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Dick Hyman
Artist Biographyby Scott Yanow [allmusic.com]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. |
Artist: Dick HymanTitle:Provocative PianoReleased: 1960Label: Command Catalog: RS 811 SD Genre: Light Jazz / Bachelor Pad Music 01 Cumana 02 Near You 03 Polonaise 04 Autumn Leaves 05 Tschaikowsky's Piano Concerto 06 Canadian Sunset 07 Warsaw Concerto 08 Sunrise Serenade 09 Miserlou 10 Chopin Nocturne 11 Nola 12 Autumn Nocturne LP to CD transfer bundle $59.99
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