Dick Cary
Richard Durant Cary (July 10, 1916 – April 6, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Cary earned a bachelor's degree in music from Wesleyan University in 1938 and started working in Connecticut and New York. He landed full-time solo work at Nick's in Greenwich Village in New York City in 1941 (through 1943) and played with Joe Marsala in 1942. In 1943, he also worked as a staff arranger for Benny Goodman and played with the Casa Loma Orchestra and Brad Gowans. During a stint in the Army in 1944-46 stationed on Long Island, he managed to continue recording with Muggsy Spanier and Wild Bill Davison among others. After his discharge he worked with Billy Butterfield, then was pianist in the initial formation of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars in 1947–48. In 1949–50 he was in Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra, and in the 1950s worked with Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russell, Max Kaminsky, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, and starting in 1957 a long-term collaboration with Bobby Hackett at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York. When that engagement ended in 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, where he became an active freelance, touring, and studio musician. He also began writing and arranging music for the Tuesday Night Friends, who convened at his home every Tuesday for decades, a tradition that continued following his passing. The band was rarely heard by the public except for annual appearances at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival and Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. In the latter days of his life some of these rehearsals were recorded, forming the basis of the posthumous release Dick Cary and His Tuesday Night Friends Playing Dick Cary Originals. The ongoing group, directed by Dick Hamilton, recorded the album Dick Cary's Tuesday Night Friends: Catching Up in 1997. Cary also provided an extended interview to Floyd Levin in 1991. His life is the subject of the bio-discography Strictly a Musician: Dick Cary by Derek Coller, published in 2012. Dick Cary died in April 1994, in Glendale, California, at the age of 77. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-1082 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | A song was born | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars ; Jack Teagarden | Male vocal duet, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-1083 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Please stop playing those blues, boy | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars ; Jack Teagarden | Male vocal duet, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-1084 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Before long | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal solo, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-1085 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Lovely weather we're having | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong All-Stars | Male vocal solo, with jazz sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Decca | 71001 | 10-in. | 7/6/1942 | Chimes blues | Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71002 | 10-in. | 7/6/1942 | Sweet Mama | Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71003 | 10-in. | 7/6/1942 | Walkin' the dog | Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71004 | 10-in. | 7/6/1942 | Lazy Daddy | Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 80352 | 1/15/1951 | Muskrat ramble, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80353 | 1/15/1951 | Muskrat ramble, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80354 | 1/15/1951 | (What did I do to be so) Black and blue, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80355 | 1/15/1951 | (What did I do to be so) Black and blue, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80356 | 1/15/1951 | Royal garden blues, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80357 | 1/15/1951 | Royal garden blues, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80358 | 1/15/1951 | Lover-1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80359 | 1/15/1951 | Stars fell on Alabama, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80360 | 1/15/1951 | Stars fell on Alabama, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80361 | 1/15/1951 | I cried for you, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80362 | 1/15/1951 | I cried for you, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80363 | 1/15/1951 | Since I fell for you, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80364 | 1/15/1951 | Since I fell for you, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80365 | 1/15/1951 | Tea for two, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80366 | 1/15/1951 | Tea for two, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80367 | 1/15/1951 | Body and soul, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80368 | 1/15/1951 | Body and soul, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80369 | 1/15/1951 | Steak face, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80370 | 1/15/1951 | Steak face, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80371 | 1/15/1951 | Mahogany Hall stomp | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80372 | 1/15/1951 | On the sunny side of the street, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80373 | 1/15/1951 | On the sunny side of the street, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80374 | 1/15/1951 | High society | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80375 | 1/15/1951 | Baby won't you please come home | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80376 | 1/15/1951 | That's my desire, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80377 | 1/15/1951 | That's my desire, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80378 | 1/15/1951 | C jam blues-2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80379 | 1/15/1951 | How high the moon, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80380 | 1/15/1951 | How high the moon, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80381 | 1/15/1951 | Boff boff, part 1 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 80382 | 1/15/1951 | Boff Boff, part 2 | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 83032 | 10-in. | June 1952 | That's my desire | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 83033 | 10-in. | June 1952 | Baby, it's cold outside | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 84144 | 3/9/1953 | Clarinet marmalade | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84145 | 3/9/1953 | Singin' the blues | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84272 | 4/7/1953 | Davenport blues | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84273 | 4/7/1953 | Since my best gal turned me down | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84274 | 4/7/1953 | Swingin' the blues | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84297 | 4/9/1953 | Ostrich walk | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84298 | 4/9/1953 | Louisiana | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84501 | 5/14/1953 | I'm coming Virginia | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84502 | 5/14/1953 | Riverboat shuffle | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84503 | 5/14/1953 | Singin' the blues | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 84504 | 5/14/1953 | Clarinet marmalade | Jimmy McPartland Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 88869 | 12/6/1955 | Singin' the blues till my Daddy comes home | Jimmy McPartland Jazz Band | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 102612 | Muskrat ramble | Louis Armstrong All-Stars | instrumentalist, piano | ||||
Decca | N 1776 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Panama | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1777 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Four or five times | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1778 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Jazzin' babies blues | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1779 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Weary blues | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1780 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Wabash blues | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1781 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | High society | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1782 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Wolverine blues | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1783 | 10-in. | 2/29/1944 | Blues in C | Joe Marsala Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cary, Dick," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/307492.
Cary, Dick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/307492.
"Cary, Dick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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