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| An Evening at the Cookery - June 17, 1973 |
| Dick Hyman |
első megjelenés éve: 2003
77 perc |
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| (2003)
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CD |
| 3.740 Ft
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| 1. | What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
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| 2. | Willow Weep for Me
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| 3. | My Favorite Things
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| 4. | Harlem Strut
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| 5. | It Had to Be You
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| 6. | My Ship
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| 7. | Singin' in the Rain
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| 8. | Sleep
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| 9. | Valentine Stomp
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| 10. | There Will Never Be Another You
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| 11. | Zip a Dee Doo Dah
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| 12. | The Minotaur
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| 13. | Russian Lullaby
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Jazz
Dick Hyman - Piano, Program Notes
* Dave Hyman - Cover Illustration
* Irv Kratka - Photography
* Jeffrey Reid Baker - Art Direction, Design, Liner Notes, Remastering
One evening pianist Dick Hyman brought a small recorder to his gig at The Cookery, set it down inside of the piano and taped his performance on a June evening in 1973 ...This album is a treat indeed. Hyman is at his relaxed best on this occasion. As is usually the case when hearing a Hyman performance, he gives his listeners a taste of a wide spectrum of jazz styles from stride to Bill Evans-ish introspection.
--Jersey Jazz
This live recording by Dick Hyman is one of the more unusual releases in his considerable discography, because the pianist made it himself with a portable cassette recorder at the Cookery one evening in 1973. Although he mentions in his liner notes the limitations of his equipment, the slightly out of tune piano (mostly noticeable in some of the bass notes), and the talking and occasional dish clattering from the audience, none of these factors distract from his consistently marvelous performances. His Tatum-like runs in "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" are breathtaking, while the influence of John Coltrane's modal arrangement is initially apparent in his approach to "My Favorite Things," though Hyman clearly wails in his own way, resolving the piece right away instead of relying on repetition exclusively. As one of the major interpreters of stride in the latter half of the 20th century, Hyman's furious run through James P. Johnson's "Harlem Strut" and happy-go-lucky interpretation of Fats Waller's "Valentine Stomp" should be of no surprise to his fans. Among the more unusual selections is "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" (from the film Song of the South), which is started slowly and gradually embellished upon in a swinging treatment. There's also Hyman's "The Minotaur," which he originally composed for (and performed upon) a synthesizer; this quirky piece blends bossa nova and waltz rhythms. Any audio shortcomings will quickly become superfluous as the listener is captured in the spell of Hyman's brilliant playing. Highly recommended.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Dick Hyman
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 08, 1927 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Stride, Classic Jazz, Standards, Lounge, Spy Music
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 mostly concentrated 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 on 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.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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