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.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 10, 1916 (Hartford), Died April 6, 1994 (Glendale)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, trumpet

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 64 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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
Atlantic	238	10-in.	5/25/1949	It's raining	Ruth Brown ; Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Atlantic	239	10-in.	5/25/1949	So long	Ruth Brown ; Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
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

(Results 1-25 of 64 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cary, Dick," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/307492.

Cary, Dick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/307492.

"Cary, Dick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.