Archive for Dick Hyman
Wishing Dick Hyman A Happy 97th Birthday!
Join us in wishing the Jazz Master pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer Dick Hyman a happy 97th birthday today! We’re celebrating with a 20% off sale on our entire catalog of his recordings throughout his birthday weekend! Dick Hyman Throughout a busy musical career that got underway in the early ’50s, Dick Hyman has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer. His versatility in all of these areas has resulted in…
Celebrating Blues and Jazz!
15% off all in-stock titles Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain has won a 2018 Blues Music Award for best Acoustic Album of the Year! Doug MacLeod was also nominated for Best Acoustic Artist, and Break the Chain drummer Jimi Bott earned his 19th nomination! Jazz pianists Mike Garson and Dick Hyman are busy out on the road. Mike is touring with former Bowie bandmates with music of David Bowie while NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman…
Happy Dick Hyman Day!
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proclaimed today, July 18 to be “Dick Hyman Day” as part of the kick off of the 92nd Street Y’s 33rd annual Jazz in July Festival which opens this year with a “Dick Hyman Forever!” concert celebrating the legendary pianist Dick Hyman, who served as 92Y’s artistic director of jazz for 20 years and was a co-creator of the festival. Hyman celebrated his 90th birthday this March…
Dick Hyman NEA Jazz Master Interview
April 3rd, Dick Hyman was featured in a concert honoring him as a 2017 NEA Jazz Master. Along with the concert, each of the artists was featured in an ArtWorks Podcast. Listen to the interview with Dick Hyman via YouTube: The 2017 NEA Jazzmasters include (in order of above photo from L-R): Dave Holland – Bassist, Cellist, Composer, Bandleader Dick Hyman – Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger Dee Dee Bridgewater – Vocalist, Producer, Broadcaster Dr. Lonnie Smith…
Dick Hyman Honored As A Jazz Master
April 3, 2017, longtime RR artist Dick Hyman will be featured during a concert in honor of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters, held in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will take place as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Appreciation Month in April. The concert will be streamed live on the NEA, Kennedy Center, and NPR Music websites as well as SiriusXM Channel 67. The 2017…
Dick Hyman Receives NEA Jazz Master Award!
Long time RR artist pianist Dick Hyman was named a 2017 NEA Jazz Master Fellow, the nation’s highest honor in jazz! He will receive a $25,000 award and be honored during a tribute concert on Monday, April 3, 2017 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “Hyman is a piano virtuoso who—Zelig-like—has been known for playing in any style he wants. A masterful improviser, he is also a composer of concerti and chamber music, and…
Enjoy the Music features Three “Reference Recordings”
EnjoyTheMusic.com author A. Colin Flood has been running a new series on Test Tracks and Test CDs, and he has included a nice feature on Reference Recordings and three of our recordings (including a short mention of a fourth): “These days, you can get test tracks as either compact discs (CDs), downloadable tracks or applications. The driving force behind Reference Recordings (RR) is Keith de Osma Johnson (KOJ). He makes some of the very highest-quality…
Dick Hyman to Perform on A Prairie Home Companion
Mark it on your calendars, RR artist Dick Hyman is set to perform on the ultra-popular radio program A Prairie Home Companion with legendary host Garrison Keillor! Dick Hyman will be performing as a guest along with Heather Masse on A Prairie Home Companion November 26th, Thanksgiving Weekend. This will make for a perfect opportunity to pull the family around for some old-time fun and music! A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than…
Reference Recording LPs: The Reference Mastercuts Series
LP Release Day! Reference Recordings LPs: The Reference Mastercuts Series RM-2501 Dick Hyman From The Age of Swing2 LP set, 45 rpm, 200-gram discs from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket “Jazz piano master Dick Hyman, with some of the greatest jazzmen who lived and played through The Age of Swing: Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Milt Hinton, Butch Miles, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joe Temperly, Frank Wess and Joe Wilder.” 4.5 Stars – Downbeat A longtime student…
Music for Independence Day – “Thinking About Bix”
Since we are only 5 days away from the 4th of July holiday here in the U.S., we wanted to get you in the festive mood by doing a “Music for Independence Day” blog series! First up in the series is Dick Hyman’s recording “Thinking About Bix.” Having this recording as an Independence Day recording might strike you as odd, but we have good reasons for including it in the series! First, Jazz is very…
Two More Complimentary HRx Downloads!
We have provided TWO MORE FREE HRX DOWNLOADS on ComputerAudiophile.com! The tracks are ‘Tain’t So! from Dick Hyman’s Thinking About Bix and Satie, arr. Debussy: Gymnopedie No. 1 from the Minnesota Orchestra’s Reveries. So visit http://computeraudiophile.com and download away! From Computer Audiophile: Two More Complimentary 24/176.4 HRx Downloads Courtesy of Reference Recordings Once again CA supporter and industry leader Reference Recordings has supplied two complimentary high resolution audio tracks for Computer Audiophile readers. The first…
Thinking About Bix on A Prairie Home Companion
Last Saturday legendary pianist, Dick Hyman was featured on American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” hosted by Garrison Keillor. And Dick Hyman didn’t just perform any old music off of our release “Thinking About Bix,” he performed the title track! So in case you missed it, we thought we would share it with you today! Click to Play “Thinking About Bix” by Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke on the May 9, 2010 broadcast of…
“Thinking About Bix”
We had a good response yesterday when we posted the Dick Hyman video, so today we thought we would direct you to some good information about Bix and the “Thinking About Bix” album. From our friends at Audiophile Audition: Dick Hyman, piano solo – Thinking About Bix – Reference Recordings RR-116 (HDCD), 66:26 ***** – John Henry: Bix Beiderbecke of Davenport, Iowa was the first white jazz musician of note. He had minimal instruction on…
Thinking About Bix – Dick Hyman Video
As we let on in our 100th posting, we will be releasing a Jazz compilation entitled “Jazz Kaleidoscope” soon. So, to get you in the mood, we wanted to share a video of our artist Dick Hyman performing “Thinking About BIx” which is track 1 on his latest Reference Recordings release “Thinking About Bix.”