Richard Fairhust is a British jazz pianist. He was awarded a scholarship to study jazz piano at The New School, New York. He is sponsored by Steinway & Sons. He started piano aged 15, and won the Pat Smythe (pianist) award
He was awarded Daily Telegraph 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
In 2004, he won the Best Work category of the BBC Jazz Awards.
In 2010, he released "Triptych: Amusia". He also performed at BBC Radio Three's Celebration of British Jazz https://londonjazznews.com/2010/01/05/review-bbc-jazz-on-3-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.
Discography As leader Date Line-up Album title Label Notes 1998 quartet, Tim Giles, John Surman, Tim Harries, Rob Townsend Formic Babel
Awards Year AwardedInstitutionAwardNotes2004BBC Jazz Award Best New Work
References
External links Richard Fairhurst Website biography Allmusic bio Sam Leak and Richard Fairhurst duo performance 2011