Throughout a busy musical career that got underway in the early '50s, Dick Hyman has excelled as pianist, organist, arranger, music director and composer. His versatility in all of these areas has resulted in film scores, orchestral compositions, concert appearances and well over 100 albums recorded under his own name. While developing a masterful facility for improvisation in his own piano style, Mr. Hyman also has researched and recorded the piano music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Zez Confrey, Eubie Blake and Fats Waller. Other solo recordings include the music of Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Duke Ellington. Mr. Hyman has served as composer/arranger/conductor/pianist for a dozen Woody Allen films including "Zelig," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "Mighty Aphrodite." His music also has been heard in "The Mask," "Billy Bathgate," "Two Weeks Notice" and other films. "Dick Hyman's Century of Jazz Piano," an encyclopedic CD-ROM, highlights the diverse styles of 60 of the most influential pianists.