Tony Hymas

Tony Hymas
Genres Progressive jazz
Occupations Musician, composer
Instruments keyboards, Piano
Associated acts Ph.D., Jeff Beck, Stanley Clarke, Jack Bruce, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie

Anthony 'Tony' Hymas is an English keyboard player, pianist, composer and is well known for being a founding member of Ph.D. He is a very versatile musician and contributes in different styles of music.

Tony Hymas started as a chorister at the Exeter Cathedral and studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music.

He played with Jack Bruce in the Jack Bruce band. He played also with Jeff Beck and Stanley Clarke during their tour in Japan 1987. This led to a long association with Jeff Beck.[1][2]

His latest work is a compact disc with piano music of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie : Correspondances Erik Satie- Claude Debussy.

References

  1. ^ Katz, Larry (17 March 1999). Beck is back; Who's returned to rock including a stop at The Orpheum? Who else?, Boston Herald ("That somebody was Tony Hymas, Beck's longtime keyboardist. Hymas had written a bunch of tunes, many of which ...")
  2. ^ Tony Hymas Profile, Magna Carta Records, Retrieved May 21, 2011

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