Garry Dial

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Garry Dial (born July 2, 1954 in Montclair (New Jersey) ) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Dial received piano lessons only from the age of ten; later, Mary Lou Williams , who recognized his talent, taught him for free. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Berklee College of Music , but also received additional lessons from Jaki Byard and Charlie Banacos . Between 1975 and 1978 he worked as a hotel musician in Bermuda . He then went to New York City , where he became known in the late 1970s as a member of the Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan quintet , of which he was a member for more than a decade; he was involved in eleven albums created during this period, such as the Grammy- nominated Live at the Village Vanguard (1980) as an instrumentalist and composer. He also accompanied Gerry Mulligan , Joe Morello and Mel Lewis . In 1987 Dial presented his debut album Never Is Now with Trio . This was followed by the album Postcards from Downunder , which was presented together with the multi-instrumentalist James Morrison and which was very successful in Australia, where the pianist spent some time. After his return to New York, he formed a quartet with Dick Oatts in 1989, which included Jay Anderson and Joey Baron ; it performed on Dial & Oatts with a string orchestra and on Brassworks (1990) with a brass ensemble, before tackling standards on Dial & Oatts Verses Cole Porter (1992, with drummer Jeff Hirshfield ). The quartet also worked with a choir on later projects (setting Walt Whitman's poems to music in 2011).

For the Ellington Archives he recorded the entire piano works by Duke Ellington ; He also edited previously unpublished recordings by the Duke Ellington Orchestra ( The Private Collection ). He is also involved in the recordings of Charli Persip , Jean-Loup Longnon and The Roches . He has also worked with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie , Sheila Jordan , Sabina Hank , Jerry Bergonzi , James Moody , Chris Potter , Joe Lovano , Roy Haynes , Nat Adderley , Gunther Schuller , Rick Margitza and Anne Drummond .

Dial has taught piano, theory and improvisation at the Manhattan School of Music since 1990 ; since 2000 he has been professor and head of the improvisation department. Stefon Harris , Peter Delano , Sebastian Schunke and Mary J. Blige are among his students , as is Bette Midler .

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SURNAME Dial, Garry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Montclair, New Jersey