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

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and ...

genres. He was born in

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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. Hi ...

. 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

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United ...

. 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 (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), T ...

'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 flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, ...

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

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

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'' from the soundtrack for the

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

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''. His brother was the saxophonist Ted Nash and he has three children, Ted, 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. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

*''

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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 January 1959 on RCA Victor. It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Ye ...

'' (1959) *''The Music from Mr. Lucky'' (1960) *''Combo!'' 1960 *'' The Blues and the Beat'' *''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 Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, 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 ...

*'' Rugolo Plays Kenton'' (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 Music of Latin America, Lati ...

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

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967, to March 13, 1975. The show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer ...

'' (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 re ...

*''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 jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...

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

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino 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 to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but ...

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

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

(1951) *''Finest Hour'',

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

(2001) *'' Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool)'',

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

(Prestige, 1968) *'' Chances Are It Swings'',

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 arra ...

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

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...

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

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

(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 ...

(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 ...

*''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 and jazz singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, an ...

(1998) *''Tutti's Trombones'', Tutti Camarata (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, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

(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 played by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early li ...

(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 retired 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, sh ...

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

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, reco ...

(1984) *''In Good Company'', Sue Raney (1990) *''Showstoppers'',

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott ...

(1991) *''Christmas Album'',

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...

(1992) *''Timepiece'',

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (born Kenneth Donald Rogers) (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particul ...

(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 i ...

* ''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, Idah ...

* ''Smile (Tribute to Hollywood)'', Julia Migenes * ''Sonny's Dream'' (1968),

*''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!") * '' The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' (1976) *''

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

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'' (1995) *''

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'' (2001)

References

External links

British Trombone Society InterviewAll About JazzDick Nash Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, Dick 1928 births Living people American jazz trombonists American male jazz musicians California National Guard personnel American male trombonists 21st-century American trombonists 21st-century American male musicians United States Army soldiers The Wrecking Crew (music) members Jazz musicians from Boston