Dick Cary
Richard Durant "Dick" Cary (born July 10, 1916 in Hartford , Connecticut , † April 6, 1994 in Glendale , California ) was an American jazz trumpeter , pianist and arranger of traditional jazz .
Live and act
Cary first learned violin in the 1920s, played it at the age of 11 in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and studied composition with Stefan Wolpe from 1947 to 1952 . His first recordings were made in 1942 with Joe Marsala , in 1942/43 he played as a solo pianist in the "Nick's" Club in New York and then with Benny Goodman (1943), for a short time with Glen Gray 's Casa Loma Orchestra , Billy Butterfield (1946) and Jean Goldkette (1947). Also during his army service from 1944 to 1946 he took a. a. with Muggsy Spanier and Wild Bill Davison u. a. for Black & White . He is known from his time from 1947 to 1948 with the All-Stars of Louis Armstrong . In 1949/50 he worked for Jimmy Dorsey and at a radio station.
From the 1950s he played with numerous stars of traditional jazz such as Eddie Condon (tour in the Far East in 1964, as well as arrangements and play in its television shows), Pee Wee Russell (e.g. at the Monterey Jazz Festival and the arrangement for his album “ By Arrangement Only ”), Bobby Hackett , Jimmy McPartland , Max Kaminsky , Bud Freeman , Ben Pollack , Red Nichols , Bob Crosby and Harry DiVito . From 1959 he lived in Los Angeles, where he worked as a freelance arranger for various bands (even symphony orchestras), studio musicians and music teachers. He later led his own band of studio musicians for 20 years, the Tuesday Night Friends , who met weekly at his house and performed at the 1992 Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival. He also performed frequently at Dixieland festivals.
In addition to the trumpet and piano, he also played the alto horn and mellophone.
Discographic notes
- Dick Cary and his Tuesday Night Friends (Arbors, 1993)
- Got swing? (Arbors, 2000)
biography
- Strictly a Musician - DICK CARY
A Biography and Discography by Derek Coller - March 2012. ISBN No.978-0-615-53867-9
swell
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cary, Dick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cary, Richard Durant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1994 |
| Place of death | Glendale (California) |