Tim Richards Trio
Tim's 'straight-ahead' London-based jazz piano trio have been entertaining audiences from Inverness to Istanbul since the early 1980s, playing an accessible combination of swinging jazz, blues, bebop, Latin and original material.
Current line-up includes Dominic Howles (double bass) and Jeff Lardner (drums). A new CD is planned for release in early 2010 on the 33 Records label.
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As well as appearing at the Istanbul Pera Jazz Days Festival (2005), the trio have played at many of the UK's top jazz venues, including London's Pizza Express (Dean Street), 606 Club, Vortex Jazz Club, Bull's Head Barnes, Bass Clef, The Crypt Camberwell, Soho jazz festival, City of London festival, Edinburgh Festival, Swanage jazz festival, Fleece Jazz Club Boxford, Dorking Jazz Club, Shepperton Jazz Club, Matt & Phred's Manchester, Jazz House Nottingham, Y Theatre Leicester, Cafe Jazz Cardiff, The Albert Bristol, The Lawn Lincoln, Colchester Arts Centre, a 12-date Scottish tour and many others.
(left to right)
Jeff Lardner, Tim Richards. Dominic Howles
"An impressively broad palette... strong melodic lines, muscular rhythms, ear-catching harmonies... a keen musical intellect and a swashbuckling sense of adventure..."
THE INVERNESS COURIER
Radio appearances include numerous sessions for BBC Radios 2 and 3 'Jazz Parade' and 'Jazz Notes', including live broadcasts from The Golders Green Hippodrome (1991, opposite Ronnie Scott's Sextet) and Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham (1994, opposite the BBC Radio Big Band).
Guest artists backed by the trio include Scott Hamilton, Jim Mullen, Theo Travis, Alan Barnes, Liz Fletcher, USA guitarist Ron Jackson, and many others.
At the Crypt Jazz Club, London SE5, August 2009
Currently available CDs
Twelve by Three 33Jazz072 - 2003
Dominic Howles (double bass)
Matt Home (drums)
"Swings enough to make you want
to kick the cat from the outset. A wide selection of material...
beautifully played and recorded..."
John Critchinson
(pianist, ex-Ronnie Scott 5tet)
MUSICIAN MAGAZINE
"Tim Richards... moves with impressive
confidence from boiling Latin rhythms to bebop, ballads and even
a tinge of gospel, while still retaining his own recognisable
style. He also understands the art of choosing
a good programme, alternating standards like Billy Strayhorn's
"Isfahan" and Horace Silver's "Safari" with
a few of his own pieces. The cohesion that comes from playing together
regularly makes this an impressive band."
Dave Gelly
THE OBSERVER
The Other Side 33Jazz037 - 1998
Pete Kubryk Townsend (double bass)
Kenrick Rowe or Andrea Trillo (drums)
"Digs deep into the groove bag"
TIME OUT
"Tim Richards' piano playing has
the distinction of being both adventurous and immediately attractive.
"
THE OBSERVER
"Tim's blues phrasing and sense
of harmonic structures are hugely impressive..."
THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ ON CD
"From the lilting original Coincidence Calypso,through an appropriately funky Freedom Jazz Dance, to
a luxuriantly meditative Polkadots
& Moonbeams, (the CD) showcases
both the light-heeled versatility and easy, airy interplay that
the trio have developed in their club appearances over the years."
JAZZWISE MAGAZINE
Track listing and audio samples