Richie Beirach Catalog

1974 (age 27)

Richard Beirach - Eon   ECM (G) ECM 1054   1975

Richard Beirach, piano; Frank Tusa, bass; Jeff Williams, drums.

Generation Sound Studios, NYC, November, 1974

Nardis
Places
Seeing You
Eon
Bones
Mitsuku

1975

Richard Beirach - Methuselah   Trio (J) PA-7128   1975

Richard Beirach, piano, electric piano; Frank Tusa, bass, electric bass; Jeff Williams, drums.

Science Hall, Tokyo, Japan, September 24, 1975

Eucalyptus
Off The Top
Methuselah
No Boy
Tomorrows Expectations
Tokyo
Liege

** also released on Breaktime (J) BRJ-4004 in 1986; Venus (J) TKCZ-79024 in 1994.

Richard Beirach, Frank Tusa - Sunday Song   Trio (J) PA-7142   1976

Richard Beirach, piano; Frank Tusa, bass.

winter 1975

Skeletonal
The Last Time
Sunday Song
Egg Shell
In The Middle
The Pearl
Paka Lolo

** also released on Breaktime (J) BRJ-4006 in 1986.

1976

Richard Beirach, Jeremy Steig - Leaving   Trio (J) PAP-9074   1976

Jeremy Steig, alto flute #1, soprano flute #2-4,6-8,10, bass flute #5, piccolo #9; Richard Beirach, piano.

NYC, August 17 and 18, 1976

1.Angelo
2.Water-Lily
3.Liebsong
4.The Unforeseen
5.Mitsuku
6.Within A Song
7.Amethyst
8.Orphan
9.Splivy
10.Leaving

Richard Beirach - Zal   Trio (J) PAP-9053   1976

Terumasa Hino, flugelhorn #4, trumpet #6; Richard Beirach, piano; Yoshiaki Masuo, guitar #1-3.

Richie Beirach's home studio, NYC, September 28 and 29, 1976

1.Mavrodaphne
2.Broken Wing
3.Yesterdays
4.Zal
5.Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
6.What Is This Thing Called Love

1977 (age 30)

Richard Beirach - Hubris   ECM (G) ECM 1104   1978

Richard Beirach, piano.

Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, June, 1977

Sunday Song
Leaving
Koan
Osiris
Future Memory
Hubris
Rectilinear
The Pearl
Invisible Corridor / Sunday Song - Monday

1978

Richard Beirach, David Liebman - Omerta   Trio (J) PAP-9141   1979

David Liebman, tenor, soprano sax, alto flute; Richard Beirach, piano.

Onkyo House, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, June 9 and 10, 1978

Ometra
On Green Dolphin Street
3rd. Visit
Eden
Spring Is Here
Cadaques
To A Spirit Once Known
In A Sentimental Mood

** also released on Breaktime (J) BRJ-4007 in 1986; Storyville (D) STCD 4154 in 1988.

Richard Beirach Solo And Duet With Masahiko Togashi - Kahuna   Trio (J) PAX-6005   1978

Richard Beirach, piano.

Nihon Victor Studios, Tokyo, Japan, June 27, 1978

Kahuna

Richard Beirach, piano; Masahiko Togashi, percussion.

Essence

1979

Richard Beirach - Elm   ECM (G) ECM 1142   1979

Richard Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums.

Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, May, 1979

Sea Priestess
Pendulum
Ki
Snow Leopard
Elm

1981

Richard Beirach, George Mraz - Rendezvous   International Phonograph IPI 1001   1981

Richard Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass.

Sarasota, FL, January 24 and 25, 1981

Rendezvous
Distant Dream
Natural Selection
Inborn
Rectilinear
Wisteria
The Last Rhapsody

Richie Beirach - Elegy For Bill Evans   Trio (J) PAP-25005   1981

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Al Foster, drums.

Sound Ideas Studios, NYC, May 12, 1981

In Your Own Sweet Way
Blue In Green
Solar
Spring Is Here
Peace Piece
Nardis

** also released on Venus (J) TKCZ-79023 in 1994.

Richie Beirach - Live In Tokyo - Solo Concert   Trio (J) PAP-25019   1982

Richie Beirach, piano.

Sogetsu Hall, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, July 10, 1981

Elm
What Are The Rules
Peace Piece
Blue In Green
Nardis
Sunday Song

** also released on Breaktime (J) BRJ-4005 in 1986. and on Complete Solo Concert 1981, PJL (J) MTCJ-2501 in 2000.

Richie Beirach - Complete Solo Concert 1981   PJL (J) MTCJ-2501   2000

same session.

Sogetsu Hall, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, July 10, 1981

Spring Is Here
All Blues

** originally released on Live In Tokyo - Solo Concert, Trio (J) PAP-25019 in 1982 + 2 bonus tracks.

1982

Richard Beirach - Breathing Of Statues   CMP Records (G) CMP 17 ST   1983

Richard Beirach, piano.

Cornet Studio, Cologne, West Germany, September, 1982

Breathing Of Statues
Mauve
Cartoon
Heart, Ear, Hand
The Boy
The Cocoon
Palindrome
Root, Flower, Fruit
The Girl

** also released on Magenta MA 00202 in 1985.

1983

Richie Beirach - Continuum   Baybridge (J) KUX-182-B   1987

Richie Beirach, piano.

Vanguard Studios, NYC, July 5, 1983

Gargoiles
Heirloom
Hyperactive Airways
Continuum
'Round Midnight
Azzaro
Some Other Time

** also released on Eastwind (US) EWCD 704 in 1987.

1984

Richie Beirach, Masahiko Togashi, Terumasa Hino - Ayers Rock   Polydor (J) 28MJ 3476   1985

Terumasa Hino, cornet, small instruments, special effects #3,4; Richie Beirach, piano; Masahiko Togashi, percussion #1,3-5.

Sound Inn, Tokyo, Japan, October 30-November 2, 1984

1.Stone
2.Emerald City
3.Ayers Rock
4.Boomerang
5.Arid Rain
6.Johnny B.

** also released on Polydor (J) J33P 20001 in 1985.

1985

Richie Beirach - Antarctica   Pathfinder Records PTF 8617

Richie Beirach, piano.

Mediasound, NYC, September 12-14, 1985

Antarctica Suite, Part One: The Ice Shelf
Antarctica Suite, Part One: Neptune's Bellows
Antarctica Suite, Part One: Penguins On Parade
Antarctica Suite, Part One: Deception Island
Antarctica Suite, Part Two: Mirage
Antarctica Suite, Part Two: Water Lilies (The Cloud)
Antarctica Suite, Part Two: The Empress

** also released on Evidence ECD 22086-2 in 1994.

1986

Richie Beirach - Ballads   CBS/Sony (J) 28AP-3165

Richie Beirach, piano.

CBS/Sony Studios, Shinano-Machi, Tokyo, Japan, March 16 and 17, 1986

Elm
My Foolish Heart
Infant Eyes
Blood Count
Nightlake
On Green Dolphin Street
Naima
Small World
Leaving
Over The Rainbow
You Don't Know What Love Is
Sunday Song

** also released on CBS/Sony (J) 32DP-300 in 1986; Sony Records (J) SRGL-615 in 2000.

1987 (age 40)

Richie Beirach - Ballads II   CBS/Sony (J) 28AP-3297

Richie Beirach, piano.

Masonic Temple, NYC, January 20 and 21, 1987

My Funny Valentine
Chelsea Bridge
The Pearl
Alone Together
Flamenco Sketches
Zal
Young And Foolish
Summer Night
D.L.
Old Folks
Stella By Starlight
Anse Des Flamands
The Peacocks
Night And Day

** also released on CBS/Sony (J) 35DP-649 in 1987.

Richie Beirach & John Abercrombie - Emerald City   Pathfinder Records PTF 8701   1987

Richie Beirach, piano; John Abercrombie, guitar synthesizer.

Mediasound, NYC, February 23-25, 1987

Odin
Anse Des Flamands
Sleight Of Hand
Emerald City
On Overgrown Paths

** also released on Evidence ECD 22079-2 in 1994.

Richie Beirach & John Abercrombie - Emerald City   Evidence ECD 22079-2   1994

same session.

Mediasound, NYC, February 23-25, 1987

Carnival Suspone

** originally released on Pathfinder Records PTF 8701 in 1987 + 1 bonus track.

Richie Beirach - Common Heart   Owl (F) OWL 048 CD   1988

Richie Beirach, piano.

Masonic Temple, NYC, September 28 and 29, 1987

Liquid Silver
For B.C.
Places
Nocturne No. 2 Vignettes
Foolish Door
Midpoint
Vadanna
The Last Rhapsody
Essence

Richie Beirach - Water Lilies - Richie Beirach Plays Musical Portraits Of Claude Monet   CBS/Sony (J) 28AP-5035

same personnel.

Saint Vartan Cathedral, Armenian Church, NYC, November 18 and 19, 1987

Agapanthus Triptych --Water Lilies #3--
Reflections Of The Weeping Willow
Green Reflections --Water Lilies #4--
Circular Water Lilies --Water Lilies #5--
Reflections From Below The Pond --Under Water Lilies--
Blue Water Lilies --Water Lilies #1--
Reflections Of Irises By The Pond
The Cloud --Water Lilies #2--
The Ice Floe, Winter Water Lilies --Water Lilies #6--

** also released on CBS/Sony (J) 32DP-5035 in 1988.

1989

Richie Beirach, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, George Mraz, Adam Nussbaum, John Scofield - Some Other Time - A Tribute To Chet Baker   Triloka Records 320180-2   1990

Randy Brecker, trumpet, flugelhorn; Michael Brecker, tenor sax; Richie Beirach, piano, musical director; John Scofield, guitar; George Mraz, bass; Adam Nussbaum, drums.

Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, April 17 and 18, 1989

Broken Wing
Sunday Song
Alone Together
Young And Foolish
Leaving
In Your Own Sweet Way
Some Other Time
Inborn
Paradox
My Funny Valentine

1990

Richie Beirach - Self Portraits   CMP Records (G) CMP CD 51   1992

Richie Beirach, piano.

Ztudio Zerkall, West Germany, May, 1990

Grandfather's Hammer
Song Of Experience
A Quiet, Normal Life
Song Of Innocence
Darkness Into Air
Falling Off My Bike
Calcutta
Apprentice / Master

Richie Beirach - Inamorata   eau (J) TOCJ-5277   1991

same personnel.

BMG Studio A, NYC, June 29 and 30, 1990

Full Circle
Elegy
Inamorata
Chopin Prelude (Op. 28, No. 20)
...Des Pas Sur La Neige (Debussy Prelude Book 1, No. 6)
Wisteria
Kahuna
Prunella
Anse Des Flamands
Johnny B.

Richie Beirach, George Coleman - Convergence   Triloka Records 320185-2   1990

George Coleman, tenor, soprano sax; Richie Beirach, piano.

Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, November 10 and 11, 1990

The Lamp Is Low
I Wish I Knew
Flamenco Sketches
Rectilinear
For B.C.
Riddles
Zal
What Is This Thing Called Love
Infant Eyes

1991

Richie Beirach - Themes And Impromptu Variations   eau (J) TOCJ-5701   1992

Richie Beirach, piano.

Mastersound Studios, NYC, December 21 and 22, 1991

Prelude Op. 28 #4 In E Minor
From Foreign Lands And People, Scenes From Childhood #1
Impresiones Intimas #1 (Lament)
Peace Piece
Gnoissienes #1
Prelude #6 (For The Left Hand)
Bagatelle #6
Sunday Song
Touch Stone
Musica Callada #1
Etude Op. 10 #3 In E Major

1992

Richie Beirach - At Maybeck - Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Nineteen   Concord Jazz CCD-4518   1992

Richie Beirach, piano.

Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA, January 5, 1992

Introductory Announcement
All The Things You Are
On Green Dolphin Street
Some Other Time
You Don't Know What Love Is
Spring Is Here
All Blues
Medley: Over The Rainbow / Small World / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
'Round Midnight
Remember
Elm

Richie Beirach & Andy LaVerne - Too Grand   SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31335   1994

Richie Beirach, Andy LaVerne, piano.

November, 1992

Footprints
Nature Boy
Moonlight In Vermont
So What
Zingaro
Monk's Dream
Milestones
In Your Own Sweet Way
Passion Dance

Richie Beirach And Laurie Antonioli - The Duo Session   NABEL (G) 4705   2005

Richie Beirach, piano; Laurie Antonioli, vocal.

Mobius Studio, San Francisco, CA, 1992

Flamenco Sketches
You And The Night And The Music
Blue In Green
Green Dolphin Street
New Souls
The Island
Moonlake (Nightlake)
You Don't Know What Love Is
Sounds From Your Heart (Elm)
Memories, Dreams And Reflections

1993

Richie Beirach Trio - Trust   Transheart (J) TDCN-5083   1993

Richie Beirach, piano; Dave Holland, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums.

Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, February 24 and 25, 1993

What Are The Rules
Trust
Moor
Jamala
Boston Harry
Gargoyles
Nefertiti
Johnny B.
Rectilinear

** also released on Evidence ECD 22143-2 in 1996; ekURBAN (J) TDCN-5083 in 2007.

Richie Beirach Trio - Trust   ekURBAN (J) TDCN-5083   2007

same session.

Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, February 24 and 25, 1993

Alone Together

** originally released on Transheart (J) TDCN-5083 in 1993 + 1 bonus track.

Richie Beirach & Andy LaVerne - Universal Mind   SteepleChase (D) SCCD 31325   1993

Richie Beirach, Andy LaVerne, piano.

November, 1993

Solar
All The Things You Are
I Loves You, Porgy
Haunted Heart
Chappaqua
Blue In Green
Elm
The Town Hall Suite: Prologue
The Town Hall Suite: Story Line
The Town Hall Suite: Turn Out The Stars
The Town Hall Suite: Epilogue

1994

Richie Beirach - Solo Piano Recital: Live In Japan   Label Les Jours De Zyugemu (J) JJ-0001   1995

Richie Beirach, piano.

Matsushiro Bunka Hall, Nagano, Japan, October 31, 1994

Bagatelle #6
Impressions Intimas
Solar
Circle, Chain And Mirror (Dedicated To Toru Takemitsu)
Musica Callada #1
Haunted Heart
Monk's Dream
Elm
Footprints
Musica Callada #15
Sunday Song

1996

Richie Beirach - The Snow Leopard   Alfa Jazz (J) ALCB-3908   1996

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums; with Gregor Huebner, violin #4,9,10.

Clinton Recording Studio A, NYC, June 16 and 17, 1996

1.The Snow Leopard
2.In The Wee Small Hours (Of The Morning)
3.Naima
4.Musica Callada No. 1
5.Peace Piece
6.Citizen Code
7.Expression
8.Redemption
9.Elm
10.Bagatelle, Opus 6, No. 1

1998 (age 51)

Richie Beirach + Gregor Huebner Duo - New York Rhapsody   ONOFF (J) TKCB-71441   1998

Gregor Huebner, violin; Richie Beirach, piano.

Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, The State University Of New York, NYC, March 23 and 24, 1998

Leaving
Balada
Russian Impressions
La Juana
Rumanian Dance
Circular Dreaming
Mumuki
Zal
Lonely Woman

1999

Richie Beirach Trio - What Is This Thing Called Love   Venus (J) TKCV-35084

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums.

Sear Sound, NYC, June 18 and 19, 1999

What Is This Thing Called Love
Leaving
Night And Day
Goodbye
Autumn Leaves
All The Things You Are
Pinocchio
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Nardis
On Green Dolphin Street

** also released on Venus (J) TKGV-5 in 2000, VHCD-2004 in 2008, VHCD-78090 in 2010, VHGD12 in 2014.

Beirach-Huebner-Mraz - Round About Bartok   ACT (G) ACT 9276-2   2000

Gregor Huebner, violin; Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass.

Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, December, 1999

Around Scrijabin Prelude Op. 16
Around Bartok Bagatelle #4
Around Stenkarasin
Around Bartok's World
Around Salcam De Vara
Around Porumbescu Balada
Around Dubrawuschka
Zal
Around Kodaly's World
Cossack's Farewell

2000

Richie Beirach Trio - Romantic Rhapsody   Venus (J) TKCV-35091   2000

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums.

The Studio, NYC, November 18 and 19, 2000

Flamenco Sketches
Spring Is Here
Blue In Green
Old Folks
Young And Foolish
Prelude No. 20 C Minor
Hudba
I Wish I Knew
The Last Rhapsody

** also released on Venus (J) TKCV-35143 in 2001, VHCD-2026 in 2008, VHCD-78094 in 2010.

2001

Beirach...Huebner...Mraz - Round About Federico Mompou   ACT (G) ACT 9296-2   2001

Gregor Huebner, violin; Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass.

Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, May, 2001

Impressiones Intimas #1
Musica Callada #6
Fantasie On Musica Callada #10
Musica Callada #10
Bass Fantasie On Musica Callada #1
Musica Callada #1
Musica Callada #27
Around Musica Callada #27
Fantasie On Musica Callada #19
Around Musica Callada #19
Musica Callada #19
Musica Callada #18
Fantasie On Musica Callada #18
Musica Callada #15
Musica Callada #22

2002

Richie Beirach Trio - No Borders   Venus (J) TKCV-35305   2002

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums; with special guest: Gregor Huebner, violin.

The Studio, NYC, May 7 and 8, 2002

Scenes From Childhood-Op. 15 #1
Pathetique-C Minor Slow Movement
Gnossiene #1, F Minor
Pavane-G Minor
Footprints In The Snow -- Prelude For Piano Bk. 1-#6 D Minor
Siciliano-G Minor
Impressions Intimas-#1 A Minor
Prelude For Piano-#4 E Minor
Steel Prayers-Ballad For 9/11 WTC.

** also released on Venus (J) TKGV-15 in 2003, VHCD-2055 in 2008, VHCD-78124 in 2010, VHGD17 in 2014.

Beirach, Huebner, Mraz - Round About Monteverdi   ACT (G) ACT 9412-2   2003

Gregor Huebner, violin; Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass.

Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, October, 2002

Lamento D'Arianna
Responsorium #5
Eja Mater Fons Amoris
Chant
Ben Mio, Rimanti In Pace
Orfeos Lament
Fantasy On Orfeos Lament
Fantasy On Fili Mi, Absalon
Dialog Orfeo Messanger
Around Dialog Orfeo Messanger
Sancta Mater, Istud Agas
Siciliana
Fantasy On Lamento D'Arianna

2006

Richie Beirach Trio - Manhattan Reverie   Venus (J) TKCV-35380   2006

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums.

The Studio, NYC, March 25 and 26, 2006

You Don't Know What Love Is
On Green Dolphin Street
If I Were A Bell
Manhattan Reverie
Etude (No. 6 In Eb Minor, Op. 10)
Transition
Stella By Starlight
Veils
Blood Count
Footprints

** also released on Venus (J) VHCD-5006 in 2008, VHCD-78041 in 2010.

2007 (age 60)

Richie Beirach Trio - Summer Night   Venus (J) TKCV-35417   2008

Richie Beirach, piano; George Mraz, bass; Billy Hart, drums.

The Studio, NYC, September 4 and 5, 2007

Summer Night
All Of You
Solar
Memories Of You
All Blues
Siciliano
I Remember You
Impressions Intimas No. 1
Milestones
So What

** also released on Venus (J) VHCD-78025 in 2010.

Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner - Duality - The First Ten Years   Niveau Records (G) NRM 007   2007

Gregor Huebner, violin; Richie Beirach, piano.

FWL Studios, Leipzig, Germany, 2007

Ysai/Portrait Of My Son
Hermitage
For Two Masters
Invention #7
Bagatelle #1
Bagetelle #2
Bagatelle #3
Bagatelle #4
Bagatelle #5
Bagatelle #6
Catalonian
Seems Like Yesterday
Message To John

2008

Richie Beirach - Jazz Adagio   Venus (J) VHCD-1024   2009

Richie Beirach, piano.

Avatar Studios, NYC, August 18 and 19, 2008

Adagio -- Piano Concerto In A Minor KV488
Children's Song No. 1
Lucky To Be Me
Musica Callada No. 22
Cossack's Farewell
Short Prelude No. 4
For All We Know
Melody Eternal
Lost In The Stars
Prelude No. 4
My Funny Valentine
Ballad For Bill Evans
I'll Take Romance
Moon River
Adagio Reprise

** also released on Venus (J) VHCD-78155 in 2010.

Richie Beirach - Crossing Over   Niveau Records (G) NRM 011   2008

same personnel.

FWL Studios, Leipzig, Germany, released 2008

Andantino - Children Song #1
Variation #1 - Sun
Variation #2 - Moon
Variation #3 - Stars
Variation #4 - Windows
Variation #5 - Beach
Variation #6 - Lake
Variation #7 - Evening
Variation #8 - Good Night
I Got Rhythm
Invention - Children Song #7
Autumn Leaves
Crossing Over
What Is This Thing Called Love
Among The Living
Reflections In D.
Vadanna

2009

Richie Beirach, Dave Liebman - Quest For Freedom   Sunnyside SSC 1266   2010

Dave Liebman, soprano sax, wooden flute; Richie Beirach, piano; with Frankfurt Radio Bigband: Martin Auer, Axel Schlosser, Thomas Vogel, Bijon Watson, trumpet; Gunter Bollmann, Peter Feil, Christian Jaksjo, trombone; Manfred Honetschlager, bass trombone; Oliver Leicht, Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, alto sax; Julian Arguelles, Tony Lakatos, tenor sax; Rainer Heute, baritone sax; Peter Reiter, piano; Martin Scales, guitar; Thomas Heidepriem, bass; Paul Hochstadter, drums; Jim McNeely, conductor, arranger.

Hr Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt/Main, Germany, June 20, 2009;
Horfunkstudio II, Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt/Main, Germany, June 18 and 19, 2009

Pendulum
Jung
Vendetta
WTC
Port Ligat
Enfin
The Sky Is The Limit

2010

Richie Beirach - Impressions Of Tokyo   Outnote Records (F) OTN 009   2011

Richie Beirach, piano.

CMP Studio, Zerkall, Germany, September 17 and 18, 2010

Haiku - (Intro) - Tokyo Lights At Night
Haiku 1 - Baker-San
Haiku 2 - Buttefly
Haiku 3 - Cherry Blossom Time
Haiku 4 - Takemitsu-San
Haiku 5 - Bullet Train
Haiku 6 - Togashi-San
Ancient City Of The Future
Lament For Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Haiku 7 - Japanese Playground
Haiku 8 - Kabuki
Haiku 9 - Zatoichi-Kurosowa
Haiku 10 - Rock Garden
Haiku 11 - Tragedy In Sendai
Haiku 12 - Shibumi
Eyes Of The Heart