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Ron Hart
Ron Hart enjoys playing jazz piano
About Me
Ron Hart received his BFA in Music
Composition from Ohio University and
continued his post-graduate work in
Composition and Film Scoring at UCLA in
1978. Ron has played and recorded with a
variety of music artists, beginning at age 19
with Dionne Warwick. His work as a jazz
pianist continued with saxophonist Sonny Stitt,
bebop guitarist Bill deArango (Dizzy Gillespie,
Charlie Parker), trumpeter Harry “Sweets”
Edison (Count Basie), bassist/producer Larry
Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock), Jorge
Strunz (Strunz & Farah), South Indian violinist L.
Subramaniam and many others.
Ron was included in the 1992-1993 edition of
Marquis Who’s Who in Entertainment as a
composer, musician and record company
executive, and received the Albert Nelson
Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2018.
“The Light Beyond the Atoms,” CD, released in
2008 on Ron’s indie label, PureBeam Music, is
a suite of original music featuring Ron on grand
piano with synthesizer orchestration. A
selection from the album was featured on
Hearts of Space online radio and can be found
in their archives under Program 889 “Wistful.”
Also appearing on that show are jazz greats
Herbie Mann, Chick Corea, Gary Burton and Jan
Garbarek.
In October, 2011 PureBeam Music released a
newly recorded CD entitled “April in Paris” by
Ron Hart on piano and upright bassist Gary
Fitzgerald. This exciting mainstream and
progressive jazz album features dynamic
interplay between these two inspired
musicians. A uniquely playful jazz treatment of
Hit the Road, Jack as well as five other
standards (April in Paris, Sidney’s Soliloquy,
Night and Day, Angel Eyes and My Romance )
and five originals provide many unexpected
moments, particularly in The Sandbox.
Ron and Gary appeared at the Arcosanti Jazz
Festival near Prescott, Arizona in June, 2013.
Ron is currently in the process of releasing
albums of original music in 2021 in the areas of
classical music, pop vocal music, world music
and jazz. Visit http://purebeammusic.com to
learn of the release dates.