Marjorie Hyams

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Marjorie Hyams (in the mirror with Dizzy Gillespie and Chuck Wayne ); in front of the mirror Charlie Parker and Red Rodney in the New York club Downbeat , around 1947 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb )

Marjorie "Margie" Hyams (born August 9, 1920 in New York City , † June 14, 2012 in Monrovia (California) ) was an American vibraphonist , pianist and arranger of modern jazz .

Live and act

Hyams grew up in Queens ; her brother Mark was also active as a jazz musician. She was performing with her own band in Atlantic City when she was discovered by Woody Herman . In the second half of the 1940s she was an important figure on the American jazz scene. In 1944/45 she was a member of Herman's band First Herd . From 1945 to 1948, Hyams led his own trio, which included Tal Farlow at times . She also made recordings with Flip Phillips , Charlie Ventura and Mary Lou Williams ; with her she also appeared in an all-women big band in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1947 . Hyams played in George Shearing's quintet from 1949 to 1950 . However, she never ran a recording session under her own name. Margie Hyams' career ended in 1950 when she decided to marry trumpeter Rolf Ericson at the age of 27 . In accordance with the gender role applicable at the time , she had to withdraw from the music business, but continued to teach.

Discographic notes

  • Woody Herman: The V-Disc Years Vol 1 & 2 (Hep, 1945-47)
  • George Shearing: Verve Jazz Masters (Verve, 1949-54)
  • Charlie Ventura: Charlie Ventura 1945-1947 (Classics)
  • Mary Lou Williams: Mary Lou Williams 1945-1946 (Classics)

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  1. Year of birth according to the Los Angeles Times obituary . Other sources such as the entry in the Rough Guide: Jazz and Feather / Gitler; also in William H. Young, Nancy K. Young World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia 2010, p. 15, assume the year of birth 1923.
  2. ^ Obituary for the Los Angeles Times