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Dick Hyman

American jazz pianist and composer

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.

His daughter Judy Hyman is a founding member of The Horse Flies, an American alternative rock/folk band based in Ithaca, New York.

His grandson is designer and artist Adam Charlap Hyman.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • Addio, Mulberry Street
  • Beat the Clock Theme
  • Beautiful Signorina
  • Brooklyn Heights Stroll
  • Canzone per Loretta
  • Caravan
  • Carousel Memories
  • Chameleon Days
  • Clarinata
  • Dreams of the Nile
  • Emma's Place
  • Evening Thoughts
  • Four Duets in Odd Meter
  • Gettin' Ready
  • Hollywood Fun
  • I'd Rather Be Sleeping
  • Improvisation in Fourths
  • Kolumbo
  • Lament for Johnny's Mama
  • Laughing Every Morning
  • Medley for Trombone Soloist: Theme From "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (Cecilia's Choice) / New Show at the Jewel
  • Mr. Moon
  • New Show at the Jewel
  • Night Club Montage: A Try It on for Size / Penthouse Mood
  • Old Man Mazurka
  • One Day at a Time
  • Penny Pitching
  • So Easy
  • Tap Dance in the Memory Banks
  • The Film Within the Film: Opening Titles (Try It on for Size) / In the Tomb of Osiris (One Day Ast a Time)
  • The Legend of Johnny Pot
  • The Minotaur
  • The Moog and Me
  • Theme From "The Purple Rose of Cairo"
  • Theme From "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (Cecilia's Choice)
  • Theme from The Purple Rose of Cairo
  • Thinking About Bix
  • Topless Dancers of Corfu
  • Total Bells and Tony
  • Try It on for Size: Arrangement for Three Pianos / Arrangement for Swing Band
  • Well, I Am Impressed!
  • Ya Ya