Tim Richards Trio: Shapeshifting - review

(33Jazz)British pianist, composer and educator Tim Richards has been both a lively hard-boppish soloist and a sharp talent-spotter (one of the UK scene's first employers of the now revered drummer Seb Rochford) since the 1980s. Though his more stylistically inquisitive partners such as Rochford and Jason Yarde have made headlines, a straight-swinging Richards trio album is always a pleasure. His originals strike fresh sparks from the hard-bop style, and his choice of covers is always astute. A t...

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