tom arthurs . richard fairhurst

'intimately conversational - a dialogue of tonally-subtle shimmers and spacious piano rejoinders'
[John Fordham, The Guardian]

'This is music to hear pin drops by...in essence it's the chance to eavesdrop on two considerable
intelligences communing without words - and that's not something you get everyday.'
[Jazzwise]

Tom Arthurs and Richard Fairhurst might appear almost fated to make music together: growing up in almost identical houses less than 30 miles apart, the left-handed lovers of Havaianas flip-flops, Turkish pizza and Cabinet magazine finally met when Tom depped in Richard’s group Nest at the 2004 BBC Jazz Awards.

Almost three years on, and after months of grabbing all spare days to rehearse and develop material at Steinway Hall and the Vortex Jazz Club, Tom and Richard released their debut album ‘Mesmer’ on London independent Babel in 2007.
With performances at the Bath International Festival, Pizza Express Jazz Club, and for BBC Radio 3 (both the classical In Tune, and Jazz Line-Up), the duo have been gathering rave reviews for their work together.

Featuring original compositions by both, solo improvisations and a Morton Feldman-esque rendition of Lothar Ohlmeier’s Infinite, the duo have created an intimate, warm and open space full of colour and variety.

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