Sound of Compromise .

Fairhurst teaches at the Royal Academy of Music and works in a trio with Danish bassist Jasper Hoiby and US drummer Chris Vataloro.

Discographic notes

  • Hungry Ants (Babel, 1995) with Iain Ballamy, Osian Robert, Steve Watts, Tim Giles
  • Formic (Babel, 1998) with Rob Townsend, Tim Harries, Tim Giles
  • Myrmidons (Babel, 2002) with Rob Townsend, Tim Harries, Tim Giles, Stuart Hall
  • Standing Tall (Babel, 2004) with Dave Priseman, James Allsop, Rob Townsend, Dave Whitford, Tim Giles
  • Mesmer (Babel, 2005) duo with Tom Arthurs
  • Triptych (Babel, 2010)
  • Tom Arthurs and Richard Fairhurst: Postcards from Pushkin (Babel, 2012)
  • Richard Fairhurst and John Taylor 'Duets' (Basho, 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Fairhurst, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975