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Solo (Kai Winding Album)
''Solo'' is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding recorded in 1963 for the Verve label.Payne, DKai Winding on Verve (1961-1967) accessed June 23, 2016 Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow observed "Trombonist Kai Winding is not here featured on unaccompanied solos despite the title of this album, but it does showcase his horn without the usual three or four trombones that he regularly used during the period. ...this is one of Winding's best (and least commercial) recordings of the 1960s". Track listing # " How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" ( Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:00 # "Recardo (Bossa Nova)" (Luiz Antonio, Djalma Ferreira) - 3:45 # "Playboy's Theme" ( Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:31 # "The Things We Did Last Summer" ( Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 3:42 # " The Sweetest Sounds" ( Richard Rodgers) - 2:47 # "Hey There" ( Jerry Ross, Richard Adler) - 3:30 # "I'm Your Bunny Bossa Nova" (Kai Winding) - 2:45 # " Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Winding
Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of "More", the theme from the movie '' Mondo Cane'', reached in 1963 number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 and remained his only entry here. Biography Winding was born in Aarhus, Denmark. His father, Ove Winding was a naturalized U.S. citizen, thus Kai, his mother and sisters, though born abroad were already U.S. citizens. In September 1934, his mother, Jenny Winding, moved Kai and his two sisters, Ann and Alice. Kai graduated in 1940 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and that same year began his career as a professional trombonist with Shorty Allen's band. Subsequently, he played with Sonny Dunham and Alvino Rey, until he entered the United States Coast Guard during World War II. After the war, Winding was a member of Benny Goodman's orchestra, then Stan Kenton's. He parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey There
"Hey There" is a show tune from the musical play ''The Pajama Game,'' written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It was published in 1954. It was introduced by John Raitt in the original production. In the show, Sid sings it to a recording device, telling himself that he's foolish to continue his advances to Babe. He plays the tape back, and after responding to his own comments, sings a duet with himself. 1954 recordings It was subsequently recorded by a number of artists: *The recording by Rosemary Clooney reached No. 1 on ''Billboards chart in 1954. *Another version was also recorded at about the same time by Sammy Davis Jr., reaching No. 16 on ''Billboards retail chart. *Another 1954 version by Johnnie Ray peaked on the ''Billboard'' chart at No. 27. The song (counting all recorded versions) also reached No. 1 on the ''Cash Box'' chart in 1954. Popular culture *A popular edit of the single is in BBC One's ''Only Fools and Horses'', in the episode "Tea for Three", when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Garcia
Dick Garcia (born May 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist. Career Garcia began to play the guitar aged nine. In 1950, he was a member of Tony Scott's quartet. From 1952, he worked with George Shearing, Charlie Parker, Joe Roland, Milt Buckner, Johnny Glasel, Lenny Hambro, Aaron Sachs, and Bobby Scott. He recorded with Shearing in the late 1950s and early 1960s, then with Kai Winding. Discography As leader * ''A Message from Garcia'' (Dawn, 1956) * ''The Fourmost Guitars'' with Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne, Joe Puma (ABC-Paramount, 1957) As sideman * ''When Lights Are Low'' (MGM, 1955) * ''I Hear Music'' (MGM, 1955) * ''Lullaby of Birdland'' (MGM, 1957) * ''Taking a Chance On Love'' (MGM, 1958) * ''Jazz Conceptions'' (MGM, 1958) * ''Satin Latin'' (MGM, 1959) * ''A Jazz Date with George Shearing'' (MGM, 1961) * ''The Swingin's Mutual!'' (Capitol, 1961) * ''Satin Affair'' (Capitol, 1962) * ''San Francisco Scene'' (Capitol, 1962) * ''Smooth & Swinging'' (MGM, 1962) With others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and '' fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Tompkins
Ross Tompkins (May 13, 1938 – June 30, 2006) was an American jazz pianist who was a member of ''The Tonight Show'' Band. Biography Tompkins attended the New England Conservatory of Music, then moved to New York City, where he worked with Kai Winding (1960–67), Eric Dolphy (1964), Wes Montgomery (1966), Bob Brookmeyer/ Clark Terry (1966), Benny Goodman (1968), Bobby Hackett (1965–70), and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims (1968–72). He moved to Los Angeles in 1971, playing with Louie Bellson, Joe Venuti, and Red Norvo in the 1970s and Jack Sheldon in the 1980s. He was best known for his longtime association with The Tonight Show Band, led by Doc Severinsen, on the television program ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. He was a member of the band from 1971 until Carson's retirement in 1992. He recorded for Concord Jazz as a leader in the second half of the 1970s. Tompkins died of lung cancer at the age of 68. Discography As leader * ''A Pair to Draw To'' (Concord Jazz, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones use a telescoping slide mechanism to alter the pitch instead of the valves used by other brass instruments. The valve trombone is an exception, using three valves similar to those on a trumpet, and the superbone has valves and a slide. The word "trombone" derives from Italian ''tromba'' (trumpet) and ''-one'' (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet". The trombone has a predominantly cylindrical bore like the trumpet, in contrast to the more conical brass instruments like the cornet, the euphonium, and the French horn. The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and bass trombone. These are treated as non-transposing instruments, reading at concert pitch in bass clef, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The Jazz Foundation of America, an organisation he founded in 1989, with Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs, to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians who survived Hurricane Katrina. Taylor was a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic Leonard Feather once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz." Biography Early life and career Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina, Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Loesser
Frank Henry Loesser (; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', among others. He won a Tony Award for ''Guys and Dolls'' and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ''How to Succeed''. He also wrote songs for over 60 Hollywood films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once for Baby, It's Cold Outside. Early years Frank Henry Loesser was born to a Jewish family in New York City to Henry Loesser, a pianist,Frank Loesser biography pbs.org, accessed December 5, 2008 and Julia Ehrlich. He grew up in a house on West 107th Street in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl T
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also * Carle (other) * Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) Karle may refer to: Places * Karle (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Karli, India, a town in Maharashtra, India ** Karla Caves, a complex of Buddhist cave shrines * Karle, Belgaum, a settlement in Belgaum ... {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Changed
"You've Changed" is a popular song published in 1942 with music by Carl Fischer and words by Bill Carey. The melody features descending chromaticism. The song was first recorded on October 24, 1941 by Harry James & His Orchestra (vocal by Dick Haymes). Cover versions The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Billie Holiday on her 1958 album '' Lady in Satin''. A recording by Connie Russell briefly reached the Billboard charts in 1954. Miki Howard recorded a cover on her 1987 album ''Love Confessions'' and George Michael covered "You’ve Changed" on his 1999 album ''Songs from the Last Century ''Songs from the Last Century'' is the fourth studio album by the English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 6 December 1999 by Aegean Records and Virgin Records. Produced by Phil Ramone and George Michael, it was his only album of .... References Jazz songs 1941 songs Eva Cassidy songs Songs written by Carl T. Fischer {{1940s-jazz-composit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music, and was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including "Moon River", " Days of Wine and Roses", " Autumn Leaves", and " Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Oscar nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars. Early life Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia, where one of his first jobs, aged 10, was sweeping floors at the original 1919 location of Leopold's Ice Cream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the ''Peter Gunn'' television series as well as the music for '' The Pink Panther'' film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from '' Breakfast at Tiffany's''. ''The Music from Peter Gunn'' won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini also scored a No. 1 hit single during the rock era on the Hot 100: his arrangement and recording of the " Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet''" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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