Richard Cooper plays fresh takes on old standards you'll recognize. Makes you happy when you hear them! He is a jazz piano player, a New Yorker transplanted to North Carolina. He brings his own style and voice to wide variety of musical inspirations. Jazz standards, the American songbook, the banal, and the esoteric all bloom under his fingers. April 2nd, 2014 www.richardcooperjazzpiano.com and www.jazzechoes.com