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Forgotten Man (album)
''Forgotten Man'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, his first recording for the Timeless Records, Timeless label, featuring Donaldson's quartet with Herman Foster, Geoff Fuller, and Victor Jones. Reception The album was awarded 2½ stars in an Allmusic review by Scott Yanow who stated "Although not essential, this album should easily please Lou Donaldson's fans, for it finds him in exuberant form".Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed December 16, 2009. Track listing ''All compositions by Lou Donaldson except as indicated'' # "Confirmation (composition), Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) – 5:58 # "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" (Lou Donaldson, Leon Spencer) – 5:34 # "This is Happiness" (Tadd Dameron) – 3:44 # "Tracy" – 4:37 # "Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton (musician), George Norton) – 6:52 # "Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song), Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:15 # "Exactly Like You (song), Exactly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Donaldson
Louis Andrew Donaldson Jr. (November 1, 1926 – November 9, 2024) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He was best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, as were many during the bebop era. Early life Donaldson was born in Badin, North Carolina, on November 1, 1926. He attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro in the early 1940s. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was trained at the Great Lakes bases in Chicago where he was introduced to bop music in the lively club scene. Career At the war's conclusion, Donaldson returned to Greensboro, where he worked club dates with the Rhythm Vets, a combo composed of A and T students who had served in the U.S. Navy. The band recorded the soundtrack to a musical comedy featurette, ''Pitch a Boogie Woogie'', in Greenville, North Carolina, in the summer of 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Spencer
Leon Spencer (November 1, 1945 – March 11, 2012) was an American jazz organist from Houston, Texas. He played piano with David Newman and organ with Melvin Sparks. Spencer recorded for Prestige in the early 1970s with Buddy Caldwell, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, and Grover Washington Jr. Discography As leader * '' Sneak Preview!'' (Prestige, 1970; reissued as ''Legends Of Acid Jazz: Leon Spencer'', 1997) * '' Louisiana Slim'' (Prestige, 1971; reissued as ''Legends Of Acid Jazz: Leon Spencer'', 1997) * '' Bad Walking Woman'' (Prestige, 1972) * '' Where I'm Coming From'' (Prestige, 1973) As sideman With Rusty Bryant * ''Fire Eater'' (Prestige, 1971; reissued as ''Legends Of Acid Jazz: Rusty Bryant, Vol. 2'', 1999) With Karl Denson * ''Dance Lesson #2'' (Blue Note, 2001) With Lou Donaldson * ''Pretty Things'' (Blue Note, 1970) * '' The Scorpion: Live at The Cadillac Club'' (Blue Note, 1970 el. 1995 * ''Cosmos'' (Blue Note, 1971) With Wilbert Longmire * ''Revolution'' ( World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Donaldson Albums
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Alto Saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ (musical note), E, smaller than the B♭ (musical note), B Tenor saxophone, tenor but larger than the B Soprano saxophone, soprano. It is the most common saxophone and is used in popular music, concert bands, chamber music, List of concert works for saxophone, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, pep bands, carnatic music, and jazz (such as big bands, jazz combos, swing music). The alto saxophone had a prominent role in the development of jazz. Influential jazz musicians who made significant contributions include Don Redman, Jimmy Dorsey, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Art Pepper, Paul Desmond, and Cannonball Adderley. Although the role of the alto saxophone in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exactly Like You (song)
"Exactly Like You" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields and published in 1930. The song was introduced by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in the 1930 Broadway show ''Lew Leslie's International Revue'' which also featured McHugh and Fields's "On the Sunny Side of the Street". Other versions * Ruth Etting (1930) * Louis Armstrong (1930) * Casa Loma Orchestra (1930) * Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra with Scrappy Lambert on vocals (1930) * Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing on vocals * Django Reinhardt (1937) * Don Byas with Thelonious Monk (1941) * Nat King Cole Trio (1949) * Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz – '' Diz and Getz'' (1953) * Erroll Garner (1954) * Bing Crosby - for his album '' Bing with a Beat'' (1957). * Aretha Franklin * Nina Simone (1959) * Sue Raney - ''Songs for a Raney Day'' (1960) *Sam Cooke - My Kind of Blues (1961) * Benny Goodman with Lionel Hampton on vocals * The Masakowski Family, ''N. O. Escape'' * Dave M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy McHugh
James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, June Christy, Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, Deanna Durbin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Adelaide Hall, Billie Holiday, Beverly Kenney, Bill Kenny, The Everly Brothers, Peggy Lee, Carmen Miranda, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. Career McHugh began his career in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where he published about a dozen songs with local publishers. His first success was with the World War I song " Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home", and this also came near the start of a decade-long collaboration with lyricist Jack Caddigan. After struggling in a variety of jobs, including rehearsal pianist for the Boston Opera House and pianist- song plugge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include " The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), " On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), " Don't Blame Me" (1948), " Pick Yourself Up" (1936), " I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935), " You Couldn't Be Cuter" (1938) and " Big Spender" (1966). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and Kay Swift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters. Early life Fields was born in Allenhurst, New Jersey, and grew up in New York City. In 1923, Fields graduated from the Benjamin School for Girls in New York City. At school, she was outstanding in the subjects of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields And Jimmy McHugh Song)
"Don't Blame Me" is a popular song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was part of the 1932 show ''Clowns in Clover'' and was published in 1933. Popular versions that year were recorded by: Ethel Waters (US No. 6), Guy Lombardo, and Charles Agnew. Later recordings *It was a No. 21 hit for Nat King Cole in 1948. *The song received two significant "rock era" remakes: a ballad version by the Everly Brothers in 1961 which reached No. 20 on ''Billboard'', and an up-tempo version by Frank Ifield which reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart on 15 February 1964, as well as in New Zealand. In the U.S., Ifield's version reached No. 128. Other recordings * Charles Agnew and his Hotel Stevens Orchestra (1933). ''The New Yorker'' magazine reviewed this recording as "richly played." * Ethel Waters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra – 1933 * Teddy Wilson – 1937 * Nat "King" Cole October 1938, July 1944,The King Cole Trio: The MacGregor Years, 1941-1945, Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Norton (musician)
Lieutenant General Sir George Pemberton Ross Norton, (born 27 November 1962) is a retired British Army officer. He was the UK Military Representative to NATO from 2016 to 2020, and has served as the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies since 2020. Military career After being educated at Radley College and St John's College, Cambridge, Norton studied at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 1 July 1984. Promoted to captain on 27 November 1987, he attended the Military Academy of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg in 1993, before being promoted to major on 30 September 1994. Norton was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff within Headquarters Implementation Force (IFOR) in 1997, for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 2000, he joined the directing staff at the Joint Serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Burnett
Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to: People * Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive * Ernie Adams (other) * Ernie Afaganis (born c. 1933), Canadian sports announcer * Ernie Althoff (born 1950), Australian musician and composer * Ernie Anastos (born 1943), American television journalist * Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), American radio and television announcer * Ernie Ashcroft (1925–1985), English rugby league footballer * Ernie Ball (1930–2004), American guitarist and businessman * Ernie Banks (1931–2015), American baseball player * Ernie Barbarash, American film producer * Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), American football player and painter * Ernie Blenkinsop (1902–1969), English footballer * Ernie Boch Jr. (born 1958), American billionaire businessman * Ernie Bond (other) * Ernie Bridge (1936–2013), Australian politician * Ernie Broglio (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadd Dameron
Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. The bands he arranged for included those of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan. In 1940–41, Dameron was the piano player and arranger for the Kansas City band Harlan Leonard and his Rockets. He and lyricist Carl Sigman wrote " If You Could See Me Now" for Sarah Vaughan and it became one of her first signature songs. According to the composer, his greatest influences were George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. In the late 1940s, Dameron wrote arrangements for the big band of Dizzy Gillespie, who gave the première of his large-scale orchestral piece ''Soulphony in Three Hearts'' at Carnegie Hall in 1948. Also in 1948, Dameron led his own group in New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, Virtuoso, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid Passing chord, passing chords, new variants of Altered chord, altered chords, and Chord substitution, chord substitutions. Parker was primarily a player of the alto saxophone. Parker was an icon for the hipster (1940s subculture), hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer. Early life Charles Parker Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Parker Sr. and Adelaide "Addie" Bailey, who was of mixed Choctaw and African-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
