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	'''Richard Aaron Katz''' ({{Date\|1924-03-13}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-katz-mn0000821321/biography\|title=Dick Katz \| Biography & History\|website=[[AllMusic]]\|accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref> – {{Date\|2009-11-10})<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/arts/music/13katz.html\|title=Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts Over 6 Decades, Is Dead\|first=Ben\|last=Ratliff\|date=November 12, 2009\|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist, arranger and record producer. He freelanced throughout much of his career, and worked in a number of ensembles. He co-founded [[Milestone Records]] in 1966 with [[Orrin Keepnews]].		'''Richard Aaron Katz''' ({{Date\|1924-03-13}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-katz-mn0000821321/biography\|title=Dick Katz \| Biography & History\|website=[[AllMusic]]\|accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref> – {{Date\|2009-11-10}})<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/arts/music/13katz.html\|title=Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts Over 6 Decades, Is Dead\|first=Ben\|last=Ratliff\|date=November 12, 2009\|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist, arranger and record producer. He freelanced throughout much of his career, and worked in a number of ensembles. He co-founded [[Milestone Records]] in 1966 with [[Orrin Keepnews]].

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'''Richard Aaron Katz''' (March 13, 1924<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-katz-mn0000821321/biography|title=Dick Katz | Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2020-04-10}}</ref> – November 10, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/arts/music/13katz.html|title=Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts Over 6 Decades, Is Dead|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|date=November 12, 2009|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist, arranger and record producer. He freelanced throughout much of his career, and worked in a number of ensembles. He co-founded [[Milestone Records]] in 1966 with [[Orrin Keepnews]].

== Career ==
Katz studied at the [[Peabody Institute]], the [[Manhattan School of Music]], and [[Juilliard]]. He also took piano lessons from [[Teddy Wilson]]. In the 1950s, he joined the house rhythm section of the [[Café Bohemia]], and worked in the groups of [[Ben Webster]] and [[Kenny Dorham]], [[Oscar Pettiford]], and, later, [[Carmen McRae]]. From 1954 to 1955, he was part of the [[J. J. Johnson]]/[[Kai Winding]] Quintet. He also worked in [[Orchestra USA]] and participated on [[Benny Carter]]'s ''[[Further Definitions]]'' album, and worked on some of [[Helen Merrill]]'s recordings. In the late 1960s, he played with [[Roy Eldridge]] and [[Lee Konitz]]. In the 1990s, he worked as a pianist and arranger with the [[American Jazz Orchestra]] and [[Loren Schoenberg]]'s big band.

[[Will Friedwald]] called Katz "a keyboardist of uncommon sensitivity and harmonic acumen."<ref>{{cite book |last= Friedwald |first= Will |title= A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. |url= https://archive.org/details/biographicalguid0000frie |url-access= registration |publisher= Pantheon. |date=November 2010 |isbn= 978-0-375-42149-5}}</ref> He was the favorite pianist of Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins, as well as vocalists Carmen McRae and Helen Merrill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/12/22/the-octojazzarians-dick-katz |title=Octojazzarian profile: Dick Katz |publisher=Jazz.com |date=2008-12-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918164553/http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/12/22/the-octojazzarians-dick-katz |archivedate=2011-09-18 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He died in Manhattan of lung cancer at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/arts/music/13katz.html|title=Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts over 6 Decades, is Dead|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 November 2009|last1=Ratliff|first1=Ben}}</ref>

His son, Jamie Katz, a [[Columbia University]] graduate, is a freelance journalist and contributor to the [[Smithsonian (magazine)|''Smithsonian'']] magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boncy|first=Alexis|date=Fall 2020|title=Radio Days|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall-2020/article/radio-days|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021122728/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall-2020/article/radio-days |archive-date=2020-10-21 |access-date=September 23, 2020|website=Columbia College Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Articles by Jamie Katz {{!}} Smithsonian Magazine|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/author/jamie-katz/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=www.smithsonianmag.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gambino|first=Megan|title=Jamie Katz on "The Soul of Memphis"|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/jamie-katz-on-the-soul-of-memphis-21666510/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==
===As leader/co-leader===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year recorded
!Title
!Label
!Notes
|-
|1957
|''Jazz Piano International''
|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
|Trio, with [[Ralph Peña (musician)|Ralph Peña]] (bass), [[Connie Kay]] (drums); album shared with [[Derek Smith (musician)|Derek Smith]] and [[René Urtreger]]<ref name="discog" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Dryden |first=Ken |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-piano-international-mw0000870697 |title= Dick Katz: Jazz Piano International |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=February 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1958–59
|''Piano and Pen''
|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
|Quartet, with [[Jimmy Raney]] and [[Chuck Wayne]] (guitar; separately), [[Joe Benjamin]] (bass), Connie Kay (drums)<ref name="discog">{{cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Michael |date=October 2, 2011 |title=Dick Katz Leader Entry |publisher= |url=https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/KatzDick-ldr.php |website=Jazzdiscography.com |accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
|1968
|''A Shade of Difference''
|[[Milestone Records|Milestone]]
|Co-led with [[Helen Merrill]] (vocals)
|-
|1984
|''[[In High Profile]]''
|[[Bee Hive Records|Bee Hive]]
|Some tracks trio, with [[Marc Johnson (musician)|Marc Johnson]] (bass), [[Al Harewood]] (drums); some tracks quintet, with [[Jimmy Knepper]] (trombone), [[Frank Wess]] (tenor sax, flute) added<ref name="discog" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-high-profile-mw0000920360 |title= Dick Katz: In High Profile |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=February 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1992
|''3 Way Play''
|[[Reservoir Records|Reservoir]]
|Trio, with [[Steve LaSpina]] (bass), [[Ben Riley]] (drums)<ref>{{cite web |last=Dryden |first=Ken |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/3-way-play-mw0000105352 |title= Dick Katz: 3 Way Play |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=February 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''The Line Forms Here''
|[[Reservoir Records|Reservoir]]
|Quintet, with [[Benny Golson]] (tenor sax), [[Ryan Kisor]] (trumpet), [[Steve LaSpina]] (bass), [[Ben Riley]] (drums)<ref name="discog" />
|}

===As sideman===
'''With [[Benny Carter]]'''
*''[[Further Definitions]]'' (Impulse!, 1961)
*''[[Central City Sketches]]'' (MusicMasters, 1987)
'''With [[Al Cohn]]'''
*''[[Four Brass One Tenor]]'' (RCA Victor, 1955)
'''With [[Jack DeJohnette]]'''
*''[[The DeJohnette Complex]]'' (Milestone, 1969)
'''With [[Kenny Dorham]]'''
*''Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets'' (Chess, 1956)
'''With [[Nancy Harrow]]'''
*''Secrets'' (Soul Note, 1991)
'''With [[Milt Hinton]]'''
*''East Coast Jazz /5'' (Rhino, 1955)
'''With [[Jimmy Knepper]]'''
*''[[Dream Dancing (Jimmy Knepper album)|Dream Dancing]]'' (Criss Cross, 1986)
'''With [[Lee Konitz]]'''
*''[[The Lee Konitz Duets]]'' (Milestone, 1967)
*''[[Peacemeal]]'' (Milestone, 1969)
*''[[Satori (Konitz album)|Satori]]'' (Milestone, 1974)
*''[[Oleo (Lee Konitz album)|Oleo]]'' (Sonet, 1975)
*''[[Chicago 'n All That Jazz]]'' (Groove Merchant, 1975)
'''With [[Carmen McRae]]'''
*''[[Something to Swing About]]'' (Kapp, 1959)
'''With [[Helen Merrill]]'''
*"The feeling is mutual" 1965
*''Chasin' The Bird'' (Emarcy, 1979)
'''With [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]]'''
*''[[The Blues and Other Colors]]'' (Milestone, 1969)
'''With [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]]'''
*''[[I'm Still Swinging]]'' (RCA Victor, 1955)
'''With [[Oscar Pettiford]]'''
*''[[The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two]]'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
'''With [[Jimmy Raney]]'''
*''[[Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer]]'' (ABC-Paramount) with [[Bob Brookmeyer]]
'''With [[Sonny Rollins]]'''
*''[[Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass]]'' (Metrojazz, 1957)
'''With [[Loren Schoenberg]]'''
*’’That’s The Way It Goes’’ (Aviva, 1984)
*’’Time Waits For No One’’ (Music Masters 1987)
*’’Solid Ground’’(Music Masters 1988)
*’’Just A Settin’ And A-Rockin’ ‘’(Music Masters 1989)
*''Manhattan Work Song'' (Music Masters 1992)
*''Out Of This World'' (TBC; 1997)
'''With [[Ben Webster]]'''
*''Big Ben Time!'' (Philips, 1963)
'''With [[Kai Winding]] and [[J. J. Johnson]]
*''Kai and Jay and [[Bennie Green]] with Strings'' (OJC, 1952–54)
*''[[K + J.J.]]'' (Bethlehem, 1955)
*''[[Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport]]'' (Columbia, 1956)
*''[[Jay and Kai]]'' (Columbia, 1957)

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