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Richard Glassby

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​Born in Aberdeen, Richard grew up in a small village in Aberdeenshire and found his interest in music during high school, where he first learnt classical piano and then for his third year took up playing drum kit. During his time at school, Richard played with rock bands and played in some armature Musical Theatre shows. It wasn’t until university that Richard began to take an interest in Jazz. Whilst studying Classical music at Aberdeen University, Richard joined the student big band. Through playing alongside other jazz musicians, Richard learnt the fundamentals of jazz and in his third year began lessons with Alyn Cosker, where he had up to that point been studying classical percussion with Lisa Nicol and playing jazz in his spare time

Album

Travels

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Backwards; Here, There and Everywhere; And Again; The Path "A" Head; Travels; Familiar Roads

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Article: Album Review

Richard Glassby: Travels

Read "Travels" reviewed by Pat Youngspiel


On his second recording, Travels, Scottish drummer Richard Glassby makes a giant leap forward from his debut Eclipse (self-produced, 2020), catapulting his take on the post-bop idiom to a whole new level, with a little help from pianist Pete Johnstone, tenor saxophonist Matthew Kilner and bassist Ewan Hastie. While his last album saw the drummer playing ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

2 Debuts = 2 Quartets

Read "2 Debuts = 2 Quartets" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


Bebop idioms prove far from extinct on these debut albums from two hungry cats, leading vigorous quartets with the mission to carry the bop torch of a young jazz generation. Nathan Francis Nathan Francis Quartet Ajabu! Records 2021 American bassist Nathan Francis has been based out of Helsinki, ...

Album

Eclipse

Label: Richard Glassby
Released: 2020
Track listing: What the Bop; Time Out; A Subtle Change; First Contact; Eclipse; Another Day; Vehement; In and Out; Final Thought


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