Richie Beirach

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Heirloom (Studio) 04:38 Tools
Some Other Time (Studio) 08:49 Tools
Azzaro (Studio) 05:20 Tools
Continuum (Studio) 05:54 Tools
Gargoiles (Studio) 06:24 Tools
Round Midnight (Studio) 08:14 Tools
Hyperactive Airways (Studio) 02:35 Tools
Elm 08:34 Tools
Sunday Song 08:03 Tools
Nardis 06:36 Tools
Leaving 04:47 Tools
Spring Is Here 04:11 Tools
Places 05:06 Tools
Some Other Time 08:04 Tools
Haiku 5 – Bullet Train 03:38 Tools
My Funny Valentine 00:00 Tools
Blue In Green 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know What Love Is 07:00 Tools
On Green Dolphin Street 04:23 Tools
In Your Own Sweet Way 00:00 Tools
Peace Piece 05:00 Tools
Chant (Radio Edit) 04:49 Tools
For B.C 04:49 Tools
Haiku - (Intro) – Tokyo Lights At Night 00:41 Tools
Seeing You 04:09 Tools
All the Things You Are 03:58 Tools
Solar 06:28 Tools
Haiku 1 – Baker-san 03:14 Tools
Eon 08:15 Tools
Andantino - Children Song No.1 01:51 Tools
Bones 03:36 Tools
Mitsuku 06:15 Tools
Alone Together 06:05 Tools
Around Dubrawuschka 05:48 Tools
Young and Foolish 06:30 Tools
Haiku 2 – Butterfly 03:20 Tools
Rectilinear 02:12 Tools
Broken Wing 11:57 Tools
Pendulum 10:23 Tools
The Last Rhapsody 05:44 Tools
Vadanna 03:42 Tools
'Round Midnight 06:12 Tools
Autumn Leaves 06:13 Tools
Liquid Silver 06:00 Tools
Ancient City of the Future 03:19 Tools
Osiris 03:39 Tools
Koan 01:09 Tools
Paradox 06:51 Tools
Musica Callada #15 02:32 Tools
Snow Leopard 12:34 Tools
Foolish Door 05:07 Tools
Naima 00:00 Tools
Future Memory 04:43 Tools
Hubris 05:49 Tools
Lament for Hiroshima and Nagasaki 03:56 Tools
Flamenco Sketches 06:53 Tools
Haiku 3 – Cherry Blossom Time 03:46 Tools
The Pearl 05:16 Tools
Sea Priestess 11:37 Tools
All Blues 04:32 Tools
Blood Count 03:18 Tools
Ki 05:22 Tools
Midpoint 06:23 Tools
Variation No.1 - Sun 02:18 Tools
Haiku 4 – Takemitsu-san 04:54 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love 08:51 Tools
Essence 10:10 Tools
Remember 05:16 Tools
Inborn 07:00 Tools
Haiku 6 – Togashi-san 03:28 Tools
Zal 00:00 Tools
Crossing Over 00:00 Tools
Eyes of the Heart 04:03 Tools
Cossack's Farewell 07:06 Tools
Haiku 9 – Zatoichi-Kurosawa 04:09 Tools
Haiku 8 – Kabuki 03:15 Tools
Night And Day 05:39 Tools
My Foolish Heart 00:00 Tools
Transition 09:07 Tools
Haiku 7 – Japanese Playground 02:33 Tools
Old Folks 10:38 Tools
Stella By Starlight 08:39 Tools
Lucky To Be Me 04:40 Tools
Expression 07:09 Tools
Song of Experience 06:21 Tools
Trust 00:00 Tools
Ballad For Bill Evans 04:41 Tools
A Quiet, Normal Life 04:12 Tools
Infant Eyes 05:05 Tools
Lost In The Stars 05:46 Tools
Haiku 10 – Rock Garden 04:47 Tools
Haiku 12 – Shibumi 05:30 Tools
I Got Rhythm 03:23 Tools
Haiku 11 – Tragedy In Sendai 02:39 Tools
Boston Harry 05:14 Tools
Footprints 07:52 Tools
Moon River 03:09 Tools
Redemption 06:18 Tools
Reflections In D. 05:10 Tools
Variation no.4 - Windows 01:33 Tools
Nightlake 00:00 Tools
Citizen Code 07:31 Tools
Variation no.2 - Moon 02:27 Tools
For All We Know 04:01 Tools
Variation no.3 - Stars 01:32 Tools
What Are The Rules? 06:16 Tools
Richie Beirach - Deception Island 00:00 Tools
Gargoyles 06:31 Tools
Darkness into Air 05:10 Tools
Nocturne N°2 Vignettes 09:31 Tools
Pinocchio 03:52 Tools
Over The Rainbow 03:01 Tools
Jamala 05:10 Tools
Song of Innocence 05:10 Tools
Deception Island 05:10 Tools
Grandfather's Hammer 05:30 Tools
Among The Living 06:37 Tools
Variation no.5 - Beach 01:35 Tools
I Wish I Knew 06:10 Tools
Adagio Reprise 01:12 Tools
I'll Take Romance 05:34 Tools
Nefertiti 07:10 Tools
Siciliana 06:02 Tools
Invention - Children Song 05:12 Tools
Moor 06:41 Tools
Goodbye 04:12 Tools
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning 05:27 Tools
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 07:35 Tools
'Round Midnight - Live 06:13 Tools
Hudba 05:24 Tools
Children's Song No. 1 05:08 Tools
Short Prelude No.4 04:28 Tools
Anse Des Flamands 03:33 Tools
Manhattan Reverie 05:12 Tools
Falling off My Bike 03:08 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love ? 04:57 Tools
Johnny B. 04:32 Tools
Adagio, Piano Concerto In A Minor Kv488 05:12 Tools
Small World 05:03 Tools
If I Were A Bell 06:40 Tools
Calcutta 02:07 Tools
Chantal's Way 11:06 Tools
Summer Night 04:57 Tools
Prelude No. 4 05:08 Tools
Sea Priesters 11:34 Tools
Fantasy on a theme from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio 07:31 Tools
Gnossiene #1, F Minor 05:13 Tools
For B.C. 05:40 Tools
Variation no.7 - Evening 03:05 Tools
Variation no.6 - Lake 02:07 Tools
Over The Rainbow | Small World | In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 06:27 Tools
The Snow Leopard 08:10 Tools
Chelsea Bridge 04:27 Tools
Continuum 08:30 Tools
Veils 05:42 Tools
Azzaro - Studio 05:22 Tools
Variation no.8 - Good Night 01:56 Tools
Invisible Corridor/Sunday Song - Monday 05:17 Tools
Prelude No.20 C Minor 06:20 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love? 03:05 Tools
Around Salcam de Vara 06:02 Tools
Around Stenkarasin 04:30 Tools
Pathetique -C Minor Slow Movement 07:01 Tools
Pavane-G Minor 05:40 Tools
Scenes From Childhood-Op15#1 05:49 Tools
Heirloom 04:40 Tools
Haiku - (Intro) - Tokyo Lights At Night 00:38 Tools
Chant 03:03 Tools
Nocturne No 2 Vignettes 03:03 Tools
Around Scrijabin Prelude op. 16 09:32 Tools
African Heartbeat 03:03 Tools
Around Bartok Bagatelle #4 09:32 Tools
Hyperactive Airways 04:30 Tools
Gargoiles 04:27 Tools
Azzaro 04:27 Tools
Left Longer 06:13 Tools
Children's Song No.1 05:08 Tools
Neptune's Bellows 03:03 Tools
Around Porumbescu Balada 09:32 Tools
Siciliano -G Minor 05:08 Tools
Invisible Corridor; Sunday Song_Monday 05:15 Tools
Distant Voices 00:00 Tools
Haiku 1 - Baker-san 03:14 Tools
Musica Callada No.22 06:13 Tools
Musica Callada No. 22 06:13 Tools
Around Kodaly's World 07:40 Tools
Impressions Intimas - #1 A Minor 08:09 Tools
The Peacocks 05:18 Tools
Prelude For Piano -#4 E Minor 07:52 Tools
Round Midnight 07:52 Tools
Short Prelude No. 4 04:28 Tools
D.L. 05:13 Tools
Footprints In The Snow 05:08 Tools
Musica Callada #1 05:08 Tools
Haiku 3 - Cherry Blossom Time 03:46 Tools
Steel Prayers - Ballad For 9/11 WTC. 04:25 Tools
Prelude No.4 05:08 Tools
Medley: Over The Rainbow / Small World / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 06:25 Tools
Around Bartók Bagatelle No.4 03:23 Tools
Haiku 2 - Butterfly 03:23 Tools
In The Wee Small Hours 07:35 Tools
Apprentice / Master 05:08 Tools
Chappaqua 08:54 Tools
Gargoiles - Studio 06:25 Tools
Etude 08:54 Tools
The Town Hall Suite: Prologue 08:54 Tools
Tokyo 05:13 Tools
Around Bartók's World 06:06 Tools
Musica Callada No. 1 05:18 Tools
Johnny B 03:23 Tools
Vicious Circle 03:23 Tools
Invisible Corridor - Sunday Song - Monday 03:23 Tools
Haiku 5 - Bullet Train 03:36 Tools
Adagio - Piano Concerto In A Minor KV488 03:10 Tools
Penguins On Parade 03:36 Tools
The Ice Shelf 01:14 Tools
Cassack's Farewell 07:06 Tools
Haunted Heart 04:10 Tools
Full Circle 07:06 Tools
The Last Phapsody 06:17 Tools
Haiku 7 - Japanese Playground 02:33 Tools
Haiku 6 - Togashi-san 03:28 Tools
Haiku 4 - Takemitsu-san 04:56 Tools
Some Other Time - Studio 08:52 Tools
Fantasy on Orfeos Lament 01:14 Tools
Gentle Rain 05:30 Tools
Around Dialog Orfeo Messanger 03:10 Tools
Wisteria 01:14 Tools
What Are The Rules 01:14 Tools
...Des Pas Sur La Neige (Prelude Book 1, No. 6) 01:14 Tools
Orfeos lament 07:29 Tools
Bagatelle, Opus 6, No. 1 02:39 Tools
Lamento d'Arianna 01:34 Tools
Haiku 11 - Tragedy In Sendai 02:39 Tools
So What 07:29 Tools
Haiku 10 - Rock Garden 04:47 Tools
Musica Callada, No. 1 03:10 Tools
Heirloom - Studio 04:40 Tools
cho.Etude (No.6 in E♭minor, Op.10) 00:30 Tools
Música Callada No. 22 00:30 Tools
Adagio/Piano Concerto In A Minor KV488 06:17 Tools
Inamorata 05:15 Tools
My Funny Valintine 05:15 Tools
impressiones intimas #1 04:33 Tools
Young & Foolish 04:33 Tools
Haiku 12 - Shibumi 05:30 Tools
Haiku 9 - Zatoichi-Kurosawa 04:12 Tools
Dialog Orfeo Messanger 04:21 Tools
Lost in Translation 07:29 Tools
Mirage 05:56 Tools
Grandfather´s Hammer 04:12 Tools
The Empress 04:21 Tools
Vendetta 05:35 Tools
Jung 05:35 Tools
Haiku 8 - Kabuki 03:15 Tools
Blue And Green 00:00 Tools
Responsorium #5 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know What Love Is あなたは恋を知らない 00:00 Tools
Prelude (Op. 28, No. 20 In C Minor) 06:17 Tools
Musica Callada #6 04:33 Tools
'Round Midnight (Live) 04:33 Tools
Ben Mio, rimanti in pace 06:27 Tools
Medley: Over the Rainbow/Small World/In the Wee Small Hours of the Mo 06:27 Tools
Con Alma 06:27 Tools
Musica Callada, No.1 06:27 Tools
Eja mater fons amoris 06:02 Tools
Musica Callada #22 06:02 Tools
Continuum - Studio 05:56 Tools
Fantasie on Musica Callada #18 04:21 Tools
Fantasy on Fili mi, Absalon 04:21 Tools
Goddbye 04:21 Tools
Sancta Mater, istud agas 04:21 Tools
Expressions 04:21 Tools
The Sky Is The Limit 13:52 Tools
Hyperactive Airways - Studio 02:36 Tools
Variation #2 - Moon 02:36 Tools
Veils ヴェイルス 02:36 Tools
Manhattan Reverie マンハッタンの幻想 02:36 Tools
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Richard "Richie" Beirach (born May 23, 1947) is a jazz pianist born in New York City. He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music. In 1972 he began working with Stan Getz. He also worked with Chet Baker and in the 1990s worked well with French saxophonist Henrik Frisk. He maintained an ongoing musical partnership with David Liebman from the 1970s to the 90s, in Lookout Farm, Quest and many duos. Richie Beirach's style is influenced by Art Tatum, Bill Evans, and his earlier classical training. It is also individualistic with many touches all its own. Several of his compositions, "Leaving" and "Elm" for instance, have found their way into the jazz standard repertoire. Richie Beirach Richard Aron Beirach was born on 23 May 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City. Having a sheltered childhood, he started playing the piano at the age of 5. From age 6 to age 18, Beirach was given lessons by the pianist und composer James Palmieri. “James Palmieri showed me everything that I know about music,...he made me understand the deeper meaning of music.” Palmieri’s lessons were strictly classic and until age 13, Beirach exclusively dealt with classical music.When, at the age of 13, he stayed at a friend’s place, he heard Red Garland’s version of “Billy Boy“ from Miles Davis’ album “Milestones”: “I could hardly believe it. This was exactly what I was looking for, what I needed. Until then, I had only had a classical musical education: Mozart, Beethoven, no improvisation. I took the album to my teacher. He hated it, he hated it a lot…”Beirach realized that he wanted to devote himself to improvisation and Jazz. He tried and got in touch with Jazz musicians, while continuing to take lessons with Palmieri. In the middle of the 1960s, Richard Beirach entered the New York club scene, played innumerable gigs and jam sessions, with, among others, Freddie Hubbard and Lee Konitz, while, at the same time occasionally working as a longshoreman at the docks of New York.In 1967, he went to Boston in order to study at the Berklee College Of Music, where Keith Jarrett, Miroslav Vitous and John Abercrombie were enrolled as well at that time. But he only stayed for one year and returned to New York in 1968, where he started a composition degree with Ludmilla Ulehla at the Manhattan School Of Music, from which he graduated in 1972 with a “Master Of Music”. Soon afterwards, he played in the band of Stan Getz, together with bass player Dave Holland and drummer Jack deJohnette. The band largely went on worldwide tours.In 1973, he joined the group “Lookout Farm” of the saxophone player Dave Liebman. “Lookout Farm“ became one of the most outstanding groups of the Fusion movement and the cooperation between Beirach and Liebman beyond the group, which broke up in 1976, developed to a close musical partnership. Together, as a duo, they recorded “Forgotten Fantasies”, “Omerta” and “Chant”". In 1976, the first album under Beirach’s own name was released: “Eon”, recorded with drummer Eliot Zigmund and bass player Frank Tusa. For the label ECM, Beirach worked as a leader, e.g. on the albums “Eon“ in 1976, “Elm“ in 1979, “Elegy for Bill Evans“, and as a sideman respectively (for John Abercrombie and George Adams) from the middle of the 1970s until the beginning of the 1980s. His first solo album “Hubris” was released in 1977. At that time, he went on tour a lot with, among others, Chet Baker, John Scofield and John Abercrombie. In the 1980s, Richie Beirach focused increasingly on the solo piano and, parallel to that, on the cooperation with David Liebman in their duo and in the band „Quest“, which they founded together in 1981, with drummers Billy Hart and Al Forster and George Mraz or Ron McClure on the bass, respectively. Until their break-up in 1991, the band recorded six albums: “Quest”, “Quest 2”, “Midpoint: Live at the Montmartre”, “Natural Selection”, “N.Y. Nites: Standards” and “Of one mind”, and went on tours throughout Europe, Asia and South and North America. Stylistically, the quartet did not set any limits and thus played both standards and original compositions with the same intensity and freedom. Beirach then devoted himself increasingly to playing solo. The album “Live in Tokyo“ (1981) was recorded during a Japan tour. Following albums were “Ballads“ and “Ballads 2“, which dealt intensely and in a contemporary manner with the Jazz standard repertoire. Records, which are characterized by non-musical influences, from “Waterlilies”, compositions impressed by the paintings of Claude Monet, and “Breathing of Statues”, after texts by Rilke, to the completely improvised “Self Portraits”, “Sunday Songs” and “Live at Maybeck Recital Hall”, were created at the beginning of the 1990s. “Inspiration”, recorded in 1991 as a member of the RonMcClure Trio, and “Trust”, recorded in 1993 under his own name with Dave Holland and Jack deJohnette, showed Beirach in a trio again. As a co-leader and sideman, he recorded several albums with the trombonist Conrad Herwig, e.g. the duo record “Intimate Conversation”, and, with a bigger band, “The Amulet” and “The Latin Side of John Coltrane”. Since the middle of the 1990s, Beirach has mostly worked with two different trios; together with his musical fellows George Mraz (bass) and Billy Hart (drums), Beirach recorded the album “The Snow Leopard” in 1996. That was followed by “Romantic Rhapsody” and “What is this thing called love”, which showed a fresh view on standards and some own compositions. “No borders” (2002) focuses on classical pieces as a basis for improvisation, and, on the other hand, also contains a completely composed original composition by Beirach: “Steel Prayers”, a piece for the victims of 9/11. To take classical pieces and open them for improvisation, without depriving them of their character, is also the basic principle in the cooperation with violinist Gregor Hübner. The trio with Beirach, Hübner and again George Mraz on the bass has released three albums with the label ACT. “Round about Bartok”, “Round about Federico Mompou” and “Round about Monteverdi” are each dedicated to the respective composer and try and approach them via improvisation. Since 2000, Richie Beirach lives in Leipzig and holds a professorship for Jazz piano at the Leipzig conservatory "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy". Read more on Last.fm. 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