"Very often the things that we consider to be new are not new. They're just new combinations or reanimations and reimaginations of things that have already been done, put together in a different way."
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Richie Beirach
Richard Alan Beirach (May 23, 1947 – January 26, 2026) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
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