Dick Nash, Date of Birth

    

Dick Nash

American musician

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1928

Profession: jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Dick Nash

  • Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the swing and big band genres. He 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 bugle.
  • His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of Tex Beneke.
  • After time in the United States Army, where he served and played for a band, he joined Billy May's band.
  • Later he became a first call studio musician in Los Angeles, California.
  • He was composer, conductor Henry Mancini's favorite trombonist, and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks, beginning with Mr.
  • Lucky and Peter Gunn.
  • Nash's trombone is featured on the Theme From Hatari! from the soundtrack for the John Wayne film (1962), Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961), and The Days of Wine and Roses .
  • In 1959 he played bass trombone on Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics.

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