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The Honky Tonk Professor

on BBC Two England

As a young jazz pianist
Dick Hyman kept the best of musical company -
Charlie Parker , Benny Goodman and Lester Young. After years as a studio pianist in New York, which he combined with arranging and composing, he is now an established solo artist. He demonstrates to
Russell Davies and a studio audience the ways in which the great jazz pianists contributed - Scott Joplin , Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson , Earl Hines , Fats Waller , Teddy Wilson , Art Tatum , Erroll Garner , Bud Powell , Bill Evans , McCoy Tyner and Cecil Taylor. Lighting BRIAN CLEMETT
Sound ADRIAN BISHOP-LAGGETT Director TOM CORCORAN Producer Philip SPEIGHT

Contributors

Pianist:
Dick Hyman
Unknown:
Charlie Parker
Unknown:
Benny Goodman
Unknown:
Lester Young.
Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Scott Joplin
Unknown:
James P. Johnson
Unknown:
Earl Hines
Unknown:
Fats Waller
Unknown:
Teddy Wilson
Unknown:
Art Tatum
Unknown:
Erroll Garner
Unknown:
Bud Powell
Unknown:
Bill Evans
Unknown:
McCoy Tyner
Unknown:
Cecil Taylor.
Producer:
Philip Speight

BBC Two England

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