Dick Hyman

A survey of jazz piano as recorded by Dick Hyman in 121 audio performances on a set of 5 CDs and 1 DVD. The DVD contains 13 hands-on lessons and 4 video performances

Dick Hyman solo piano

DVD DISC - HANDS-ON LESSONS:
Ragtime, from Louis Moreau Gottschalk to Scott Joplin
• Jelly Roll Morton • Boogie Woogie • Stride Piano • Earl Hines / Teddy Wilson • The Rhythm Section • Art Tatum • Erroll Garner • Bud Powell and Bebop • George Shearing, Block Chords and Orchestra Another Look at Block Chords • Bill Evans • Nicholas Slonimsky to McCoy Tyner Bonus Performances: • Someone to Watch Over Me, Variations on Heliotrope Bouquet, Variations on Elite Syncopations, Carolina Shout

AUDIO CD 1: Group I: Ragtime: First Signs, Birth, Flowering; Group II: The Latin Tinge; Group III: James P., Father of Stride Piano; Group IV: Jelly Roll, Earl, Early Mary Lou

AUDIO CD 2: Group I: George Gershwin as Published, Plus New Variations; Group II: Varieties of Novelty Piano; Group III: Ancient Blues and Boogie Woogie; Group IV: Fats and The Lion; Group V: Art Tatum: God is in The House; Group VI: Teddy’s School of Swing

AUDIO CD 3: Group I: The Duke and Sweat Pea; Group II: Swingers: The Count, The King, Erroll and Dave; Group III: Beboppers; Group IV: Later Blues and Funk

AUDIO CD 4: Group I: Monk Variations; Group II: New Directions; Group III: Lenny to Bill; Group IV: Improvs on Standards

AUDIO CD 5: Group I: Unstructured Free Improvs; Group II: Spur of the Moment; Group III: With a Little Help From a Friend; Group IV: Keyboard Partners; Group V: Etudes for Jazz Piano (“In the Styles of the Great Pianist”)