Richard Bernard Halligan (August 29, 1943 – January 18, 2022) was an American musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.[1]
January 18, 2022(2022-01-18) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Genres
Rock, pop, jazz, chamber music
Occupation(s)
Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)
Piano, organ, trombone, flute
Years active
1968– 20??
Website
richardhalligan.com
Halligan was born in Troy, New York. He was BS&T's trombonist on their first album, Child Is Father to the Man, but when Al Kooper left the band after that first album, Halligan switched to keyboards and began playing flute as well. He received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance for "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" from the album Blood, Sweat & Tears. Halligan also arranged many of the band's charts during this time period, and he wrote several songs including "Redemption" and "Lisa Listen to Me." Halligan left BS&T in 1971 after recording their fourth album, when the band began to shift to more rock-oriented music.
In 2006 he was active as a composer and performer for various types of music, including jazz and chamber music. In 2011 and 2012 he developed and performed an autobiographical one-man show entitled "Musical Being".[3] An early title for it was "Man Overboard" and in 2013 called "Love, Sweat & Fears". Halligan earned a master's degree in music theory and composition from the Manhattan School of Music. He also conducted his original works in Carnegie Hall.[4]
dick, halligan, richard, bernard, halligan, august, 1943, january, 2022, american, musician, composer, best, known, founding, member, jazz, rock, band, blood, sweat, tears, birth, namerichard, bernard, halliganborn, 1943, august, 1943troy, york, diedjanuary, 2. Richard Bernard Halligan August 29 1943 January 18 2022 was an American musician and composer best known as a founding member of the jazz rock band Blood Sweat amp Tears 1 Dick HalliganBirth nameRichard Bernard HalliganBorn 1943 08 29 August 29 1943Troy New York U S DiedJanuary 18 2022 2022 01 18 aged 78 Rome ItalyGenresRock pop jazz chamber musicOccupation s Musician songwriterInstrument s Piano organ trombone fluteYears active1968 20 Websiterichardhalligan com Halligan was born in Troy New York He was BS amp T s trombonist on their first album Child Is Father to the Man but when Al Kooper left the band after that first album Halligan switched to keyboards and began playing flute as well He received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance for Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie from the album Blood Sweat amp Tears Halligan also arranged many of the band s charts during this time period and he wrote several songs including Redemption and Lisa Listen to Me Halligan left BS amp T in 1971 after recording their fourth album when the band began to shift to more rock oriented music In the 1970s and 1980s Halligan composed and arranged music for a number of motion pictures including Go Tell the Spartans 1978 Cheaper to Keep Her 1981 Fear City 1984 and the Chuck Norris films A Force of One 1979 and The Octagon 1980 2 In 2006 he was active as a composer and performer for various types of music including jazz and chamber music In 2011 and 2012 he developed and performed an autobiographical one man show entitled Musical Being 3 An early title for it was Man Overboard and in 2013 called Love Sweat amp Fears Halligan earned a master s degree in music theory and composition from the Manhattan School of Music He also conducted his original works in Carnegie Hall 4 Halligan died from natural causes in Rome on January 18 2022 at the age of 78 5 His daughter Shana Halligan was the vocalist of trip hop duo Bitter Sweet 6 Discography EditChild Is Father to the Man 1968 Blood Sweat amp Tears 1968 Blood Sweat amp Tears 3 1970 B S amp T 4 1971 Cat s Dream 2007 Slow Food Forum 2007 References Edit Strong Martin Charles Peel John 2004 10 21 The Great Rock Discography Canongate U S pp 155 ISBN 9781841956152 Retrieved 4 June 2012 The Woodstock Whisperer TimeOut New York Dick Halligan co founder of Blood Sweat amp Tears to perform one man show in Syracuse Friday at syracuse com Mims Taylor 24 January 2022 Blood Sweat amp Tears Co Founder Dick Halligan Dies at 78 Billboard Retrieved 25 January 2022 Music Review Bitter sweet The Mating Game Blogcritics 2014 07 28 Archived from the original on 2013 04 14 Retrieved 2014 08 01 External links EditDick Halligan at IMDb Dick Halligan at AllMusicGuide com Dick Halligan discography at Discogs Man Overboard one man show excerpt on YouTube This article on an American jazz trombonist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dick Halligan amp oldid 1100408622, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
