ArtistInfo

Hod O'Brien

p, *1936 US
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Walter Howard O'Brien

Walter Howard "Hod" O'Brien (born January 19, 1936 in Chicago) is an American jazz pianist.O'Brien attended The Hotchkiss School and then studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and at the Manhattan School of Music (1954–57). He began playing professionally in 1950, and substituted for Randy Weston in 1955. He led his own group in Lenox, Massachusetts during 1956–57, then joined Oscar Pettiford in 1957–58, and J.R. Monterose/Elvin Jones in 1958–59. Between 1960 and 1963 he played with Phil Woods, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Rouse, and Lee Konitz. In 1964 he enrolled at Columbia University, where he studied mathematics and psychology, achieving his bachelor's in 1969; he then took a position in computer programming at New York University during 1969-74, and studied computer music under Hall Overto

Instruments

• Piano
• Drums

Genres

• Jazz
• Classical

Plays With