- Richard Ainsworth Cummings is the eldest of five sons born to Ruby (née Campbell) and Richard Cummings Sr.
At the age of five years, he was given his first piano and music theory lessons by his grandmother, Maude Bascome Cummings Taylor
He attended Juilliard Preparatory School of Music where he studied piano for four years under Anna Shenderoff
In addition to the study of European classics, he also became well versed in Jazz of the 50's and 60's, Rhythm & Blues and Soul music, and the rhythms of the Caribbean Islands, Cuba and South America.
In 1973, after majoring in piano and composition at the University of Detroit / Marygrove College he began his professional music career in New York City and along the U.S. east coast.
Since then, his talents have been visited upon such luminous artists as:
Noel Pointer, Jon Lucien, Harry Belafonte, Letta Mbulu, Dianne Reeves, Hugh Masekela, Wayne Shorter, Zubin Mehta, George C. Wolfe, Melvin Van Peebles and a host of other wonderful performers.
- IMDb mini biography by: Richard Cummings
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