Hagood Hardy

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Hugh Hagood Hardy , CM , (born February 26, 1937 in Angola , Indiana , † January 1, 1997 in Hamilton , Ontario ) was a Canadian vibraphonist , pianist and film composer .

Live and act

Hardy, who grew up in Oakville, Ontario , received a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, University of Toronto , and he also took private lessons with Gordon Delamont . He played from the early 1960s in the USA with Gigi Gryce , Martin Denny , Herbie Mann and George Shearing . After his return to Canada he worked with his own trio, which he soon expanded into the pop group Montage , with whom he also toured in Europe. Under his own name, he presented a number of singles and albums in the field of pop and easy listening from the early 1970s . The single The Homecoming hit the US charts in 1975 (# 41 Pop, # 6 Easy Listening). He has also composed jingles and film scores for a number of CBS television series, including a. for the series The Girl from Town , Anne of Green Gables and the horror film Labyrinth of the Monsters (1982).

Awards

Hardy has won the Canadian Juno Awards several times as a composer and instrumentalist; In 1976 he was instrumental Artist of the Year of the billboard . In 1977 he received the Harold Moon Award from BMI Canada (SOCAN); In 1992 he was awarded the Order of Canada .

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SURNAME Hardy, Hagood
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Angola (Indiana)
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1997
Place of death Hamilton (Ontario)