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Dick Hyman
Throughout a busy musical career that got underway in the early '50s, Dick (*1927) has
functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer. His versatility
in all of these areas has resulted in a long career involving film scores, orchestral
compositions, concert appearances and well over 100 albums recorded under his own name.
Dick has also investigated ragtime and the earliest periods of jazz and has researched
and recorded the piano music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Zez
Confrey, Eubie Blake and Fats Waller, which he often features in his frequent recitals.
Other solo recordings include the music of Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter,
George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Duke Ellington. Some of his past recordings with
combos are From The Age Of Swing, Swing Is Here, Cheek To Cheek, and If Bix Played Gershwin,
plus numerous duet albums with cornetist Ruby Braff, and fellow pianists including Ralph
Sutton, Shelly Berg, Derek Smith. In a very different vein, Mr. Hyman was one of the
first to record on the Moog synthesizer, and his Minotaur landed on the Billboard charts.
Mr. Hyman's concert compositions for piano and orchestra include a concerto and his Ragtime Fantasy. Other works include a clarinet concerto (for Ken Peplowski), a cantata based on the autobiography of Mark Twain and Bottle It Up for voices and chamber orchestra. A growing catalog of chamber music compositions include Dances and Diversions, Danzas Tropicales, a violin/piano sonata, and miscellaneous pieces for trio, quartet, quintet, etc. Dick has been heard in "Three-Piano Crossover" with the late Marian McPartland and Ruth Laredo, and in numerous pops concerts. After serving as artistic director for the acclaimed Jazz in July series at New York's 92nd Street Y for twenty years, he stepped down, but continues to perform individual concerts. In addition to his activities in the jazz and concert worlds, Dick has had a prolific career in New York as a studio musician and won seven Most Valuable Player Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He acted as music director for such television programs as Benny Goodman's final appearance (on PBS) and for In Performance at the White House. He received an Emmy for his original score for Sunshine's on the Way, a daytime drama, and another for musical direction of a PBS special on Eubie Blake. He is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies and the New Jersey Jazz Society. In 2017, Dick received the Jazz Master Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as an honorary doctorate from the Julliard School of Music. In years past, Dick was music director for Arthur Godfrey as well as orchestrator of the hit musical Sugar Babies. He has served as composer/arranger/conductor/pianist for the Woody Allen films Zelig, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Broadway Danny Rose, Stardust Memories, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says "I Love You", Sweet and Lowdown, The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion and Melinda and Melinda. Other scores have included Moonstruck, Scott Joplin, The Lemon Sisters, and Alan and Naomi. Dick's Century Of Jazz Piano, an encyclopedic series of solo performances, has been released on Arbors Records, while a transcription is published by Hal Leonard Music. Other newer recordings are with clarinetist Ken Peplowski, singer Heather Masse, and Dick's daughter, violinist Judy Hyman. |
contact: | dick@dickhyman.com |
homepage: | dickhyman.com |
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The Mundell Lowe Quartet Riverside Records RLP 12-204 released 1955 |
Mundell Lowe, guitar Dick Hyman, piano, organ, celesta Trigger Alpert, bass Ed Shaughnessy, drums |
South Pacific Jazz ABC-Paramount ABCS-235 released 1958 |
Tony Scott, clarinet Dick Hyman, organ, piano George Duvivier, bass Grassella Oliphant, drums Osie Johnson, drums |
Lady Soul Atco Records SD 33-157 recorded January 1963 in Los Angeles, CA/USA |
Vi Redd, alto sax, vocals Bill Perkins, tenor sax, flute Barney Kessel, guitar Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar Paul Griffin, piano Dick Hyman, organ Jennell Hawkins, organ Ben Tucker, bass Leroy Vinnegar, bass Dave Bailey, drums Leroy Harrison, drums |
Cleopatra Fellin' Jazzy Impulse! AS-41 recorded May 1963 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax Kenny Burrell, guitar Dick Hyman, organ Hank Jones, piano George Duvivier, bass Roy Haynes, drums |
Moon Gas MGM Records SE-4119 released 1963 |
Dick Hyman, Lawry organ, clarinet, piano Mary Mayo, vocals Vinnie Bell, guitar Nick Tagg, Hammond B-3 organ, piano Joe Benjamin, bass Osie Johnson, drums Bob Rosengarden, percussion |
Romantic Guitar Command RS 847 SD released 1963 |
Dick Hyman, Lowrey organ Al Casamenti, guitar Tony Mottola, guitar Bob Haggart, bass Osie Johnson, drums Bob Rosengarden, marimba, xylophone, vibes, congas, bongos, bells Phil Kraus, marimba, xylophone, vibes, congas, bongos, bells |
Electrodynamics Command RS 856 SD released 1963 also issued as Stomping At The Savoy |
Dick Hyman, Lowrey organ Al Casamenti, guitar Tony Mottola, guitar Bob Rosengarden, vibes, marimba, xylophone, percussion Phil Kraus, vibes, marimba, xylophone, percussion Bob Haggart, bass Osie Johnson, drums |
Fabulous Command RS 862 SD released 1963 |
Dick Hyman, Lowrey organ Tony Mottola, guitar Bob Rosengarden, vibes, percussion Bob Haggart, bass Osie Johnson, drums Phil Kraus, percussion |
Breeze From The East Verve Records V6-8575 released 1964 |
Cal Tjader, vibes Jerry Dodgion, flute Dick Hyman, organ Lonnie Hewitt, piano George Duvivier, bass Johnny Rae, drum Willie Bobo, percussion |
The Whistler And His Guitar ABC-Paramount ABCS-482 released 1964 recorded 1962 |
Toots Thielemans, guitar, whistling Dick Hyman, organ Arnold Fishkin, bass Don Lamond, drums Sol Gubin, drums |
The Man From O.R.G.A.N. Command RS 891 SD released 1965 |
Dick Hyman, organ Al Casamenti, guitar Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar Tony Mottola, guitar Bob Haggart, bass Bobby Rosengarden, percussion Osie Johnson, percussion Phil Kraus, percussion |
Lush, Latin & Lovely Project 3 Total Sound PR 5020 SD released 1967 |
Tony Mottola, guitar Mel Davis, flugelhorn Bernie Glow, trumpet Stanley Webb, reeds Phil Bodner, flute, tenor saxophone Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar Al Casamenti, guitar Dick Hyman, organ Dom Cortese, accordion Bob Haggart, bass Bob Rosengarden, drums Phil Kraus, percussion |
Charmaine And Other Beautiful Organ Songs RCA Camden CAS-2229 released 1968 |
Dick Hyman, organ |
The Organmasters RCA Camden CAS-2229 released 1968 |
Dick Hyman, organ |
Mirrors: Reflections Of Today Command RS 924 SD released 1968 |
Dick Hyman, piano, organ Bob Haggart, bass Bob Rosengarden, drums |
Toots Command RS 930 SD released 1968 |
Toots Thielemans, guitar, harmonica Al Casamenti, guitar Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar Gene Bertoncini, guitar Herbie Hancock, piano Dick Hyman, organ, piano Ron Carter, bass Ronnie Zito, drums |
Sweet Sweet Soul Command RS 933 SD released 1968 |
Dick Hyman, piano, organ, clavinet Bob Haggart, bass Bob Rosengarden, drums |
Moog: The Electric Eclectics Of Dick Hyman Command COM 939 SD released 1969 |
Dick Hyman, Moog synthesizer, organ, piano Jay Berliner, guitar Art Ryerson, guitar Walter Sear, synthesizer Chet Amsterdam, bass Buddy Salzman, drums |
Green Power Project 3 Total Sound PR 5052 SD released 1971 |
Urbie Green, trombone George Opalisky, soprano sax Phil Bodner, baritone sax Marion Milam, trumpet Howie Collins, guitar Tony Mottola, guitar Vinnie Bell, guitar Dick Hyman, piano, organ Don Heitler, piano, organ Russell George, bass Jule Ruggiero, bass Jay Leonhart, bass Grady Tate, drums Kathy Preston, vocals |
Fantomfingers Project 3 Total Sound PR 5057 SD released 1971 |
Dick Hyman, Baldwin organ Tony Mottola, guitar Russell George, bass Bill La Vorgna, drums |
The Kaleidoscopic Keyboard Command RSSD 973-2 released 1973 |
Dick Hyman, Lowrey organ Tony Mottola, guitar, banjo Al Casamenti, guitar Bobby Rosengarden, vibes, percussion Bucky Pizzarelli, bass Everett Barksdale, bass Bob Haggart, bass Osie Johnson, drums The Ray Charles Singers, vocals |
Sliding By Discophon S 4359 released 1978 |
Joe Venuti, violin Dick Hyman, organ, piano Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar |
Organ Boogie Woogie CBS 21079 released 1983 compilation |
Dick Hyman, organ Ruben Cole, piano Tiny Grimes, guitar Cozy Cole, drums |
America The Beautiful Concord Jazz GW-3003 released 1984 |
Ruby Braff, cornet Dick Hyman, organ |
Shut Yo' Mouth P.M. Records, Inc. PMR-024 released 1987 |
Slam Stewart, bass, vocals Dick Hyman, piano, organ Major Holley, bass, vocals Oliver Jackson, drums |
Jelly & James Sony Masterworks MDK 52552 released 1992 |
Dick Hyman, organ, piano Kenny Davern, soprano sax, clarinet Bob Wilber, soprano sax Phil Bodner, alto sax Vic Dickenson, trombone Urbie Green, trombone Mel Davis, trumpet Pee Wee Erwin, trumpet Joe Wilder, trumpet Ruby Braff, cornet Don Butterfield, tuba Tony Mottola, banjo Joe Venuti, violin Milt Hinton, bass Panama Francis, drums |
Home In Your Heart Atlantic R2 70284 released 1992 compilation |
Solomon Burke, vocals Léon Cohen, alto sax Charlie Brown, tenor sax, guitar Arthur "Babe" Clarke, tenor sax Charles DeAngelis, tenor sax Arthur Kaplan, tenor sax King Curtis, tenor sax Alonzo Buddy Lucas, tenor sax Tom Mace, tenor sax David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax Jesse Powell, tenor sax Ben Smith, tenor sax Sam "The Man" Taylor, tenor sax Herb Wasserman, tenor sax, flute Seldon Powell, tenor sax, baritone sax Haywood Henry, baritone sax Jerome Richardson, baritone sax Bill Bivins, sax John Scott, sax Bob Asher, trombone Jimmy Cleveland, trombone Quentin Jackson, trombone George Jeffers, trombone Benny Powell, trombone Tony Studd, bass trombone Dud Bascomb, trumpet Bill Berry, trumpet Dave Burns, trumpet Ray Copeland, trumpet Bernie Glow, trumpet Melvin Lastie, trumpet Irvin "Marky" Markowitz, trumpet Jimmy Maxwell, trumpet Joe Newman, trumpet Jimmy Nottingham, trumpet Ernie Royal, trumpet Robert Scott, trumpet Eddie Williams, trumpet Lamar Wright, trumpet Snooky Young, trumpet Don Arnone, guitar Billy Bauer, guitar Bob Bushnell, guitar Billy Butler, guitar Al Caiola, guitar Everett Barksdale, guitar Eric Gale, guitar Allen Hanlon, guitar Allen Harlow, guitar Jimmy Johnson, guitar Carl Lynch, guitar Charles Macey, guitar Trade Martin, guitar Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar Wally Richardson, guitar Al Schackman, guitar George Barnes, guitar, bass Joe South, guitar Wild Jimmy Spruill, guitar Bill Suyker, guitar Chauncey Westbrook, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Robert Banks, organ Felix Cavaliere, organ Dick Hyman, organ Leroy Glover, organ, piano Bert Keyes, organ Robert Mosely, organ Spooner Oldham, organ Teacho Wiltshire, organ Bobby Wood, organ, piano Artie Butler, piano Bobby Emmons, piano Paul Griffin, piano Ernie Hayes, piano Hank Jones, piano Moe Wechsler, piano Alfred Williams, piano Phil Kraus, vibes, tambourine, xylophone Dave Adams, bass Joe Benjamin, bass Tommy Cogbill, bass Art Davis, bass Leonard Gaskin, bass Jimmy Lewis, bass Alan Lucas, bass Wendell Marshall, bass Russ Saunders, bass James Tyrell, bass Gary Chester, drums Gene Chrisman, drums Bobby Donaldson, drums Panama Francis, drums Roger Hawkins, drums Herb Lovelle, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Todd Sommer, drums, percussion Paul Faulise, percussion Joe Venuti, percussion Warren Smith, percussion, tabla Harry Breuer, tambourine George Devens, tambourine |
Cal Tjader - Talking Verve Verve Records 314 531 562-2 |
Cal Tjader, vibes Dick Hyman, organ Jerry Dodgion, flute Lonnie Hewitt, piano George Duvivier, drums |
Jazz 'Round Midnight Verve Records 314 531 933-2 compilation |
Cal Tjader, vibes Paul Horn, reeds Kenny Burrell, guitar Jimmy Raney, guitar João Donato, organ Clare Fischer, organ, piano Dick Hyman, organ Patti Bown, piano Robert Corwin, piano Paul Griffin, piano Lonnie Hewitt, piano Hank Jones, piano Bernie Leighton, piano Richard Davis, bass George Duvivier, bass John Hilliard, bass Al McKibbon, bass Red Mitchell, bass Freddie Schreiber, bass Sol Gubin, drums Johnny Rae, drums, timba Ed Shaughnessy, drums Grady Tate, drums Ed Thigpen, drums Willie Rodriguez, percussion Alberto Valdés, percussion Bill Fitch, congas Wilfredo Vincente, congas Armando Peraza, bongos, percussion Ardeen de Camp, vocals Anita O'Day, vocals |
In The Beginning Baldwin Street Music BJH-307 recorded between 1949 and 1954 |
Teddi King, vocals John Farrell, conductor Nat Pierce, conductor David Chapman, alto sax Charlie Mariano, alto sax George Meyers, baritone sax Bob Carr, trombone Sonny Truitt, trombone Frank Lane, trombone Dud Harvey, trumpet Don Stratton, trumpet Perry Wilson, trumpet Charlie Shavers, trumpet Lonnie Johnson, trumpet Dick Garcia, guitar Dick Hyman, organ, piano George Shearing, piano Joe Roland, vibes Frank Gallagher, bass Milt Hinton, bass Al McKibbon, bass Bill Clark, drums Marquis Foster, drums Don Lamond, drums Country Joe McDonald, drums |
Yesterday & Today Universal Music T2CD2011052, T2 compilation; recorded between 1946 and 2001 in Bruxelles and Kalmthout/Belgium; Köln/Germany; Stockholm/Sweden; Laren, Weesp, Utrecht and Hilversum/The Netherlands; Paris/France; New York City/USA; Rio de Janeiro/Brazil |
Toots Thielemans, guitar, harmonica, whistle, vocals various artists Billy Desmedt, organ Dick Hyman, organ Eddy Louiss, organ Reinhold Svensson, organ |
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