Dick Katz
A versatile pianist and arranger, Dick Katz was responsible for many stimulating and memorable recordings through the years, often as an important sideman and/or producer. He studied at the Peabody Institute, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard, in addition to taking piano lessons from Teddy Wilson. In the 1950s, he picked up important experience as a member of the house rhythm section of the Café Bohemia, with the groups of Ben Webster and Kenny Dorham, the Oscar Pettiford big band, and later with Carmen McRae. Katz was part of the popular J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding Quintet (1954-1955) and Orchestra USA, and participated on Benny Carter's classic Further Definitions album. He freelanced throughout much of his career and was a guiding force behind some of Helen Merrill's finest recordings. Katz, who played with Roy Eldridge and Lee Konitz starting in the late '60s, co-founded Milestone Records in 1966 with Orrin Keepnews. In the 1990s, Dick Katz worked both as a pianist and an arranger with the American Jazz Orchestra and Loren Schoenberg's big band. Unfortunately, he did not recorded all that frequently as a leader, cutting fairly obscure dates for Atlantic (1957 and 1959), Bee Hive (1984), and Reservoir (1992), but the jazz world was well aware of his talents. Dick Katz died in Manhattan in November 2009 at the age of 85.
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Diskografie
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Tony Scott Quartet. Complete Brunswick Sessions 1953
Jazz - Erschienen bei Fresh Sound Records am 11.02.2015
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Three Way Play
Jazz - Erschienen bei Reservoir Music am 01.01.1992
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Jazz Piano International
Dick Katz, Derek Smith, René Urtreger
Jazz - Erschienen bei Rhino Atlantic am 01.01.2000
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Dick Katz: Piano & Pen
Jazz - Erschienen bei Trunk Records am 01.12.2016
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The Line Forms Here
Jazz - Erschienen bei Reservoir Music am 07.05.1996
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Jazz Piano International
Dick Katz, Derek Smith, René Urtreger
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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Piano & Pen
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Marmot Music am 26.07.2005
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Kool for Katz
Dick Katz, Harry Brown, Judd Proctor
Rock - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 05.04.2013
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