Richard Fairhurst (musician)
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 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"  

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

Awards

References

External links
Richard Fairhurst Website
biography
Allmusic bio
Sam Leak and Richard Fairhurst duo performance 2011

British jazz pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Basho Records artists