Such an awesome incredible musical mind: when I was at the new school, Leanne Ledgerwood had Richie in to her standards class and they took turns playing a solo piano version of “Nardis”: Richie was just incredible
During the time when I lived in L.A. with my then partner-in-life Ed Michel, he produced an album called "Sweet Hands" for Horizon. We loved hanging out with Richie & Dave, who we considered echt New York. Everytime anything unusual would come up in conversation, Richie would exclaim "Man, that's OUT!" He and Dave had just come back from a European tour and somebody mentioned Vienna. Richie said "Yeah, Vienna is where they try to convince you that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler was German!" Though this is apparently an old joke, I had never heard it and have never forgotten that delicious moment. What a great player, and such a beautiful musical brother to Liebman.
Very sorry to hear about Richie, who I first heard with Dave L, Frank Tusa and Jeff Williams at Richard’s Lounge in Lakewood NJ in the early 70’s. Their ECM album Lookout Farm (with guests) is still one of my favorites of the early catalog. It’s a blessing that Richie has been so prolifically recorded, and I agree with you about the strength of his modernist (in the accurate meaning of the term) approach. An under appreciated master, so thanks for bringing him forward
Such an awesome incredible musical mind: when I was at the new school, Leanne Ledgerwood had Richie in to her standards class and they took turns playing a solo piano version of “Nardis”: Richie was just incredible
During the time when I lived in L.A. with my then partner-in-life Ed Michel, he produced an album called "Sweet Hands" for Horizon. We loved hanging out with Richie & Dave, who we considered echt New York. Everytime anything unusual would come up in conversation, Richie would exclaim "Man, that's OUT!" He and Dave had just come back from a European tour and somebody mentioned Vienna. Richie said "Yeah, Vienna is where they try to convince you that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler was German!" Though this is apparently an old joke, I had never heard it and have never forgotten that delicious moment. What a great player, and such a beautiful musical brother to Liebman.
Ethan,
Thank you for sending this. I love Richie's music and wouldn't have known about this otherwise.
Very sorry to hear about Richie, who I first heard with Dave L, Frank Tusa and Jeff Williams at Richard’s Lounge in Lakewood NJ in the early 70’s. Their ECM album Lookout Farm (with guests) is still one of my favorites of the early catalog. It’s a blessing that Richie has been so prolifically recorded, and I agree with you about the strength of his modernist (in the accurate meaning of the term) approach. An under appreciated master, so thanks for bringing him forward