Beirach, Richie
Leaving
Pianist/composer Richie Beirach re-imagines well known jazz standards in stunning solo piano concert at France's Ch?teau Fleur Cardinale. Forty-five years after his first solo piano recording, 'Hubris' for ECM Records, Brooklyn-born Richie Beirach returns to that intimate and revealing setting on 'Leaving'. A live concert in Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse, near Bordeaux, France, this collection of jazz standards he has played innumerable times over his long and illustrious career finds the 75-year-old pianist plumbing new depths of emotion and heights of expression in a highly exploratory program