Howard Riley
b. John Howard Riley, 16 February 1943, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Riley began playing piano at the age of six, although it was another 10 years before he began to play jazz. At university he studied under Bernard Rands at Bangor, North Wales (1961-66) gaining BA and MA degrees, then with David Baker at Indiana, adding M.Mus to his name in 1967. From 1967-70 he studied for his PhD at York University under Wilfred Mellers, who wrote a piece (Yeibichai) for symphony orchestra, scat singer and jazz trio that was performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Frank Holder and Riley’s trio at the 1969 Proms. Riley had led a trio at Bangor, and later joined Evan Parker’s quartet. On his return from Indiana he formed a trio with Barry Guy (and sometimes Ron Rubin) and Jon Hiseman (also Tony Oxley and, later, Alan Jackson) and began writing for bands including the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and the Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet.
At this time he also began to have his chamber and orchestral pieces performed in concert, and was a founder member of the Musicians’ Co-Operative. He has composed for Barry Guy’s London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra and the New Jazz Orchestra and played with Keith Tippett, John McLaughlin (who had also occasionally sat in with the late 60s trio), Jaki Byard, Elton Dean, the LJCO (being the featured soloist on their Double Trouble), Barbara Thompson, Oxley and many others. He has also taught at the Guildhall and Goldsmith’s schools of music in London and at the Center Of The Creative And Performing Arts in Buffalo. In the late 80s he began to release both old and new recordings on his own cassette label, Falcon Tapes. In 1990, he and Dean co-led a quartet of improvisers on a set of jazz standards, All The Tradition.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Endgame
Barry Guy, Howard Riley, John Stevens, Trevor Watts
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on Sep 1, 1979
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Turtle Records: Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971
Mike Osborne, Howard Riley, John Taylor
Jazz - Released by RPM RECORDS on Dec 13, 2021
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R&B
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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Turtle Records: Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971
Mike Osborne, Howard Riley, John Taylor
Jazz - Released by Rpm on Dec 13, 2021
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All the Tradition
Elton Dean, Howard Riley, Paul Rogers, Mark Sanders
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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Listen to Hear
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Apr 20, 2018
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Pianoforte
Keith Tippett, Howard Riley, Stephen Grew, Pat Thomas
Rock - Released by Slam Productions on Apr 16, 2011
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Three Is One
Contemporary Jazz - Released by ASC Records on Mar 6, 2020
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Classics (Live)
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Jan 1, 1997
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Duets March 2002
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Mar 1, 2003
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One to One
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Jan 1, 1999
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Feathers with Jaki
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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To Be Continued
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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The Holywell Concert
Lol Coxhill, Howard Riley, Paul Rutherford, George Haslam
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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Short Stories, Vol. 2
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Dec 29, 2016
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More Listening, More Hearing
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Feb 28, 2020
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Making Notes
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Jan 1, 1997
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Air Play
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Slam Productions on Jan 1, 2001
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