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Dick Cary (Richard Durant Cary) was born on 10 July, 1916 in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., is an American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. Discover Dick Cary's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Richard Durant Cary
Occupation Musician, composer, arranger
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 10 July 1916
Birthday 10 July
Birthplace Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of death 6 April, 1994
Died Place Glendale, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1916

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.

1938

Cary earned a bachelor's degree in music from Wesleyan University in 1938 and started working in Connecticut and New York.

1941

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.

1943

In 1943, he also worked as a staff arranger for Benny Goodman and played with the Casa Loma Orchestra and Brad Gowans.

1944

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.

1947

After his discharge he worked with Billy Butterfield, then was pianist in the initial formation of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars in 1947–48.

1949

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.

1959

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.

1991

Cary also provided an extended interview to Floyd Levin in 1991.

1994

Dick Cary died in April 1994, in Glendale, California, at the age of 77.

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As sideman

1997

The ongoing group, directed by Dick Hamilton, recorded the album Dick Cary's Tuesday Night Friends: Catching Up in 1997.

2012

His life is the subject of the bio-discography Strictly a Musician: Dick Cary by Derek Coller, published in 2012.