REVIEWS:
"Riley was born in Toronto April 12, 1945 and started studying
classical piano at age 3. By 1958, he came under the influence
of Hungarian classical pianist Paul de Marky, who had been Oscar
Paterson's teacher. Studies saw Riley at the University of Toronto
where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music. He has written 3
ballets for the National Ballet of Canada, arranged an album for
Ray Charles, scored 6 feature fi Ims, and played piano and arranged
for Dianne Brooks, Gordon Lightfoot, Moe Koffman, Sonny Greenwich
and Dr. Music. Musically, Riley is moody, poetic, humourous, multi-colored,
religious, defiant and most of all rich. He is a thorough investigator
of the musical language whether in a romantic or Post-Coltrane
bag."
Nighthawk, CBC Jazz Radio Canada, Jazz Critic Montreal
Gazette |
