Margie Hyams

Marjorie "Marjie" Hyams (b. 1923; 88 years old) is an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger.

Career

South side of 52nd Street, New York, between 5th & 6th Avenues — looking east (ca. 1948). Notice the Margie Hyams Trio on the marquee at the 3 Deuces
Photo: William P. Gottlieb, United States Library of Congress's Music Division

Hyams had her own trio and quartet (1940–1944) played with Woody Herman (1944–1945) and Flip Phillips in the mid 1940s. She formed another trio with guitarists such as Tal Farlow, Mundell Lowe, and Billy Bauer from 1945 to 1948. She also arranged and sang with Charlie Ventura, and recorded with Mary Lou Williams. Hyams joined George Shearing in (1949–51).

Family

On June 6, 1950, Marjie Hyams married William G. Ericsson (1927–1978)^{[1][2][3][4][5]} in Chicago,^[6] and, from 1951 to 1970, played, taught, and arranged in Chicago.^[7]

Sibling

• Brother, Mark Hyams (1914–2007) was a jazz pianist who played with big bands, including those of Will Hudson (mid-1930s) and Spud Murphy (late 1930s). Mark married L'ana Webster (née Alleman; 1912–1997), a saxophonist and bandleader who was once married to jazz guitarist Jimmy Webster (James Donart Webster; 1908–1978)

Selected discography

• The Swingin's Mutual!

References

General references

• The Complete Jazz At the Philharmonic On Verve, 1944–49, 10 CDs, Verve Records (1998) OCLC 50117266
• Scott Yanow, Marjorie Hyams at Allmusic
• The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950, Three volumes, by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000), "Hyams" in Vol 2, Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, NY (1974) OCLC 897890 ISBN 0870002295 ISBN 9780870002298
• The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Third edition, Eight volumes, edited by Colin Larkin, "Hyams in Vol 4, Muze, London (1998) Grove's Dictionaries, New York (1998) OCLC 39837948 ISBN 1561592374 ISBN 9781561592371 ISBN 033374134X ISBN 9780333741344
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, First edition, Two volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), Macmillan Press, London (1988) OCLC 16804283 ISBN 0333398467 ISBN 9780333398463 ISBN 093585939X ISBN 9780935859393
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), St. Martin's Press, New York (1994) OCLC 30516743 ISBN 0312113579 ISBN 9780312113575
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second edition, Three volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), Macmillan Publishers, London (2002) OCLC 46956628 ISBN 1561592846 ISBN 9781561592845 ISBN 033369189X ISBN 9780333691892
• Linda M. Dahl (born 1949), Stormy weather: the music and lives of a century of jazzwomen, pps. 79 & 87 Pantheon Books (1984) OCLC 10020976, 12462670 and 234287578 ISBN 0039453553 ISBN 9780039453558 ISBN 039472271X ISBN 9780394722719
• William D. Clancy, with Audree Coke Kenton, foreword by Steve Allen, Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds, Schirmer Books (1995) OCLC 243809412, 31435792 and 462271707

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