Welcome to the Artistic Director's Guide

The Artistic Director's Guide is our way of taking you "beyond the bio". Here you'll find audio and video clips, and I'll describe what I like about each artist and suggest why he or she is important to the scene. So dive in—use the menu options above to find an artist, and let's seek to answer "What's so good about...?"

Josh Grossman, Artistic Director
Toronto Downtown Jazz

What's so good about Dick Hyman?

Artist: 
Dick Hyman

Over the past one hundred years, the style of jazz piano playing has changed immensely: ragtime, stride, swing, bebop, free jazz and more...and Dick Hyman can play them all.

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