The Rich Meehan Trio

Reading-based Rich Meehan is a musician and educator working in a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Collaborating with drummer Paul Glover, bassist James Newman and electronics wiz John Bierman, his latest project is the EP Suite Antique. The five-movement work fuses a classical sensibility with a modern jazz style and notes of contemporary electronica. Movements such as the Carillon and Toccata showcase what the piano can do as an instrument, while movements such as the Prelude and Gymnopedie are all about atmosphere. The end result is at once familiar and strange, progressive, yet approachable and is some of the composer’s most personal work. The band are currently investigating options for its release and distribution.