Dick Cary was born July 10, 1916 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died April 6, 1994 in Sunland. He was an American jazz pianist and trumpet player as well as a prolific arranger and composer. Cary played his first gig with Joe Marsala in 42, and then he played solo at Nick’s Greenwich Village in New York City between 1942 and 43. He also briefly worked with Brad Gowans and the Casa Loma Orchestra. He recorded with Muggsy Spanier, Wild Bill Davison, and others during his Army service in 1944-1946. He worked with Billy Butterfield after his discharge and then joined Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars from 1947 to 1948. He was in Jimmy Dorsey’s orchestra in 1949-50, and worked in the 1950s with Bud Freeman and Eddie Condon. He moved to Los Angeles in 1959, and became a freelance musician as well as a studio musician. In the 1970s, Dick started his own band, The Tuesday Night Friends. This was a group consisting of top Los Angeles jazz musicians. They enjoyed sight-reading Dick’s endless parade of original tunes. Wikipedia
