Richard Fairhust is a British
jazz
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pianist. He was awarded a scholarship to study jazz piano at
The New School
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, New York. He is sponsored by
Steinway & Sons
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. He started piano aged 15, and won the
Pat Smythe (pianist)
Patrick Mungo Smythe (2 May 1923 – 6 May 1983) was a Scottish jazz pianist, who rose to prominence as a member of the Joe Harriott Quintet during the 1960s.
Early life
Smythe was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of an Edinburgh solicitor ...
award
He was awarded ''
Daily Telegraph
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'' Young Jazz Pianist of the Year Award in 1994.
In 1998, he released "Formic" with his band Hungry Ants.
“Myrmidons” album was released in 2001
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In 2004, he won the Best Work category of the
BBC Jazz Awards
The BBC Jazz Awards were set up in 2001 and had the status of one of the premier jazz awards in the United Kingdom (among those presenting the awards were Denis Lawson, Sue Mingus, Humphrey Lyttelton, Ian Carr, Clive James, Michael Gibbs (compose ...
.
In 2010, he released "Triptych: Amusia".
He also performed at BBC Radio Three's Celebration of British Jazz
In 2012, he released "Postcards from Pushkin" with trumpet player Tom Arthurs.
In 2015, he recorded a piano duo album with fellow British jazz pianist
John Taylor
John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar is the name of:
Academics
*John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
* John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar
*John Taylor (English publisher) ...
.
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Discography
As leader
Awards
References
External links
Richard Fairhurst WebsiteAllmusic bioSam Leak and Richard Fairhurst duo performance 2011
British jazz pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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