Mick Pyne


Michael John "Mick" Pyne was an English jazz pianist. His brother was jazz musician Chris Pyne.

Biography

Pyne learned piano from the age of three; he later learned violin, and began playing cornet when he was 13. Around 1957 he and his brother Chris formed their own band before Mick moved to London in 1959. He played briefly with Tony Kinsey in 1962, then played U.S. Army bases in France, in addition to working with Alexis Korner, from 1962 to 1963.
Returning to London at the end of 1963, Pyne worked in the 1960s with John Stevens, Phil Seamen, and extensively with Tubby Hayes, in addition to doing European tours with Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Lee Konitz, Hank Mobley, and Joe Williams. In the 1970s he worked with Hayes as well as with Ronnie Scott, Humphrey Lyttelton, Jon Eardley and Cecil Payne. In the 1980s Pyne's associations included Georgie Fame, Adelaide Hall, Keith Smith and Charlie Watts.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

  • Alone Together
  • Two of a Kind – with Jon Eardley
  • Once in a While – with Humphrey Lyttelton
  • A Little Blue
  • ''The Artistry of Mick Pyne''

    As sideman

With Michael Gibbs
  • Michael Gibbs
  • Tanglewood 63
With Tubby Hayes
  • Mexican Green
  • Live 1969
  • England's Great Late Jazz
  • For Members Only - '67 Live
  • 200 % Proof
With Humphrey Lyttelton
With Bob Wilber
With others