Richard Taylor Nash (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the swing and

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genres. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this after his parents died, and he was sent to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children in Vermont. At Kurn Hattin Homes, the first instruments he studied were the trumpet and

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. His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of

Tex Beneke Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke ( ; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. H ...

. He served in the

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from 1950 to 1952 and played for a band. After his discharge from the military, he went back to Boston, where he attended

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. He then joined

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Batman'' (with '' Batgirl'' them ...

's band. Later he became a first-call

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in Los Angeles, California. He was composer, conductor

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Award ...

's favorite trombonist, and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks, beginning with '' Mr. Lucky'' and ''

Peter Gunn ''Peter Gunn'' is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series aired on NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and on ABC in 1960–1961. The seri ...

''. Nash's trombone is featured on the ''Theme From

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'' from the soundtrack for the

John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...

film (1962), '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), and '' Days of Wine and Roses''. In 1959 he played bass trombone on ''

Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics '' Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics'' is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper and a group of other musicians performing arrangements by Marty Paich, who directed the ensemble. Background The recording is one of several dates ...

''. His brother was the saxophonist Ted Nash and he has three children,

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, also a saxophonist, Nikki, and Bill."Interview with Dick Nash"
''Hip-BoneMusic.com'', pages 4, 11, 12.

Discography

With

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

*''

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'' (A&M, 1977) With

*''

The Music from Peter Gunn ''The Music from Peter Gunn'' is a soundtrack album to the TV series ''Peter Gunn'', composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, and released in 1959 on RCA Victor. It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. ...

'' (1959) *''The Music from Mr. Lucky'' (1960) *''Combo!'' 1960 *''

The Blues and the Beat ''The Blues and the Beat'' is an album by Henry Mancini that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance in 1961. Track listing Personnel * Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, Karl De Karske – trombone * Conrad Gozzo ...

'' *''Uniquely Mancini'' (1963) *''Concert Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1964) *''Latin Sound of Henry Mancini'' (1965) *''Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini'' (1968) *''Cop Show Themes'' (1976) *''Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished'' (1974) *''Symphonic Soul'' *''Theme from Z and Other Film Music'' *''Theme Scene'' (1978) *''Mancini Touch'' (1996) *''Big Band Sounds'' (2000) With Ted Nash *''

'' (Crown, 1959) With

Pete Rugolo Pietro "Pete" Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American jazz composer, arranger and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settle ...

*''

Rugolo Plays Kenton ''Rugolo Plays Kenton'' (subtitled ''The Pete Rugolo Orchestra Plays Compositions Introduced by Stan Kenton'') is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances of tunes associated with Stan Kenton recorded in 1958 ...

'' (EmArcy, 1958) *'' 10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos'' (Mercury, 1960) *'' The Original Music of Thriller'' (Time, 1961) With

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

*'' Music from Mission: Impossible'' (Dot, 1967) *'' More Mission: Impossible'' (Paramount, 1968) *''

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private inves ...

'' (Paramount, 1968) * ''Kelly's Heroes'' (soundtrack) (MGM, 1970) * ''Enter the Dragon'' (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1973) With

Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first rec ...

*''Close-Up in Swing'' (1961) *''You Brought a New Kind of Love'' (1963) * ''Night at the Movies Up in Erroll's'' (1999) With

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, ...

*''Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band'' (1959) *''Swinging Brass'' (1996) With

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, ...

*''Louie Bellson's 7'' (1976) *''Live at Concord Summer Festival'' (1995) With

*''Dancers Delight'' (1996) *''Music in the Miller Mood'' (2000) With Esquivel! *''Four Corners of the World'' (1958) *''Other Worlds Other Sounds'' (1958) With

Anita O'Day Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appe ...

*''Jazz 'Round Midnight'' (1954) *''Trav'lin' Light'' (1961) With others *''Harry James in Hi-Fi''

Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized ...

(1955) *''Billy May Sessions'',

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

(1951) *''Finest Hour'',

Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Op ...

(2001) *''

Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) ''Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool)'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Criss recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.Sonny Criss William "Sonny" Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician. An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. Biography William Criss wa ...

(Prestige, 1968) *''

Chances Are It Swings ''Chances Are It Swings'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions by Robert Allen which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1959.Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arran ...

(RCA Victor, 1958) *''Art Pepper + Eleven'',

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...

(1959) *''Jam Session at the Tower'',

Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Biography Anthony was born to an Italian family in Ben ...

(1956) *''

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'',

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...

(Capitol, 1969) *''Anything Goes'' (1990), Les Brown *''Music from Other Galaxies'',

Don Ellis Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...

*''South Rampart Street Parade'',

Pete Fountain Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist. Early life and education LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style fr ...

(1963) *''Jazz Me Blues'',

Jimmy Witherspoon James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mot ...

(1998) *''Tutti's Trombones'',

Tutti Camarata Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (May 11, 1913 – April 13, 2005) was an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer. Also known as "Toots" Camarata. Early life and career Camarata, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States, and s ...

(1983) *''Blues Cross Country'',

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...

(1961) *''Percy Faith- The Beatles Album (gorgeous solos) 1970 *''Help Is on the Way'',

Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early l ...

(1976) *''16 Most Requested Songs'',

Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...

(1977) *''Everything Must Change'',

Randy Crawford Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, she has ap ...

(1980) *''1100 Bel Air Place'',

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...

(1984) *''In Good Company'',

Sue Raney Raelene Claire Claussen, known professionally as Sue Raney (born June 18, 1940, in McPherson, Kansas) is an American jazz singer. Raney was signed by Capitol Records in 1957 at age 17. That same year, she recorded her debut album, ''When Your Lov ...

(1990) *''Showstoppers'',

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

(1991) *''Christmas Album'',

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

(1992) *''Timepiece'',

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...

(1994) *''Hot Cha Cha'', Don Swan *''Latin Obsession'',

Larry Elgart Lawrence Joseph Elgart (March 20, 1922 – August 29, 2017) was an American jazz bandleader. With his brother Les, he recorded "Bandstand Boogie", the theme to the long-running dance show ''American Bandstand''. Biography Elgart was born in ...

* ''Arabesque'', Rudiger Gleisberg * ''King of the Olympics'',

Paul Chihara Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. Life and career Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka Natio ...

* ''Smile (Tribute to Hollywood)'',

Julia Migenes Julia Migenes (born March 13, 1943) is an American soprano working primarily in musical theatre repertoire. She was born on the Lower East Side of New York (Manhattan) to parents of Irish and Puerto Rican descent. (Her stepfather was of Greek ...

* ''Sonny's Dream'' (1968),

Sonny Criss William "Sonny" Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician. An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. Biography William Criss wa ...

*''Red Back Book/ Elite Syncopations'',

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(1992) *'Fascinating' Rampal'',

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(1994) *''Big Band Latin Heat'', The Palladium Orchestra (1998) *''Brass Nation'', Michael Davis (2000)

Soundtracks

*'' Breakfast At Tiffany's'' (1961) *''

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'' (1963) *'' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962) *''

'' (1962) (featured soloist "Theme from Hatari!") * ''

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'' (1976) *''

'' (1977) *''King of the Olympics'' (1988) *''

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'' (1995) *''

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'' (2001)

Sources

External links

British Trombone Society InterviewAll About JazzDick Nash Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
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