Richie Beirach

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.

Life and career Beirach was born in New York City on May 23, 1947. The Best Thing for You (A&M, 1989) – recorded in 1977 Light'n Up, Please! (Horizon, 1976)