Thinking about BIX
Dick Hyman
solo piano

Dick Hyman, one of the most accomplished and versatile musicians alive, is especially known as an authority on early jazz. After a lifetime of playing and studying the music of Bix Beiderbecke, Hyman announced he’d like to record for RR a solo program of music associated with Bix, including all five original pieces Bix wrote for piano. (Most likely, these are a recorded first.) Hyman arranged other numbers Bix performed with various groups, and plays and improvises upon these in his distinctive, brilliant style. The title track is an infectious Hyman original reminiscent of the period. An attractive bonus is a piano four-hands performance with Hyman’s friend and stride authority, Mike Lipskin

TRACK LISTING: Thinking About Bix; Singin’ the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home); Ostrich Walk; I’m Coming, Virginia; Jazz Me Blues; Candlelights; ‘Tain’t So, Honey, ‘Tain’t So; Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down; In the Dark; Clementine (From New Orleans); Lonely Melody; In A Mist; Sweet Sue (Just You); Wringing’ and Twistin’; Flashes; Davenport Blues; You Took Advantage of Me, with Mike Lipskin (piano four-hands).

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