by Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs “We all had plenty of time to ourselves in 2021, to think about life, death, love and politics..” Read reviews of Dave Meder’s Unamuno: Songs and Stories, Oscar Hernandez’s Visión, Mathis Picard’s Live At The Museum and Grant Richard’s Ballyhoo here.
by George Harris, Jazz Weekly “You know you’ve got the right guy to listen to when leader/pianist/composer Grant Richards is posed on the album liner notes with a picture of bassist Charles Mingus.” Read the full review here.
By Danilo Navas, Latin Jazz Network Grant Richards – a pianist deeply immersed in bebop and the blues – leads his music in a bold and emergent new direction with Ballyhoo, an Afro-Cuban celebration of a previously unspoken dream, finally realized in a tangible elation of musicianship, culture, and unbridled wonder. Richards, like the great … Read More
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record Chris Spector reviews new albums from Carlos Henriquez, Sasha Dobson, Ben Tiberio, Grant Richards, Dave Liebman and Champian Fulton. All reviews can be read here.
Pianist and composer Grant Richards dives deep into Afro-Cuban tradition with his forward-looking and celebratory new release, Ballyhoo, out on September 24, 2021 Pianist Grant Richards and his steadfast trio of bassist Damian Erskine and drummer Reinhardt Melz are veteran collaborators and musical co-conspirators with over a decade of creative history shared amongst them. Now, … Read More
