Dick Cary Homepage

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H1><CENTER> </CENTER></H1> <H1><CENTER>Dick Cary Homepage</CENTER></H1> <H2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>*Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames*</B></FONT></CENTER></H2> <CENTER><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>If your computer is capable of running any Web browser released in the last three years, please update now.</B></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Contact your computer support person for assistance if necessary</B></FONT></P> <P><B>The information contained on The Dick Cary web site is as follows:</B></P></CENTER> <UL> <LI>learn more about Dick Cary, the great American jazz artist,</LI> <LI>listen to historical jazz recordings featuring Dick Cary,</LI> <LI>listen to the Dick Cary Tuesday Night Friends' newest CD "Catching Up,"</LI> <LI>order Dick Cary CDs,</LI> <LI>order sheet-music of Dick Cary's arrangements for jazz bands</LI> </UL> <P>Dick Cary was a much-recorded jazz composer, arranger, pianist, alto horn, and trumpet player who was active from the 1940s until his death in 1994. He was one of the most prolific composers in jazz history with a catalog of complete jazz-band compositions and arrangements numbering more than 3,200. While never extremely famous, Dick Cary was well known to jazz musicians and music insiders for his wonderful performing and arranging.</P> <P>Born near Hartford, Connecticut, Dick Cary spent the first half of his career in New York City. He played important roles in the jazz bands of Louis Armstrong, Eddie Condon, Bob Crosby, Bobby Hackett, Jimmy McPartland among others where he performed on alto horn, piano, and trumpet. In 1959, he moved to the Los Angeles area of California and continued his jazz career which, by this time, was an international one. While working steadily, he formed his now famous jazz rehearsal band, "The Tuesday Night Friends," to play his new jazz compositions. The alumni of this group reads like a Who's Who of West Coast jazz. Those players include:</P> <P><B>DICK HAMILTON -- Leader, Trumpet, Alto Horn, Piano</B></P> <P><B>TOMMY NEWSOM -- Clarinet, Soprano, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones</B></P> <P><B>BETTY O'HARA -- Trombone, Baritone Horn, Double-Belled Euphonium</B></P> <P><B>ABE MOST -- Clarinet</B></P> <P><B>FRED COOPER -- Baritone Saxophone</B></P> <P><B>DAVE KOONSE - Guitar</B></P> <P><B>JACK TROTT -- Trumpet</B></P> <P><B>JOHN BAMBRIDGE -- Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone</B></P> <P><B>TERRY HARRINGTON -- Tenor Saxophone</B></P> <P><B>ERNIE TACK -- Bass Trombone</B></P> <P><B>RANDY ALDCROFT -- Baritone Horn</B></P> <P><B>HERB MICKMAN -- Bass</B></P> <P><B>JERRY WHITE -- Drums</B></P> <P>The Tuesday Night Friends carry on today, 5 years after Cary's death. They perform Dick Cary's music privately every week, while appearing at jazz clubs and festivals from time to time. They have cataloged and micro-filmed all of Dick Cary's music manuscripts. They are recording a series of CDs of Dick Cary's music -- the newly released CD entitled "Catching Up" is the first!</P> <P></P> </BODY>