Remembering Charlie Banacos with Garry Dial

Garry Dial has firmly established himself as one of the most prodigious and respected talents in jazz today, always broadening his artistic horizons as a pianist, composer, producer and teacher. Throughout his remarkable career, he has performed with such jazz legends as Red Rodney, Ira Sullivan, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Haynes, Mel Lewis, Nat Adderly, Joe Lovano, and Jerry Bergonzi.
Initially, Dial’s talent as a pianist earned him a coveted and unique place in jazz history. In the late 1970’s Ruth Ellington, sister of the great Duke Ellington, enlisted him to record the entire Tempo Music catalog for the family’s personal archive. Forty years later Garry and his colleagues Dick Oatts and Rich DeRosa performed and arranged nine of these unheard gems with the WDR Big Band. “Unheard Ellington” was released on Zoho Records in September 2017.
Garry studied with Charlie for 37 years and through his guidance and inspiration wrote the curriculum for Jazz Improvisation at Manhattan School of Music, and the Theory and Performance curriculum at the New School.
Not only is Garry a master teacher, performer, composer, and arranger but most of all a beloved friend. Charlie Banacos chose Garry to continue teaching his correspondence lessons and Garry has carried the torch for almost 9 years now and counting.
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