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{{Short description|American jazz trombonist}}
'''Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash''' (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the [[swing (genre)|swing]] and [[big band]] genres.
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| name = Dick Nash
| birth_name = Richard Taylor Nash
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|01|26}}
| birth_place= Boston, Massachusetts
| genre = {{hlist|[[Swing (genre)|Swing]]|[[big band]]|[[jazz]]}}
| instrument = [[Trombone]]
| occupation = Musician
}}


'''Richard Taylor Nash''' (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the [[swing (genre)|swing]] and [[big band]] genres.
He began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this after his parents died and he was sent to [[Kurn Hattin Homes for Children]] (www.kurnhattin.org) in Vermont. At Kurn Hattin Homes, the first instruments he studied were the [[trumpet]] and [[bugle (instrument)|bugle]].<ref>[http://www.trombonesonline.com/artist-trombone/dicknash.htm Trombones Online]</ref> His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of [[Tex Beneke]]. After time in the [[United States Army]], where he served and played for a band, he joined [[Billy May]]'s band. Later he became a first call studio musician in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p108891/biography|pure_url=yes}} All Music]</ref> He was composer, conductor [[Henry Mancini]]'s favorite trombonist and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks beginning with ''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'' and ''[[Peter Gunn]]''. Nash's smooth and mellow trombone solo is featured on the ''Theme From [[Hatari!]]'' from the soundtrack for the [[John Wayne]] film (1962) or ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast At Tiffany's]]'' (1961) and ''[[The Days of Wine and Roses]]'' . In 1959 he played bass trombone on ''[[Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics]]''.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this after his parents died, and he was sent to [[Kurn Hattin Homes for Children]] in Vermont. At Kurn Hattin Homes, the first instruments he studied were the trumpet and [[bugle (instrument)|bugle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trombonesonline.com/artist-trombone/dicknash.htm|title=Trombones Online|website=Trombonesonline.com|access-date=20 January 2019|archive-date=19 July 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060719062022/http://www.trombonesonline.com/artist-trombone/dicknash.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of [[Tex Beneke]]. He served in the [[California National Guard]] from 1950 to 1952 and played for a band.<ref>[https://ia800501.us.archive.org/29/items/HBM012DickNash/HBM%20012%20-%20Dick%20Nash.pdf "Interview with Dick Nash"], ''Hip-BoneMusic.com'', page 4.</ref>

After his discharge from the military, he went back to Boston, where he attended [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Michael|date=2012-08-01|title=Dick Nash|url=https://hip-bonemusic.com/blogs/bone2pick/dick-nash|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Hip-Bone Music|language=en}}</ref> He then joined [[Billy May]]'s band. Later he became a first-call [[studio musician]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-taylor-dick-nash-mn0000821971/biography|title=Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash - Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref> He was composer, conductor [[Henry Mancini]]'s favorite trombonist, and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks, beginning with ''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'' and ''[[Peter Gunn]]''. Nash's trombone is featured on the ''Theme From [[Hatari!]]'' from the soundtrack for the [[John Wayne]] film (1962), ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1961), and ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]''. In 1959 he played bass trombone on ''[[Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics]]''.

His brother was the saxophonist [[Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1922)|Ted Nash]] and he has three children, [[Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1960)|Ted]], also a saxophonist, Nikki, and Bill.<ref>[https://ia800501.us.archive.org/29/items/HBM012DickNash/HBM%20012%20-%20Dick%20Nash.pdf "Interview with Dick Nash"], ''Hip-BoneMusic.com'', pages 4, 11, 12.</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
'''With [[Quincy Jones]]'''
[[Henry Mancini]]
*''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)#Musical score and soundtrack|Roots]]'' (A&M, 1977)
*''[[Peter Gunn]]'' (1959)
'''With [[Henry Mancini]]'''
*''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Music from Peter Gunn]]'' (1959)
*''The Music from Mr. Lucky'' (1960)
*''Combo!'' 1960
*''Combo!'' 1960
*''The Blues and the Beat'' (featured on "Misty")
*''[[The Blues and the Beat]]''
*''Uniquely Mancini'' (1963)
*''Uniquely Mancini'' (1963)
*''Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1964)
*''Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1964)
*''Latin Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1965)
*''Latin Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1965)
*''Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini'' (1968)
*''Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini'' (1968)
*''Cop Show Themes'' (1976)
*''Cop Show Themes'' (1976)
*''Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished'' (1974)
*''Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished'' (1974)
*''Symphonic Soul''
*''Symphonic Soul''
*''Theme from Z and Other Film Music''
*''Theme from Z and Other Film Music''
*''Theme Scene'' (1978)
*''Theme Scene'' (1978)
*''Mancini Touch'' (1996)
*''Mancini Touch'' (1996)
*''Big Band Sounds'' (2000)
*''Big Band Sounds'' (2000)
'''With [[Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1922)|Ted Nash]]'''
[[Shorty Rogers]]
*''[[Chances Are It Swings]]'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*''[[Peter Gunn (album)|Peter Gunn]]'' (Crown, 1959)
'''With [[Pete Rugolo]]'''
[[Lalo Schifrin]]
*''[[Rugolo Plays Kenton]]'' (EmArcy, 1958)
*''[[10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos]]'' (Mercury, 1960)
*''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)#Musical score and soundtrack|The Original Music of Thriller]]'' (Time, 1961)

'''With [[Lalo Schifrin]]'''
*''[[Music from Mission: Impossible]]'' (Dot, 1967)
*''[[Music from Mission: Impossible]]'' (Dot, 1967)
*''[[More Mission: Impossible]]'' (Paramount, 1968)
*''[[More Mission: Impossible]]'' (Paramount, 1968)
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*[[Enter the Dragon (soundtrack)|''Enter the Dragon'' (soundtrack)]] (Warner Bros., 1973)
*[[Enter the Dragon (soundtrack)|''Enter the Dragon'' (soundtrack)]] (Warner Bros., 1973)


'''With [[Erroll Garner]]'''
[[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''Close-Up in Swing'' (1961)
*''Jazz 'Round Midnight: Three Divas'' (1995)
*''For the Love of Ella'' (1956)
*''You Brought a New Kind of Love'' (1963)
* ''Night at the Movies Up in Erroll's'' (1999)
*''Complete Songsbooks'' (1956)
*''Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book'' (1960)
*''Essential: Great Songs'' (1994)


'''With [[Oscar Peterson]]'''
[[Tex Beneke]]
*''Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band'' (1959)
*''Dancers Delight'' (1996)
*''Swinging Brass'' (1996)
*'' Music in the Miller Mood'' (2000)


'''With [[Louie Bellson]]'''
[[Harry James]]
*''Harry James in Hi-Fi'' (1955)
*''Louie Bellson's 7'' (1976)
*''Live at Concord Summer Festival'' (1995)


'''With [[Tex Beneke]]'''
[[Count Basie]]
*'' Anthology'' (2000)
*''Dancers Delight'' (1996)
*''Anthology'' [Japan] (2001)
*''Music in the Miller Mood'' (2000)


'''With [[Juan García Esquivel|Esquivel!]]'''
[[Oscar Peterson]]
*''Bursting Out With The All-Star Big'' (1959)
*''Four Corners of the World'' (1958)
*'' Swinging Brass'' (1996)
*''Other Worlds Other Sounds'' (1958)


'''With [[Anita O'Day]]'''
[[Louie Bellson]]
*''Louie Bellson's 7 '' (1976)
*''Jazz 'Round Midnight'' (1954)
*''Trav'lin' Light'' (1961)
*'' Live at Concord Summer Festival'' (1995)


'''With others'''
[[Nat King Cole]]
*'' Billy May Sessions'' (1951)
*''Harry James in Hi-Fi'' [[Harry James]] (1955)
*''Billy May Sessions'', [[Nat King Cole]] (1951)
*''Finest Hour'', [[Mel Tormé]] (2001)
*''[[Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool)]]'', [[Sonny Criss]] (Prestige, 1968)
*''[[Chances Are It Swings]]'', [[Shorty Rogers]] (RCA Victor, 1958)
*''Art Pepper + Eleven'', [[Art Pepper]] (1959)
*''Jam Session at the Tower'', [[Ray Anthony]] (1956)
*''[[Hair (Stan Kenton album)|Hair]]'', [[Stan Kenton]] (Capitol, 1969)
*''Anything Goes'' (1990), [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]]
*''Music from Other Galaxies'', [[Don Ellis]]
*''South Rampart Street Parade'', [[Pete Fountain]] (1963)
*''Jazz Me Blues'', [[Jimmy Witherspoon]] (1998)
*''Tutti's Trombones'', [[Tutti Camarata]] (1983)
*''Blues Cross Country'', [[Peggy Lee]] (1961)
*''Percy Faith- The Beatles Album'' (gorgeous solos) 1970
*''Help Is on the Way'', [[Melissa Manchester]] (1976)
*''16 Most Requested Songs'', [[Teresa Brewer]] (1977)
*''Everything Must Change'', [[Randy Crawford]] (1980)
*''1100 Bel Air Place'', [[Julio Iglesias]] (1984)
*''In Good Company'', [[Sue Raney]] (1990)
*''Showstoppers'', [[Barry Manilow]] (1991)
*''Christmas Album'', [[The Manhattan Transfer]] (1992)
*''Timepiece'', [[Kenny Rogers]] (1994)
*''Hot Cha Cha'', Don Swan
*''Latin Obsession'', [[Larry Elgart]]
* ''Arabesque'', Rudiger Gleisberg
* ''King of the Olympics'', [[Paul Chihara]]
* ''Smile (Tribute to Hollywood)'', [[Julia Migenes]]
* ''Sonny's Dream'' (1968), [[Sonny Criss]]
*''Red Back Book/ Elite Syncopations'', [[New England Conservatory]] (1992)
*'' 'Fascinating' Rampal'', [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]] (1994)
*''Big Band Latin Heat'', [[The Palladium Orchestra]] (1998)
*''Brass Nation'', [[Michael Davis (trombonist)|Michael Davis]] (2000)


==Soundtracks==
[[Mel Tormé]]
*''Collection'' (1944)
*''Finest Hour'' (2001)

[[June Christy]]
*''Best of June Christy'' (1949)

[[Sonny Criss]]
*''[[Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool)]]'' (Prestige, 1968)

[[Art Pepper]]
*''Art Pepper + Eleven'' (1959)

[[Ray Anthony]]
*''Jam Session at the Tower'' (1956)

[[Stan Kenton]]
*''50th Anniversary Celebration'' (1991)
[[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]]
*'' Anything Goes'' (1990)

[[Don Ellis]]
*''Music from Other Galaxies''

[[Pete Fountain]]
*''South Rampart Street Parade'' (1963)

[[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
*''Jazz Me Blues'' (1998)

[[Tutti Camarata]]
*''Tutti's Trombones'' (1983)
[[Frank Sinatra]]
*'' Duets'' (1993)

[[Nancy Sinatra]]
*''Hit Years'' (1986)

[[Lena Horne]]
*'' Best of the RCA Years'' (1998)

[[Peggy Lee]]
*'' Blues Cross Country'' (1961)

[[Erroll Garner]]
*''Close-Up in Swing'' (1961)
*''You Brought a New Kind of Love'' (1963)

[[Anita O'Day]]
*''Jazz 'Round Midnight'' (1954)
*''Trav'lin' Light'' (1961)
*''Ultimate Anita O'Day'' (1999)
* With Erroll Garner ''Night at the Movies Up in Erroll's'' (1999)

[[Melissa Manchester]]
*''Help Is on the Way'' (1976)

[[Teresa Brewer]]
*''16 Most Requested Songs'' (1977)

[[Juan García Esquivel|Esquivel!]]
*''Four Corners of the World'' (1958)
*''Other Worlds Other Sounds'' (1958)

[[Randy Crawford]]
*''Everything Must Change'' (1980)
*''Best of Randy Crawford'' (1996)
[[Julio Iglesias]]
*''1100 Bel Air Place'' (1984)

[[Sue Raney]]
*''In Good Company'' (1990)

[[Barry Manilow]]
*''Showstoppers'' (1991)

[[The Manhattan Transfer|Manhattan Transfer]]
*''Christmas Album'' (1992)

[[Kenny Rogers]]
*''Timepiece'' (1994)

[[Don Swan]]
*''Hot Cha Cha''

[[Larry Elgart]]
*''Latin Obsession''

[[Rudiger Gleisberg]]
*''Arabesque''

[[Paul Chihara]]
*''King of the Olympics''

[[Julia Migenes]]
*''Smile (Tribute to Hollywood)''

[[Sonny Criss]] Orchestra
*''Sonny's Dream'' (1968)

[[Hollywood Trombones]]
*''Christmas Songs & Carols'' (1992)
[[New England Conservatory]]
*''Red Back Book/ Elite Syncopations'' (1992)

[[Jean-Pierre Rampal]]
*''Fascinatin' Rampal'' (1994)
[[The Palladium Orchestra]]
*''Big Band Latin Heat'' (1998)
[[Michael Davis (trombonist)|Michael Davis]]
*''Brass Nation'' (2000)

Various Artist

*''All the Things You Are'' (1952)
*''Jazz Giants Plays Horace Silver'' (1954)
*''Gershwin Songbook: 'S Marvelous: '' (1994)
*''Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook'' (1994)
*''Complete Gershwin Songbooks '' (1995)
*''Gershwin Jazz Round Midnight'' (1998)
*''West Coast Jazz Box: An Anthology'' (1998)
*''Complete Jerome Kern Songbooks'' (1997)
*''Scott Joplin Digital Ragtime/Wall Street Rag'' (1985)
*Rob Reiner ''Peter and the Wolf'' (1958)
*Nancy Nevins (1975)

==Movie Soundtracks==
*''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast At Tiffany's]]'' (1961)
*''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast At Tiffany's]]'' (1961)
*''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'' (1963)
*''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'' (1963)
*''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' (1962)
*''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'' (1962)
*[[Hatari!]] (1962) (featured soloist "Theme From Hatari!")
*''[[Hatari!]]'' (1962) (featured soloist "Theme from Hatari!")
*Original Soundtrack ''[[The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings]]'' (1976)
* ''[[The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings]]'' (1976)
*Quincy Jones ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' (1977)
*''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' (1977)
*Original Soundtrack ''King of the Olympics'' (1988)
*''King of the Olympics'' (1988)
*Original Soundtrack ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' (1995)
*''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' (1995)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001)


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.trombone-society.org.uk/resources/interviews/tracy_nash.php British Trombone Society Interview]
*[http://www.trombone-society.org.uk/resources/interviews/tracy_nash.php British Trombone Society Interview]
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=9749 All About Jazz]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080313082759/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=9749 All About Jazz]
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dick-nash Dick Nash Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)]

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Latest revision as of 10:01, 1 April 2024

Dick Nash
Birth nameRichard Taylor Nash
Born (1928-01-26) January 26, 1928 (age 96)
Boston, Massachusetts
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Trombone

Richard Taylor Nash (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the swing and big band genres.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this after his parents died, and he was sent to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children in Vermont. At Kurn Hattin Homes, the first instruments he studied were the trumpet and bugle.[1] His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of Tex Beneke. He served in the California National Guard from 1950 to 1952 and played for a band.[2]

After his discharge from the military, he went back to Boston, where he attended Berklee College of Music.[3] He then joined Billy May's band. Later he became a first-call studio musician in Los Angeles, California.[4] He was composer, conductor Henry Mancini's favorite trombonist, and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks, beginning with Mr. Lucky and Peter Gunn. Nash's trombone is featured on the Theme From Hatari! from the soundtrack for the John Wayne film (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and Days of Wine and Roses. In 1959 he played bass trombone on Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics.

His brother was the saxophonist Ted Nash and he has three children, Ted, also a saxophonist, Nikki, and Bill.[5]

Discography[edit]

With Quincy Jones

With Henry Mancini

  • The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
  • The Music from Mr. Lucky (1960)
  • Combo! 1960
  • The Blues and the Beat
  • Uniquely Mancini (1963)
  • Concert Sound of Henry Mancini (1964)
  • Latin Sound of Henry Mancini (1965)
  • Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini (1968)
  • Cop Show Themes (1976)
  • Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished (1974)
  • Symphonic Soul
  • Theme from Z and Other Film Music
  • Theme Scene (1978)
  • Mancini Touch (1996)
  • Big Band Sounds (2000)

With Ted Nash

With Pete Rugolo

With Lalo Schifrin

With Erroll Garner

  • Close-Up in Swing (1961)
  • You Brought a New Kind of Love (1963)
  • Night at the Movies Up in Erroll's (1999)

With Oscar Peterson

  • Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band (1959)
  • Swinging Brass (1996)

With Louie Bellson

  • Louie Bellson's 7 (1976)
  • Live at Concord Summer Festival (1995)

With Tex Beneke

  • Dancers Delight (1996)
  • Music in the Miller Mood (2000)

With Esquivel!

  • Four Corners of the World (1958)
  • Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)

With Anita O'Day

  • Jazz 'Round Midnight (1954)
  • Trav'lin' Light (1961)

With others

Soundtracks[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ "Trombones Online". Trombonesonline.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Interview with Dick Nash", Hip-BoneMusic.com, page 4.
  3. ^ Davis, Michael (2012-08-01). "Dick Nash". Hip-Bone Music. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ^ "Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Interview with Dick Nash", Hip-BoneMusic.com, pages 4, 11, 12.

External links[edit]

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