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Dick Hyman - Wikipedia. Richard Hyman (born March 8, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 70-year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters fellow in 2017. [1]
Multi-keyboardist Dick Hyman, born March 8, 1927, will turn 97 years old this month. With a prolific career behind him he’s no longer performing publicly, but it’s important now to highlight his broadly diverse accomplishments in jazz music in all idioms.
Dick Hyman (piano solo) at the BBC - 1986 Concert00:00 - Intro01:00 - St Louis Blues (Boogie Woogie treatment)05:04 - He loves & She loves (Gershwin)10:46 - ...
Dick Hyman. American keyboard player and composer, born March 8, 1927 in New York City, New York. Hyman studied at Columbia University and played with musicians like Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, and Benny Goodman.
Throughout a busy musical career that got underway in the early '50s, Dick Hyman has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer. His versatility in all of these areas has resulted in film scores, orchestral compositions, concert appearances and well over 100 albums recorded under his own name.
Born March 8, 1927, in New York City, the classically trained Hyman was drawn to jazz at an early age. Today, he's a living, breathing, swinging encyclopedia of jazz piano history, from ragtime...
Dick Hyman: All Through the Night (Music Masters Jazz)—plays the music of Cole Porter. Each track on this 1990 album is a rollicking journey through the composer's melodies and thinking, with Dick's often-shifting piano style.
