Dick Hyman Century of Jazz Piano DVD Lesson 7: Art Tatum ( Part 7 of 17)

The Dick Hyman s Century of Jazz Piano DVD This is Lesson 7: Art Tatum In this video Dick Hyman explains various piano Jazz techniques. Wikipedia: Richard Hyman (birth name) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 60year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters fellow in 2017. Hyman was born in New York City to Joseph C. Hyman and Lee Roven. He was trained classically by his mother s brother, the concert pianist Anton Rovinsky, who premiered The Celestial Railroad by Charles Ives in 1928. Hyman said of Rovinsky, He was my most important teacher. I learned touch from him and a certain amount of repertoire, especially Beethoven. On my own I pursued Chopin. I loved his ability to take a melody and embellish it in different arbitrary ways, which is exactly what we do in jazz. Chopin would have been a terrific jazz pianist His wal