By 1964, O'Brien could read the writing on the jazz wall. According to his Wikipedia entry, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he studied mathematics and psychology, achieving his bachelor's in 1969. Then he took a position in computer programming at New York University from 1969-74, studying computer music under Hall Overton and Charles Wuorinen.
Fortnately for us, O'Brien returned to trio piano.
For more on Hod O'Brien, go to his site here.
JazzWax tracks: You'll Find Have Piano Will Swing (Fresh Sound) here.
JazzWax clip: Here's Dancing in the Dark from Have Piano Will Swing.
And here's Will You Still Be Mine from So That's How it Is...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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