Dick Hindman Trio
Dick Hindman Trio
About Dick Hindman Trio
In 1973 Dick moved to the San Francisco Bay area, becoming involved in the Bay Area night club, jazz and recording scene. Then in 1978, he went to Denver for nine months to head up his own house trio at a jazz spot called Clyde's Pub, where he worked with such artists as Sonny Stitt, Lou Donaldson, Dakota Staton, Harold Land, Blue Mitchell, Leon Thomas, Eddie Jefferson and Richie Cole. Returning to San Francisco in the late eighties, he was invited to become the musical director of the world-renowned American Conservatory Theater, a position he held for six years. During this period he played with many well-known musicians, including The Manhattan Transfer, Clark Terry, Shelley Manne, Jon Faddis, Curtis Fuller, Buster Williams, to name a few. At the same time, Dick was extending his awareness of the classical piano repertoire with the great teacher Karl Ulrich Schnabel, who offered master classes in the Bay Area several times a year. Dick began working frequently with alto saxophonist Richie Cole, touring with him in Japan, Europe, the United States and Canada. He appeared on many Richie Cole albums, including HOLLYWOOD MADNESS (Muse Records), ALTO ANNIE'S THEME (Palo Alto Records), STEAM (Palo Alto Records), POP BOP (Fantasy Records) and PROFILE (Heads Up Records). Dick says, "I got to participate in a lot of good recording projects with Richie. Most of them came out extremely well, but I think that my personal favorites are still the first one I did with him, entitled HOLLYWOOD MADNESS and the last one we did together, called PROFILE." He also performed with Richie on Manhattan Transfer's Grammy Award-winning album, VOCALESE. In 1984, the first record featuring the Dick Hindman Trio appeared, entitled SECRET GARDEN. On it were Colin Bailey (known, among other things, for his work with the Vince Guaraldi Trio) on drums and Denver bassist Paul Warburton, whom Dick had originally met in the seventies. That recording, which was out of print for several years, is now available as a two-disc set from Secret Garden Records. Several years later, ONCE I LOVED: THE RICHARD HINDMAN TRIO appeared on the Lake Street Records label. (This recording, which has been out of print for several years, is scheduled to be reissued as ONCE I LOVED by Secret Garden Records in early 2007.) That same year, Dick recorded fifteen of his own compositions on solo piano, entitled THE LIGHT-HEARTED GOURMET, for the Menus & Music Company. Meanwhile, he continued playing and performing with such artists as Stan Getz, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank and Shorty Rogers, James Moody, Jon Faddis, and others. "Working with Stan Getz was especially enjoyable," says Dick, "because I got to play some of my tunes with him. I thought he played them as if they had been written for him." More recently, Dick has also performed with jazz harmonica player and guitarist Toots Thielemans, and gotten to know Brazilian singer and songwriter Ivan Lins, who has deeply influenced Dick's own compositions. Dick now records for Secret Garden Records. More trio and solo piano recordings are planned.
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