Grant Richards Menagarie - Album Release

Sun, Jan 04

TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES Sarah Clarke - vocals Damian Erskine - bass Noah Mortola - drums Grant Richards - piano NYC-based pianist Grant Richards is an award-winning jazz performer, composer, and educator able to adapt to a wide range of settings, styles, and genres. A native of Portland, Oregon, Grant began playing piano at the age of eight. By the time he entered college, he had won four Student Music Awards from Downbeat Magazine and recorded his first album as a leader. In 2009, Grant enrolled at Berklee College of Music on a full-tuition Jimmy Lyons Scholarship. He has since shared the stage with Grammy® award-winning artists Esperanza Spalding, Eddie Gomez, and Terri Lyne Carrington, as well as luminaries Simon Phillips, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Valerie Simpson. Grant currently resides in Brooklyn where he maintains an active performing and teaching schedule in the city. In addition to his sextet projects, in October 2024 Grant released Menagerie, a vast collaborative songwriting project straddling the line between jazz, pop, and neo-soul which features a host of talented vocalists and musicians living in the NYC area.