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Dick Hyman
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Pianists · b. 1927

Dick Hyman

American jazz pianist and composer

Born
8 March 1927
New York City
Country
United States
Record labels
MGM Records
Discography
55 albums

Biography

Dick Hyman is a jazz musician who plays piano. Dick Hyman was born on 8 March 1927 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: MGM Records. The discography here lists 55 albums, from “Kurt Weill - A Piano Portrait by Dick Hyman” (1953) to “Genius At Play” (2021). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

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. As a pianist, Hyman has been praised for his versatility. DownBeat magazine characterized him as "a pianist of longstanding grace and bountiful talent, with an ability to adapt to nearly any historical style, from stride to bop to modernist sound-painting.". A masterful improviser, he is also a composer of concerti and chamber music, and the soundtrack composer/arranger for more than a dozen Woody Allen films. In addition, he launched the acclaimed Jazz in July series at the 92nd Street Y in New York City and served as its artistic director for 20 years.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Kurt Weill - A Piano Portrait by Dick Hyman 1953 · Classic Editions Moon Gas 1963 · MGM Records Keyboard Kaleidoscope 1964 · Command Records The Man From O.R.G.A.N. 1965 · Command Records Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman 1969 · Command Records The Age of Electronicus 1969 · Command Records Fantomfingers 1971 · Project 3 Records Dick Hyman Plays Keyboard Classics Of The Nostalgia Years 1975 · Cadence Records Satchmo Remembered the Music of Louis Armstrong at Carnegie Hall 1975 · Atlantic Fats Waller's Heavenly Jive 1977 · Chiaroscuro Records Scott Joplin 1977 · MCA Records Themes & Variations On "A Child Is Born" 1977 · Chiaroscuro Records
I Wish I Were Twins 1983 · Live
Kitten On The Keys: The Music of Zez Confrey 1983 · RCA Red Seal Eubie 1984 · Sine Qua Non The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 · MCA Records Manhattan Jazz 1987 · MusicMasters Runnin' Ragged: The Classic Hot Jazz Duets By Joe Venuti 1987 · Fanfare
Dick Hyman at Chung's Chinese Restaurant 1988 · Live
Moonstruck 1988 · Capitol Records Scott Joplin Piano Works: 1899–1904 1988 · RCA Victor The Kingdom of Swing & The Republic of Oop Bop Sh'bam 1989 · MusicMasters Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller 1990 · Reference Recordings
Live at Michael's Pub 1992 · Live
The Gershwin Songbook: Jazz Variations 1993 · Music Masters Jazz Concord Duo Series, Volume Six: Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton 1994 · Concord Records From the Age of Swing 1994 · Reference Recordings Elegies, Mostly 1995 · Gemini Records Face the Music 1995 · Musical Heritage Society Cole Porter: All Through the Night 1996 · Jazz Heritage Swing Is Here 1996 · Reference Recordings Dick and Derek at the Movies 1998 · Arbors Records Dick Hyman Plays Duke Ellington 1999 · Reference Just You Just Me 2001 · Sackville
An Evening At The Cookery (June 17, 1973) 2002 · Live
Barrel Of Keys (Piano Duos & Solos) 2002 · Jazz Connaisseur Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920’s–1930’s) 2002 · Arbors Records What Is There To Say ? 2003 · Victoria Records If Bix Played Gershwin 2004 · Arbors Records Now & Again 2005 · Arbors Records Stridemonster! The Duo Pianos Of Dick Hyman / Dick Wellstood 2005 · Sackville Blues in the Night 2006 · Jazz Heritage
Brasilian Impressions 2006
Dick Hyman Plays Variation on Richard Rodgers 2006 · Musical Heritage Society Dick Hyman Plays Variations On Richard Rodgers 2006 · Jazz Heritage
Playful Virtuosity 2007
Teddy Wilson in 4 Hands 2007 · Victoria Company Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano 2009 · Arbors Records
Lock My Heart 2013
House of Pianos 2015 · Live
Genius At Play 2021 · 2xHD I'll Never Be the Same In Recital
Music of 1937: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 3 · Live
There Will Never Be Another You

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Albums where Dick Hyman is credited as a sideman

1956 Candido — Candido feat. Al Cohn piano
1963 Fusion! — Wes Montgomery piano
1963 Several Shades of Jade — Cal Tjader organ
1963 Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy — Paul Gonsalves organ
1964 Breeze From The East — Cal Tjader organ
1966 Arthur Prysock / Count Basie — Arthur Prysock / Count Basie arranger, conductor
1966 The Horn Meets the Hornet — Al Hirt arranger, conductor
1966 The Happy Trumpet — Al Hirt arranger, conductor
1967 The New Sound of Today’s Big Band — Doc Severinsen arranger, organ
1969 The Great Arrival! — Doc Severinsen arranger
1972 Ruby Braff and His International Jazz Quartet Plus Three — Ruby Braff piano
1976 Bugle Call Rag — Ruby Braff piano
1978 Oleo — Urbie Green, Ross Tompkins, Carl Fontana, Kai Winding, James Moody, Dick Hyman, Trummy Young piano
1984 America the Beautiful — Ruby Braff · Dick Hyman pipe organ
1985 Fireworks: The New School Concert 1983 — Ruby Braff, Dick Hyman liner notes, piano
1989 Music From My Fair Lady: With an Extra Bit of Luck — Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman piano
1990 Younger Than Swingtime: Music from South Pacific — Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman piano
1991 Billy Bathgate — Mark Isham arranger, conductor
1996 Hawk Talk — Coleman Hawkins piano
1996 Play Nice Tunes — Ruby Braff, Dick Hyman piano
1999 Toots! — Toots Thielemans organ, piano
2002 Watch What Happens — Ruby Braff Quartet, Dick Hyman, Howard Alden, Jake Hanna piano
2020 At Café Society — Charlie Parker piano
— Little Jazz — Roy Eldridge piano

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • The Old Master Painter Jackie Paris · Eddie Shu · Dick Hyman · John Collins · Roy Haynes ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Goodbye Sue Jackie Paris · Dick Hyman · Eddie Shu · John Collins · Roy Haynes ·… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Americans In Sweden ZOOT SIMS and his Three Brothers · Zoot Sims · Dick Hyman · Charlie… · 1950 archive.org ↗
  • Yellow Duck ZOOT SIMS and his Five Brothers · Zoot Sims · Lars Gullin · Sixten… · 1950 archive.org ↗
  • My Baby Just Cares for Me Herbie Steward · Dick Hyman · Don Lamond · Mert Oliver · Kalm ·… · 1951 archive.org ↗
  • My Last Affair Herbie Steward · Dick Hyman · Don Lamond · Mert Oliver · H. Johnson · 1951 archive.org ↗
  • MARTIN KANE EDDIE SAFRANSKI TRIO · Eddie Safranski · Don Lamond · Dick Hyman ·… · 1953 archive.org ↗
  • NO MOON AT ALL EDDIE SAFRANSKI TRIO · Eddie Safranski · Don Lamond · Dick Hyman ·… · 1953 archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Dick Hyman play?

Dick Hyman is known for playing piano.

When and where was Dick Hyman born?

Dick Hyman was born 8 March 1927 in New York City.

What are Dick Hyman's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Kurt Weill - A Piano Portrait by Dick Hyman (1953), Moon Gas (1963), Keyboard Kaleidoscope (1964), The Man From O.R.G.A.N. (1965) and Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman (1969).

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