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]

References

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