Tyzik, born in Hyde Park, New York, started playing cornet at age nine,[3] after being inspired by the buglers in an Independence Day parade in nearby Poughkeepsie.
Tyzik won a Grammy Award in 1987 for producing the 1986 album The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen.
In addition to Severinsen and Mangione, Tyzik has arranged music and produced records for Maynard Ferguson and for the Woody Herman Orchestra.
The Royal Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and the Summit Brass have all recorded music arranged or composed by Tyzik.
Tyzik later branched out into more traditional orchestral styles, conducting a few RPO concerts outside of the Pops series.
The album, on the Harmonia Mundi label, received very positive reviews, with David Hurwitz calling it "unquestionably the best Gershwin disc to come along in years".