Richard Sears solo

Richard Sears, an American pianist and composer based in Paris, collaborates with jazz legends. Having settled in the capital in 2021, he creates captivating and resonant works.

Richard Sears is an American pianist and composer based in Paris. Sears has performed with the Billy Hart Quartet (ft. Mark Turner and Ben Street), the Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra, Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille, Joshua Redman, and other jazz artists. In 2021, Sears relocated from Brooklyn to Paris, where he was a composer-in-residence at the Cité internationale des arts. Currently, Sears is an American Composers Forum Fellow and a resident at the POUSH art center in Paris, France. "Discovered during a concert by his sextet, in a Brooklyn club, with John Coltrane's son, Ravi Coltrane, as guest saxophonist, Richard Sears has had our full attention ever since. His young body of work already demonstrates a singular musician. " Le Figaro 2020

Richard Sears: piano