Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Dick Hyman, His Piano and Rhythm • 60 Great All Time Songs Volume 4 [1958] MGM Records E3586


 

More in the life of this artist:

A very versatile virtuoso, Dick Hyman once recorded an album on which he played "A Child Is Born" in the styles of 11 different pianists, from Scott Joplin to Cecil Taylor. Hyman can clearly play anything he wants to, and since the '70s, he has concentrated chiefly on pre-bop swing and stride styles. Hyman worked with Red Norvo (1949-1950) and Benny Goodman (1950), and then spent much of the 1950s and '60s as a studio musician. He appears in the one known sound film of Charlie Parker (Hot House from 1952); recorded honky tonk under pseudonyms; played organ and early synthesizers in addition to piano; was Arthur Godfrey's music director (1959-1962); collaborated with Leonard Feather on some History of Jazz concerts (doubling on clarinet), and even performed rock and free jazz; but all of this was a prelude to his later work. In the 1970s, Hyman played with the New York Jazz Repertory Company, formed the Perfect Jazz Repertory Quintet (1976), and started writing soundtracks for Woody Allen films. He has recorded frequently during the past several decades (sometimes in duets with Ruby Braff) for Concord, Music Masters, and Reference, among other labels, and ranks at the top of the classic jazz field. In 2013, Hyman teamed up with vocalist Heather Masse for a standards set on the Red House label called Lock My Heart. 

Tracklist:

01 All God's Chillun Got Rhythm: All God's Chillun Got Rhythm/Runnin' Wild/The Darktown Strutters' Ball/Sing, Sing, Sing/Lullaby In Rhythm/Broadway Rhythm

02 I Got It Bad: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)/I'll Never Be The Same/Be My Love/My Man/Everything I Have Is Yours/Don't Blame Me

03 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows/Should I/You Were Meant for Me/Maybe/You're A Sweetheart/Just You, Just Me/Sweet and Lovely

04 Elmer's Tunes: Elmer's Tune/Goofus/Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree/Hot Lips/Johnson Rag/ Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goodbye)/Ja-Da

05 Coquette: Coquette/Sugar/Sweet Little You/Candy/Sweetie Pie/All-American Girl

06 Meet The Girls: Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo/Ramona/Diane/Charmaine/Peggy O'Neil

07 I Cried For You:  I Cried for You/I'm Thru With Love/Blue Moon/Deep Purple/I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

08 Ay-Ay-Ay!: Walter Winchell Rhumba/Down Argentine Way/You Never Say Yes (You Never Say No)/Oye Negra/I Want My Mama (Mama Yo Quiero)/Bim Bam Boom

09 Stompin' At The Savoy: Stompin' At The Savoy/Rose Room/Four Or Five Times/A-Tisket, A-Tasket/Don't Be That Way/One O'Clock Jump

10 Goodnight, Sweetheart: Linger Awhile/Sleep/Good Night My Love/Close Your Eyes/I'll See You In My Dreams/Good Night Sweetheart


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