Richard Turner (musician) explained

Richard Turner was a jazz trumpeter who died in 2011 aged 27 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm while swimming.[1] [2] [3] He led the contemporary jazz quartet Round Trip and played with indie-pop band Friendly Fires. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Leeds College of Music, and Allerton Grange School. A documentary film about his life Richard Turner: A Life in Music was released in 2019.[4] [5] The Richard Turner Jazz Fund awards £1,000 to a jazz student towards a specific area of help with their studies.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-09-11. Richard Turner obituary. 2020-07-18. the Guardian. en.
  2. Web site: 2011-08-18. Family and jazz world 'reeling' as young star dies of heart attack. 2020-07-18. Evening Standard. en.
  3. News: Richard Turner. en. The Times. 2020-07-18. 0140-0460.
  4. News: 2019-04-18. FILM REVIEW: Richard Turner: A Life In Music. en-US. News, reviews, features and comment from the London jazz scene and beyond. 2020-07-18.
  5. Web site: Richard Turner: A Life in Music--Movie Trailer. Youtube.
  6. Web site: ljazzn. 2014-02-10. NEWS: Tom McCredie is Recipient of Richard Turner Jazz Fund Award 2014. 2020-07-18. News, reviews, features and comment from the London jazz scene and beyond. en.

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