Person · Male
Richie Beirach
pianist
- From
- Brooklyn, United States
- Active
- 1947–2026
- Releases
- 51
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- post-bop
About
Richard Alan Beirach (; May 23, 1947 – January 26, 2026) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He made hundreds of recordings, in the 1970s as an early artist of ECM playing albums including Eon, Leaving, and Hubris, in a duo with saxophone player David Liebman including Forgotten Fantasies, and in many other formations. He taught jazz piano at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig from 2001 to 2014.
Member of
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Richie Beirach Trio piano
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Quest piano
Discography
Albums
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Drum Ode
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Methuselah
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Eon
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Omerta
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カフナ
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Elm
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津波
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Continuum
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Double Edge
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エアーズ・ロック
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Ballads
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Antarctica
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Emerald City
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Common Heart
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Elegy for Bill Evans
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Convergence
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Intimate Conversation
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Self Portraits Apple Music
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Some Other Time: A Tribute To Chet Baker
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Universal Mind
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Richard Beirach - Terumasa Hino - Masahiko Togashi
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Too Grand
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The Snow Leopard
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Reunion of Old Spirits
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Expressions
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Round About Bartók
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Round About Federico Mompou
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Round About Monteverdi
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Lonely House: Kurt Weill Songs
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Quest for Freedom
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Impressions of Tokyo
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Unspoken
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Knowinglee
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Varuna
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Jazz Adagio
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Balladscapes
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Inborn Apple Music
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Avala
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Empathy
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Testaments Apple Music
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Hubris
Live
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Teacher
Also known as
R. Beirach · Richard Beirach · リッチー・バイラーク
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 49ec7c05-548a-40fc-92a5-af400b8c286f
- ISNI
- 0000000063113492
- IPI
- 00077761441
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.