Dick Hyman - Biography
August 16th, 2003 by Koldo Barroso
Dick Hyman and the minimoog
Born in New York City in 1927, Dick Hyman recorded some of the most apreciated space age pop albums from the 60’s.
Dick Hyman studied at Columbia University and played with some of the greatests jazz musicians, such as Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, and Benny Goodman. During the first years of his career, Hyman did different recordings under different nicknames and in 1966 he recorded a cover of “Moritat” on harpsichord with his trio, which sold over a million copies.
During the late 60’s, Dick Hyman investigated the earliest periods of jazz and ragtime, researched and recorded the music of some of the first early jazz figures. Hyman experimented with various keyboard instruments, including Baldwin and Lowrey organs. In the late 60’s, he recorded a series of avant-garde albums, using a Minimoog synthesizer.
Dick Hyman has also worked for TV, scoring film soundtracks for Woody Allen, and as a jazz pianist and organist.