Richard Fairhurst (musician)

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Richard Fairhust is a British jazz pianist. [1] He was awarded a scholarship to study jazz piano at The New School, New York. [2] He is sponsored by Steinway & Sons. [3] He started piano aged 15, and won the Pat Smythe (pianist) award [4]

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He was awarded Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Pianist of the Year Award in 1994.[ citation needed ]

In 1998, he released "Formic" with his band Hungry Ants. [5]

“Myrmidons” album was released in 2001 [6]

In 2004, he won the Best Work category of the BBC Jazz Awards. [7] [8] [9]

In 2010, he released "Triptych: Amusia" [10] [6] . He also performed at BBC Radio Three's Celebration of British Jazz [11]

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. [12]

Discography

As leader

DateLine-upAlbum titleLabelNotes
1998quartet, Tim Giles, John Surman, Tim Harries, Rob TownsendFormicBabel [13]

Awards

Year AwardedInstitutionAwardNotes
2004BBC Jazz AwardBest New Work [14]

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References

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  8. "BBC - Press Office - BBC Jazz Awards 2004". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
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  13. "FORMIC RICHARD FAIRHURST / HUNGRY ANTS, by RICHARD FAIRHURST / HUNGRY ANTS". Babel Label.
  14. "Kinch clinches jazz award double". July 29, 2004 via news.bbc.co.uk.