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Born: Mar 8, 1927 in New York, NY Genre: Jazz Styles: Swing, Stride, Classic Jazz, Lounge, Spy Music, Standards Instruments: Piano
A very versatile virtuoso, Dick Hyman once recorded an album on which he played "A Child Is Born" in the styles of 11 different pianists, from Scott Joplin to Cecil Taylor. Hyman can clearly play anything he wants to, and since the '70s, he has mostly concentrated on pre-bop swing and stride styles. Hyman worked with Red Norvo (1949-1950) and Benny Goodman (1950), and then spent much of the 1950s and '60s as a studio musician. He appears on the one known sound film of Charlie Parker (Hot House from 1952); recorded honky tonk under pseudonyms; played organ and early synthesizers in addition to piano; was Arthur Godfrey's music director (1959-1962); collaborated with Leonard Feather on some History of Jazz concerts (doubling on clarinet), and even performed rock and free jazz; but all of this was a prelude to his later work. In the 1970s, Hyman played with the New York Jazz Repertory Company, formed the Perfect Jazz Repertory Quintet (1976), and started writing soundtracks for Woody Allen films. He has recorded frequently during the past several decades (sometimes in duets with Ruby Braff) for Concord, Music Masters, and Reference, among other labels, and ranks at the top of the classic jazz field.
- Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
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CD коллекции, связанные с исполнителем: |
как основной исполнитель ... |
Dick Hyman - 'Cheek To Cheek' - 1996, Arbors |
Dick Hyman - 'Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller' - 1989, Reference |
Dick Hyman - 'Elegies Mostly With Niels Pedersen' - 1996, Gemini |
Dick Hyman - 'Face The Music: A Century Of Irving Berlin' - 1989, Musicmasters |
Dick Hyman - 'In Recital' - 1998, Reference |
Dick Hyman - 'Scott Joplin: Piano Works 1899 - 1904' - 1988, RCA |
Dick Hyman - 'What Is There To Say?' - 2003, Reference, Victrola |
как основной соисполнитель ... |
Ruby Braff - 'Play Nice Tunes' - 1995, Arbors |
Meral Guneyman - 'Playful Virtuosity' - 2007, Rykodisc |
как соисполнитель ... |
Count Basie - 'The Board Of Directors. Annual Report' - 1998, MCA |
Lorraine Feather - 'New York City Drag' - 2001, Rhombus |
Quincy Jones - 'Smackwater Jack' - 1971, A&M |
Wes Montgomery - 'Fusion! Wes Montgomery With Strings' - 1963, Riverside, OJC |
Terry Snyder - 'Persuasive Percussion' - 2011, Sepia Records |
Slam Stewart - 'Shut Yo' Mouth!' - 1981, Delos |
Cal Tjader - 'Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz' - 1996, Verve |
Bill Watrous - 'Manhattan Wildlife Refug' - 1974, Wounded Bird |
Bob Wilber - 'Summit Reunion' - 1990, Chiaroscuro Records |