Margie Hyams

If Margie Hyams hadn’t retired prematurely, she’d have been far better known within the jazz world. A talented vibraphonist in a position to play both in bop and golf swing configurations, Hyams was a significant musician through the second fifty percent of the 1940s. She was highlighted with Woody Herman’s First Herd (1944-1945), led her very own trio (1945-1948), and was a genuine person in the George Shearing Quintet (1949-1950). Furthermore, she documented with Turn Phillips, Mary Lou Williams, and Charlie Ventura. Nevertheless, in 1950 Hyams (who hardly ever led a documenting program of her personal) wedded and made a decision to retire from music at age 27. Small was noticed from her later on, a major reduction to jazz. She passed away in Southern California in June 2012 at age 91.