Clyde Hart (1910 – March 19, 1945) was an American jazz pianist and arranger.
[2] He started his career as a professional jazz pianist in 1929 when he joined Gene Coy's ensemble.
[3] Hart played piano in Blanche Calloway's big band from 1931 to 1935 and was based in New York City from 1936.
In the first half of the 1940s he played with John Kirby, Roy Eldridge and Hot Lips Page, among others.
In the last few months of his life, Hart performed with some of the most important figures of the bebop era, such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas, and led recording three sessions.