Artist

Dick Hyman

jazz pianist

New York City, United States · b. 1927

Dick Hyman is a musician from New York City, United States, active since 1927. Their discography on Gatefold includes 24 records. They also recorded with Dick Hyman & His Orchestra, Doc Severinsen and His Orchestra and Zoot Sims Quartet.

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1927

Since

4 projects · 36 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

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. He recorded under different pseudonyms and in 1955 recorded a cover of "Moritat (opens in a new tab)" on harpsichord with his trio which sold over a million copies. During late 1960s he investigated the earliest periods of jazz and ragtime and researched and recorded the music of some of the first early jazz figures. Hyman experimented with various keyboard instruments, including Baldwin and Lowrey organs. In the late 1960's he recorded a series of avantgarde albums using a minimoog synthesizer. He recorded some of the most appreciated albums from the space age pop. Hyman has also worked for TV, scoring film soundtracks for Woody Allen, and as a jazz pianist and organist.

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