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92 Street Y Continuum: From Dick Hyman to Bill Charlap
by Daniel Kassell
Dick Hyman and Bill Charlap, Jazz in July, Kaufman Hall, Tisch Center for the Arts, New York, New York, July 19, 2006
“20 years on a wonderful carousel ride is enough, pianist/producer, Dick Hyman mused for a New York Sun reporter upon retiring, at age 77, from New York's most successful annual series--Jazz In July at the Kaufmann Concert Hall in the Tisch Center for the Arts on 92nd Street. Hyman successfully ...
Continue ReadingDick Hyman and Randy Sandke: Now and Again
by Andrew Velez
The pairing of Dick Hyman's inventive keyboard with the golden tones of Randy Sandke's mellifluous trumpet make for a set permeated with admiration for Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. Hyman, who long ago studied with Teddy Wilson, has been prolifically dedicated to preserving and promoting jazz repertory. Among his many outstanding recordings are classic outings with Ruby Braff and Maxine Sullivan. Here the duo recalls, through mostly classic '20s and '30s tunes, the vibrant spirits of Pops ...
Continue ReadingThe Bix Beiderbecke Centennial All-Stars: Celebrating Bix!
by Jack Bowers
Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, who considered himself a failure and died (primarily from alcohol abuse) in 1931 at age twenty-eight, would no doubt have been astonished to learn that a group of world- class musicians was assembling to record an album celebrating the hundredth anniversary of his birth. But if Bix was unable to recognize his own genius, others were--and now, seventy-two years onward, he rests comfortably in the pantheon raised to honor such legendary jazz pioneers as Louis Armstrong, King ...
Continue ReadingDick Hyman and John Sheridan: Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920's-1930's)
by AAJ Staff
When I first got into Jazz, I considered anything written and produced before, say, 1999 to be “Novelty" Jazz.
So, it was with more than a little surprise that I popped Forgeotten Dreams into the CD player and was amazed to not hear Kenny G covers, but the style of music that had brought me into the Jazz realm. A fantastic album of songs penned by such greats as Zez Confrey, Willie “the Lion" Smith and ... Continue ReadingDick Hyman: Century Of Jazz Piano
by AAJ Staff
Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano is an extensive, in-depth overview of the piano as one of the leading instruments in jazz during the twentieth century. This two-disc CD-rom for Windows and MacIntosh, is essentially computer software that you install on to your hard drive. The software highlights the history, development, and prominent figures in jazz who helped shape the course, and direction that the piano would take from ragtime to bebop, from free jazz to fusion. Included is an ...
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