Bill Hardman

William Franklin Hardman, Jr. (April 6, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio – December 5, 1990 in Paris, France) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop.

Career

Hardman grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and worked with local players including Bobby Few and Bob Cunningham; while in high school he appeared with Tadd Dameron, and after graduation he joined Tiny Bradshaw's band. Hardman's first recording was with Jackie McLean in 1955; he later played with Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver, and Lou Donaldson, and led a group with Junior Cook. Hardman also recorded as a leader: Saying Something on the Savoy label received critical acclaim in jazz circles, but was little known to the general public. He had three periods in as many decades with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Hardman's misfortune was not to be with the Messengers at the time of their popular Blue Note recordings. Blakey occasionally featured him playing several extended choruses unaccompanied.

Bill Hardman (rugby league)

William Eastwood "Bill" Hardman (1900-1987) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1920s.

A St. George junior player from Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, Hardman was a tough front row forward for the St George Dragons during the club's foundation years. He played eight seasons for Saints between 1924-1931, and played in two Grand Finals for the club: 1927 and 1930. Hardman also represented New South Wales in six games between 1925-1926. After retiring as a player, Bill Hardman returned to his junior club, the Brighton Seagulls, to coach the juniors.

Hardman died on 14 April 1987, at Mosman, New South Wales, aged 86.

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