Richard is a freelance jazz pianist/composer who has been active on the Toronot jazz scene since the mid 1980's. He has been a sideman with Dave McMurdo, Lenny Solomon, Al Henderson, Bobby Herriot, Jane Bunnet, Time Warp, Nick Brignolo, Don Thompson, John Alcorn, Dewey Redman, Del Dako, Neil Swainson, Hemispheres and Ed Bickert, some of these he has also recorded with. He has led his own quintet since 1993.