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Release Date: Sep 15, 2009
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Adapter: Dick Hyman.
Audio Mixer: Gary Baldassari.
Liner Note Author: Dick Hyman.
Recording information: Dick Hyman Music Inc., Venice, FL (1996-2007); Piano Distributers Of Satasota (1996-2007); Yamaha Showrooms, New York, NY (1996-2007).
Editor: Ron Dabbs.
Arranger: Bob Zurke.
Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano was originally issued as two separate CD-R discs to allow jazz piano students and fans to hear many different styles of jazz as performed by the veteran pianist. Repackaged as a five-CD set with a separate DVD for reissue by Arbors, this improved edition has the ability to play in conventional CD and DVD players as well. Hyman has long been recognized as a very versatile player who is capable of playing any style in jazz history, one of a handful of artists who has such an ability. The five CDs, more or less, cover jazz piano roughly in the chronological order in which they came into the public domain, playing pieces either composed or associated with a number of different pianists. It is hard to imagine anyone else who can play in the manner of Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, and McCoy Tyner (to name only a few), but Hyman does so with ease. Rather than just play straight re-creations of each player's recordings, Hyman generally incorporates his own variations and improvisations. The fifth disc may be the most interesting, as it consists of a series of Hyman's compositions and free improvisations in the manner of various pianists, along with a revisit to his 1968 piece "The Minotaur," a piece he originally composed to perform on Moog synthesizer; this version is a piano duet with Jack Fanning. On the DVD, Hyman offers more, playing examples of individual greats of each style while adding insightful commentary as to the unique aspects of each musician's approach, with the camera angles providing superb views of his hands in action. This set is complemented by a detailed booklet with Hyman's extensive liner notes, while the creative packaging allows both easy access and minimizes possible damage to the discs as they are removed from their sleeves. ~ Ken Dryden
Audio Mixer: Gary Baldassari.
Liner Note Author: Dick Hyman.
Recording information: Dick Hyman Music Inc., Venice, FL (1996-2007); Piano Distributers Of Satasota (1996-2007); Yamaha Showrooms, New York, NY (1996-2007).
Editor: Ron Dabbs.
Arranger: Bob Zurke.
Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano was originally issued as two separate CD-R discs to allow jazz piano students and fans to hear many different styles of jazz as performed by the veteran pianist. Repackaged as a five-CD set with a separate DVD for reissue by Arbors, this improved edition has the ability to play in conventional CD and DVD players as well. Hyman has long been recognized as a very versatile player who is capable of playing any style in jazz history, one of a handful of artists who has such an ability. The five CDs, more or less, cover jazz piano roughly in the chronological order in which they came into the public domain, playing pieces either composed or associated with a number of different pianists. It is hard to imagine anyone else who can play in the manner of Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, and McCoy Tyner (to name only a few), but Hyman does so with ease. Rather than just play straight re-creations of each player's recordings, Hyman generally incorporates his own variations and improvisations. The fifth disc may be the most interesting, as it consists of a series of Hyman's compositions and free improvisations in the manner of various pianists, along with a revisit to his 1968 piece "The Minotaur," a piece he originally composed to perform on Moog synthesizer; this version is a piano duet with Jack Fanning. On the DVD, Hyman offers more, playing examples of individual greats of each style while adding insightful commentary as to the unique aspects of each musician's approach, with the camera angles providing superb views of his hands in action. This set is complemented by a detailed booklet with Hyman's extensive liner notes, while the creative packaging allows both easy access and minimizes possible damage to the discs as they are removed from their sleeves. ~ Ken Dryden
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Gottschalk Sampler: Bamboula/Pasquinade
2 - Maple Leaf Rag
3 - Charleston Rag (Sounds of Africa)
4 - Heliotrope Bouquet
5 - Pleasant Moments
6 - Solace
7 - Odeon
8 - Porto Rico
9 - Crave
10 - Carolina Shout
11 - Snowy Morning Blues
12 - Caprice Rag
13 - You've Got to Be Modernistic
14 - Shreveport Stomp
15 - Monday Date
16 - Night Life
Disc 2:
1 - Rialto Ripples
2 - Liza (All the Clouds'll Soon Roll By)
3 - Do-Do-Do
4 - Kitten on the Keys
5 - Nickel in the Slot
6 - Soliloquy
7 - In a Mist (Bixology)
8 - Little Rock Getaway
9 - Honky Tonk Train (Blues)
10 - (Pine Top's) Boogie Woogie
11 - Yancey Special
12 - Rollin the Boogie
13 - Vicksburg Blues
14 - Fingerbuster
15 - Viper Rag
16 - Handful of Keys
17 - Tea for Two
18 - Body and Soul
19 - I've Got the World on a String
20 - Complainin'
21 - Three Little Words
Disc 3:
1 - Clothed Woman
2 - Tonk
3 - Sophisticated Lady
4 - Lotus Blossom (Charolette Russe)
5 - Basie in Brief
6 - It's Only a Paper Moon
7 - 16 for McKenna
8 - Song Without Words
9 - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
10 - How High the Moon
11 - Lullaby of Birdland
12 - Doodlin'
13 - Funkus Delictus
14 - Moanin'
15 - Rose Room
Disc 4:
1 - 'Round (About) Midnight
2 - Well, You Needn't
3 - Misterioso
4 - Blue Monk
5 - Evidence
6 - Blue Rondo a la Turk
7 - Kaleidoscope/A Delicate Balance
8 - Spain
9 - Dolphin Dance
10 - Topology
11 - Time Remembered
12 - Poor Butterfly
13 - Django
14 - Giant Steps
15 - What Is This Thing Called Love
Disc 5:
1 - Venice Concert
2 - Convocation of the Winds
3 - Three Short Ones
4 - Corkscrews
5 - Parable for a Parrot
6 - In the Fullness of Time
7 - Days with Julia
8 - Last Word
9 - Have You Heard?
10 - Minotaur
11 - Charlap Line
12 - Impromptu for Two Pianos
13 - Waltzing with Hank
14 - Roger's 21st Century Funk
15 - Little Bit of John
16 - Derek Chews It Up
17 - Ralph Stridemeister
18 - Elegant Dr. Billy
19 - Small Memorial to Wellstood
20 - Is He Blue?
21 - Kansas City Dreamin
22 - Joe Special Thing
23 - Christmas with Paul
24 - Decatur Stomp
25 - Struttin' on a Sunny Day
26 - Cuttin' Loose
27 - Ivory Strides
28 - Pass It Along
29 - South Side Boogy
30 - Ocean Languor
31 - Onyx Mood
32 - Bounding in F Minor
33 - Bird in the Roost
34 - Deep Groove
35 - Roses & Cream
36 - Time Play
37 - Passage
Disc 6:
1 - Hands-On Lesson #1 [Ragtime, From Louis Moreau Gottschalk to Scott Joplin]
2 - Hands-On Lesson #2 [Jelly Roll Morton]
3 - Hands-On Lesson #3
4 - Hands-On Lesson #4 [Stride Piano]
5 - Hands-On Lesson #5 [Earl Hines/Teddy Wilson]
6 - Hands-On Lesson #6 [The Rhythm Section]
7 - Hands-On Lesson #7 [Art Tatum]
8 - Hands-On Lesson #8 [Erroll Garner]
9 - Hands-On Lesson #9 [Bud Powell and Bebop]
10 - Hands-On Lesson #10 [George Shearing, Block Chords, and Orchestration]
11 - Hands-On Lesson #11 [Another Look at Block Chords]
12 - Hands-On Lesson #12
13 - Hands-On Lesson #13 [Nicholas Slonimsky to McCoy Tyner]
14 - Bonus Performance #1
15 - Bonus Performance #2 [Variations on Heliotrope Bouquet]
16 - Bonus Performance #3 [Variations on Elite Syncopations]
17 - Bonus Performance #4 [Carolina Shout]
1 - Gottschalk Sampler: Bamboula/Pasquinade
2 - Maple Leaf Rag
3 - Charleston Rag (Sounds of Africa)
4 - Heliotrope Bouquet
5 - Pleasant Moments
6 - Solace
7 - Odeon
8 - Porto Rico
9 - Crave
10 - Carolina Shout
11 - Snowy Morning Blues
12 - Caprice Rag
13 - You've Got to Be Modernistic
14 - Shreveport Stomp
15 - Monday Date
16 - Night Life
Disc 2:
1 - Rialto Ripples
2 - Liza (All the Clouds'll Soon Roll By)
3 - Do-Do-Do
4 - Kitten on the Keys
5 - Nickel in the Slot
6 - Soliloquy
7 - In a Mist (Bixology)
8 - Little Rock Getaway
9 - Honky Tonk Train (Blues)
10 - (Pine Top's) Boogie Woogie
11 - Yancey Special
12 - Rollin the Boogie
13 - Vicksburg Blues
14 - Fingerbuster
15 - Viper Rag
16 - Handful of Keys
17 - Tea for Two
18 - Body and Soul
19 - I've Got the World on a String
20 - Complainin'
21 - Three Little Words
Disc 3:
1 - Clothed Woman
2 - Tonk
3 - Sophisticated Lady
4 - Lotus Blossom (Charolette Russe)
5 - Basie in Brief
6 - It's Only a Paper Moon
7 - 16 for McKenna
8 - Song Without Words
9 - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
10 - How High the Moon
11 - Lullaby of Birdland
12 - Doodlin'
13 - Funkus Delictus
14 - Moanin'
15 - Rose Room
Disc 4:
1 - 'Round (About) Midnight
2 - Well, You Needn't
3 - Misterioso
4 - Blue Monk
5 - Evidence
6 - Blue Rondo a la Turk
7 - Kaleidoscope/A Delicate Balance
8 - Spain
9 - Dolphin Dance
10 - Topology
11 - Time Remembered
12 - Poor Butterfly
13 - Django
14 - Giant Steps
15 - What Is This Thing Called Love
Disc 5:
1 - Venice Concert
2 - Convocation of the Winds
3 - Three Short Ones
4 - Corkscrews
5 - Parable for a Parrot
6 - In the Fullness of Time
7 - Days with Julia
8 - Last Word
9 - Have You Heard?
10 - Minotaur
11 - Charlap Line
12 - Impromptu for Two Pianos
13 - Waltzing with Hank
14 - Roger's 21st Century Funk
15 - Little Bit of John
16 - Derek Chews It Up
17 - Ralph Stridemeister
18 - Elegant Dr. Billy
19 - Small Memorial to Wellstood
20 - Is He Blue?
21 - Kansas City Dreamin
22 - Joe Special Thing
23 - Christmas with Paul
24 - Decatur Stomp
25 - Struttin' on a Sunny Day
26 - Cuttin' Loose
27 - Ivory Strides
28 - Pass It Along
29 - South Side Boogy
30 - Ocean Languor
31 - Onyx Mood
32 - Bounding in F Minor
33 - Bird in the Roost
34 - Deep Groove
35 - Roses & Cream
36 - Time Play
37 - Passage
Disc 6:
1 - Hands-On Lesson #1 [Ragtime, From Louis Moreau Gottschalk to Scott Joplin]
2 - Hands-On Lesson #2 [Jelly Roll Morton]
3 - Hands-On Lesson #3
4 - Hands-On Lesson #4 [Stride Piano]
5 - Hands-On Lesson #5 [Earl Hines/Teddy Wilson]
6 - Hands-On Lesson #6 [The Rhythm Section]
7 - Hands-On Lesson #7 [Art Tatum]
8 - Hands-On Lesson #8 [Erroll Garner]
9 - Hands-On Lesson #9 [Bud Powell and Bebop]
10 - Hands-On Lesson #10 [George Shearing, Block Chords, and Orchestration]
11 - Hands-On Lesson #11 [Another Look at Block Chords]
12 - Hands-On Lesson #12
13 - Hands-On Lesson #13 [Nicholas Slonimsky to McCoy Tyner]
14 - Bonus Performance #1
15 - Bonus Performance #2 [Variations on Heliotrope Bouquet]
16 - Bonus Performance #3 [Variations on Elite Syncopations]
17 - Bonus Performance #4 [Carolina Shout]