Dick Hyman Biography (1927-)

Full name, Richard Roven Hyman; born March 8, 1927, in New York, NY.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: jazz artist, pianist, organist, composer, arranger
Birth Details: March 8, 1927; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

Credits; Film Appearances
The Great Rocky Mountain Jazz Party (documentary), Great Rocky Mountain Jazz Party, 1977.
Credits; Film Work
Arranger Scott Joplin, Universal, 1977.
Arranger Stardust Memories, United Artists (UA), 1980.
Music supervisor, Radio Days, Orion, 1987.
Arranger and pianist, Billy Bathgate, Buena Vista, 1991.
Credits; Stage Work
Orchestrator with Luther Henderson and Sy Oliver, Doctor Jazz, Winter Garden Theater, New York City, 1975.
Orchestrator, Sugar Babies, Curran Theatre, San Francisco, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, both, 1979, later U.S. cities.
Orchestrator and musical arranger, Black Broadway, Town Hall Theatre, New York City, 1980.
Music director and principal arranger, Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (also see below), John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1983.
Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
Pianist (with Benny Carter Quartet), In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In; also see below), PBS, 1989.
In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In; also see below), PBS, 1990.
Credits; Television Work
Music director, orchestrator, and principal arranger, "Eubie Blake: A Century of Music," Kennedy Center Tonight (also see below), PBS, 1983.
Musical supervisor, Benny Goodman--Let's Dance--A Musical Tribute,PBS, 1986.
Music director, "Ask Me Again" (also known as "An Old-Fashioned Story"),American Playhouse, PBS, 1989.
Music director, In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In), PBS, 1989.
Music director, In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In), PBS, 1990.
Played the organ for television game show, Beat the Clock. Also served as music director for David Frost's television specials.
Credits: Recordings
Recorded The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hymanand Pieces for Moog on the Command label; Traditional Jazz Pianoand Solo Piano Fantonfingers on Project 3; Genius at Play and Shakespeare, Sullivan, and Hyman, with Maxine Sullivan, on Monmouth-Evergreen; Theme andVariations on "A Child is Born" on Chiaroscuro; Let It Happen onRCA by the Jazz Piano Quartet with Hank Jones, Marian McPartland, and RolandHanna; Jelly Roll Morton Orchestral Transcriptions on Columbia; Satchmo Remembered on Atlantic; and Waltz Dressed as Blue on Grapevine. Also recorded with Ruby Braff on Chairoscuro. Hyman's settings of WillianShakespeare were recorded by Earl Wrightson as Shakespeare's Greatest Hits,1964. Wrote arrangments for Enoch Light's band and, in 1965, composed Duets in Odd Meters and Far-Out Rhythms.
Credits; Film Music

French Quarter, Crown International, 1978.
Stardust Memories, UA, 1980.
The Chosen, Contemporary Films, 1981.
Zelig, Warner Brothers, 1983.
Broadway Danny Rose, Orion, 1984.
Mask, Universal, 1985.
The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985.
Moonstruck, United Artists, 1987.
(And lyrics, with others) Radio Days, Orion, 1987.
Leader of the Band (also known as Leader of the Pack), NewCentury/Vista, 1987.
Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser (documentary), Warner Brothers, 1988.
The Lemon Sisters, Miramax, 1989.
Credits; Television Music; Movies
The Deadliest Season, CBS, 1977.
The Last Tenant, ABC, 1978.
The Henderson Monster, CBS, 1980.
King Crab, ABC, 1980.
Johnny Bull, ABC, 1986.
Credits; Television Music; Series
This Will Be the Year That Will Be, ABC, 1973.
That Was the Year That Was, ABC, 1973.
Credits; Television Music; Specials
"Sunshine's on the Way," NBC Special Treat, NBC, 1980.
"Robbers, Rooftops and Witches," CBS Library, CBS, 1982.
"Eubie Blake: A Century of Music," Kennedy Center Tonight, PBS, 1983.
"Natica Jackson," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills, PBS, 1987.
"A Table at Ciro's," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills, PBS, 1987.
"Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills, PBS, 1987.
"The Old Reliable," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills, PBS, 1988.
"Golden Land," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills,PBS, 1988.
"The Closed Set," Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills, PBS, 1988.
"As Me Again" (also known as "An Old-Fashioned Story"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1989.
In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In), PBS, 1989.
In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In), PBS, 1989.
"Broadway Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre," American Masters, PBS, 1989.
In Performance at the White House (also known as The House I Live In), PBS, 1990.*

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