Walter Dyett
Walter Henri Dyett (born January 11, 1901 - November 17, 1969 ) was an American violinist and music teacher. As music director at the "DuSable High School" in Chicago , he taught many students who became well-known musicians.
biography
After studying music at the University of California, Berkeley , California , he went to Chicago and led an Army Band, where he was nicknamed "Captain Dyett". In 1931 he became an assistant at the "Wendell Phillips High School" in Chicago before moving to the newly founded DuSable High School as music director.
His program at DuSable quickly gained an excellent reputation, especially thanks to his annual benefit revue "Hi Jinks". It attracted some of the best musicians in Chicago, including:
Gene Ammons , Nat King Cole , Jerome Cooper , Richard Davis , Bo Diddley , Dorothy Donegan , Von Freeman , John Gilmore , Johnny Griffin , Eddie Harris , Johnny Hartman , Milt Hinton , Fred Hopkins , Joseph Jarman , Leroy Jenkins , Clifford Jordan , Walter Perkins , Julian Priest , Wilbur Ware , Dinah Washington .
Web links
- Dyett Academic Center website
- Image of the Dyett Academic Center
- A Power Stronger Than Itself , by George E. Lewis (as Google Book)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kennedy, Gary. Capt. Walter Dyett. in Kernfeld, Barry ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition, Vol. 1. London, MacMillan, 2002. p. 677.
- ↑ Kennedy, Gary. Capt. Walter Dyett. in Kernfeld, Barry ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition, Vol. 1. London, MacMillan, 2002. p. 677.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dyett, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dyett, Walter Henri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violinist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1901 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th November 1969 |