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Tim Richards

Saturday 10th April 2010
in St Mary’s Hall, Biggar
Licensed Bar
Tickets £8 (Accompanied Children FREE)
 

Tim Richards is one of the UK’s foremost jazz pianists, whose TRIO performances have delighted audiences from Inverness to Istanbul. He is also well-known for his leadership of the bands SPIRIT LEVEL and GREAT SPIRIT since the 1980s. His solo piano concert will feature a wide range of material, from jazz standards by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk to blues, boogie and gospel. He will also play some original compositions for piano and selected tunes from his acclaimed Schott publications ‘Improvising Blues Piano’ and ‘Exploring Jazz Piano’.

 

 
Founder and leader of the long-lived British modern jazz group
SpiritLevel (1979­ – 1999)
London-based pianist Tim Richards’ style has been described as:
 
“Luminously funky... Iaced with the blues.”
The ROUGH GUIDE to JAZZ
and as:
 
“A unique mixture formed from his admiration of both the expansive, robust playing of McCoy Tyner and the luminous delicacy of Abdullah Ibrahim.”
The TIMES
 
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