[Dixielandjazz] Happy Birthday Dick Hyman--

[Norman Vickers]

To:  djml and musicians& jazzfans
From:  norman

Dick Hyman was born in 1927, today March 8 is his birthday.  Here's a nice
video and brief summary of his career.
However, summary didn't mention his friendship with Woody Allen and
performance on soundtrack of many of Allen's movies.  Neither did it mention
that he'd written the musical score to the movie "Moonstruck."
I wasn't aware, however, of Hyman's early training.  Hyman has been called a
"pianistic chameleon" because of his ability to play many jazz styles with
equal facility.

I've seen him many times at jazz parties.  He was a regular attendee of the
Dick Gibson  Labor-day weekend parties in Colorado when I attended 85-93 (
when Gibson shut it down after 30 years)  When Hal Davis, New York publicist
and jazzfan moved to Sarasota on retirement, he recruited various of his
jazz friends to move nearby.  Among others were Dick Hyman and drummer Bobby
Rosengarden.  Hyman was also a regular at  Mat Domber's Arbors Records jazz
events.  That January event was cancelled by the family following Mat's
death from metastatic lung cancer.

So-- Happy birthday Dick.  Click the link below for the video and text.




From: jazztv at aweber.com [mailto:jazztv at aweber.com] On Behalf Of Jazz on the
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Subject: Happy Birthday Dick Hyman


Dick Hyman is a pianist 
renowned for his ability 
to play fluently in many 
different styles. 

Today for his birthday he 
is featured performing
"Body and Soul."

Video:

http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/22594.html

- Lester Perkins
Jazz on the Tube