Marjorie Hyams (1920-2012)

[flat5]

Don't see it posted so...

Marjorie Hyams (1920-2012) has died.

http://www.jazzwax.com/

[Big Beat Steve]

Had no idea she was still around but this is sad at any rate ... RIP.

She participated in many intersting and intriguing 40s small-group jazz recordings that were gems and pointed in new directions. Too bad jazz had not really been ripe yet for INSTRUMENTALIST women (other than pianists) at that time.

[J.A.W.]

Sad news and sadly forgotten.

[sidewinder]

Certainly a significant contribution as a member of George Shearing's early group - RIP.

[mikeweil]

She was one of the top bebop vibists until she married and stopped her national career - you can hear her on the aerly Shearing Quintet sessions on Savoy and MGM and a number of Woody Herman tracks.

92 years - quite a stretch. R.I.P. - will play some Hearing sides with her later this evening.

[BillF]

Here she is in a detail from a photo of the Herman band in 1945, Chubby Jackson in the background:

[J.A.W.]

She was one of the top bebop vibists until she married and stopped her national career - you can hear her on the aerly Shearing Quintet sessions on Savoy and MGM and a number of Woody Herman tracks.

92 years - quite a stretch. R.I.P. - will play some Hearing sides with her later this evening.

Actually, she was 91 when she died.

[mikeweil]

Oh - I didn't look at the exact date of birth - thanks, hans, for correcting.