Unison (George Mraz And Zoe Rahman Album)
''Unison'' is a studio album by musicians George Mraz and Zoe Rahman, released on 15 July 2013 by Cube-Metier. Background Music producer Paul Vlcek sought Zoe Rahman out to play with George Mraz from amongst the most talented British jazz pianists. Critical response Steve Arloff of ''MusicWeb International'' said of ''Unison'', "...this superb disc of beautiful chamber jazz because it truly represents the meeting of minds of two superlative musicians who, would you believe, met for the first time only on the afternoon of this, the third in a series of concerts held for charity." Track listing Personnel ;Musicians *Zoe Rahman – piano *George Mraz – bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ... References External links * * * {{Authority control 2013 albums I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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George Mraz
George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz; 9 September 1944 – 16 September 2021) was a Czech-born American jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stephane Grappelli, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Raney, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, and Richie Beirach, among others. During the 1970s, he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and in the 1980s a member of Quest. He also appeared with Joe Lovano, Hank Jones and Paul Motian on Lovano's records '' I'm All For You'' and '' Joyous Encounter''. Discography As leader/co-leader * 1977: ''Alone Together'' with Masaru Imada ( Three Blind Mice) * 1992: ''Catching Up'' * 1995: ''Jazz'' with Richie Beirach, Billy Hart, Larry Willis, Rich Perry * 1995: ''My Foolish Heart'' with Richie Beirach, Billy Hart * 1997: ''Bottom Lines'' with Cyrus Chestnut, Al Foster, Rich Perry * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zoe Rahman
Zoe Rahman (born 20 January 1971) is an English jazz composer and pianist. Early life Rahman was born and brought up in Chichester, West Sussex, England by a Bengali father, Mizan Rahman, and an English-Irish mother. Her mother was a doctor who grew up in New Zealand. Rahman describes her childhood as being "completely English" and has described herself as culturally "very English". Her father's family is from Dhaka. Her maternal grandmother is from Ireland. Rahman started off playing classical piano when she was about four years old. Her family had a piano that her parents had bought for £10 and Rahman's older sister started to play; her other two siblings and Rahman followed her footsteps. Rahman and her younger brother, Idris, got into listening to jazz when they were teenagers and tried to work out how to play. Rahman had jazz piano lessons with various teachers and found opportunities to gig with other musicians. She studied classical piano at the Royal Academy of Music, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Together Again (Emil Viklický And George Mraz Album)
''Together Again'' is a collaborative album by pianist Emil Viklický and bassist George Mraz George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz; 9 September 1944 – 16 September 2021) was a Czech-born American jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stephan .... Both these musicians are from the Czech Republic, but Mraz has lived in the US since the 1960s. Recorded at Realistic Sound Studio, it was produced by Siggi Loch and mixed by Klaus Scheuermann. Track listing #"Dear Lover" #"Poem" #"Theme From 5th Part of Sinfonietta" #"A Bird Flew By" #"U Dunaja u Prešpurka" #"Austerlitz" #"Moon, Sleeping in a Cradle" #"Thank You, Laca" #"Up on a Fir Tree" #"I Saw Grey Pidgeon" #"In Holomóc Town" Personnel *Emil Viklický: piano *George Mraz: acoustic bass References 2014 albums Instrumental albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kindred Spirits (Zoe Rahman Album)
''Kindred Spirits'' is the fifth studio album by English jazz composer Zoe Rahman, released on 23 January 2012 by Manushi Records. Background an composition ''Kindred Spirits'' is inspired by Zoe Rahman's discovery of the connections between Irish and Scottish folk music and the work of Bengali poet, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore. The album includes three tracks written by Rabindranath Tagore and Stevie Wonder's "Contusion". Rahman wrote over half of the tracks The album was recorded in spring 2011. Critical response John Fordham of ''The Guardian'' rated ''Kindred Spirits'' 4/5 and called the album "..a varied and widely appealing set..." Martin Longley of ''BBC Music'' called the album "A set melding its varied constituents into a deeply personal final form." ''ABC Online'' said of the album, it "stretches from ballads to McCoy Tyner-like muscularity and even a version of Contusion." Chris May of ''All About Jazz'' said of the album, "It all adds up to another b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Morricone
Andrea Morricone (born 10 October 1964) is an Italian composer and conductor, known for his film scores. He is the third child, and second son, of late composer and Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ... winner Ennio Morricone. He composed the film scores for the American films '' Capturing the Friedmans'' and '' Liberty Heights''. He collaborated with his father on the score for '' Cinema Paradiso'', for which they won a '' BAFTA'' Award for For Best Original Film Music. The Love Theme from '' Cinema Paradiso'' is a work by Andrea Morricone. He has also composed music for many other Italian films, including '' The Inquiry'' and '' The Entrepreneur''. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morricone, Andrea 1964 births Living people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since ''A Fistful of Dollars'', all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since '' Cinema Paradiso'', '' The Battle of Algiers'', Dario Argento's ''Animal Trilogy'', ''1900'', ''Exorcist II'', ''Days of Heaven'', several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy '' La Cage aux Folles I'', '' II'', ''III'' and '' Le Professionnel'', as well as '' The Thing'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', '' The Mission'', '' The Untouchables'', '' Mission to Mars'', ''Bugsy'', '' Disclosure'', '' In the Line of Fire'', '' Bulworth'', ''Ripley's Game'', an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 musical keyboard, 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Double Bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar in structure to the cello, it has four, although occasionally five, strings. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, viola, and cello, ''The Orchestra: A User's Manual'' , Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra as well as the concert band, and is featured in Double bass concerto, concertos, solo, and chamber music in European classical music, Western classical music.Alfred Planyavsky [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2013. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2013 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date Albums 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Instrumental Albums
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer themselves will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large big band, concert band or orchestra. In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zoe Rahman Albums
Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcasting Network, in the Philippines * '' Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane'', later ''Zoe...'', an American sitcom Music * ''Zoë'' (album), 2011, by Zoë Badwi * Zoé (band), a rock band from Mexico * Zoë Records * ''Zoe'', an opera by Giorgio Miceli ; Songs * "Zoe" (song), by Paganini Traxx * "Zoe", by Stereophonics on the 2013 album ''Graffiti on the Train'' * "Zoe", by Paul Kelly from ''The A – Z Recordings'' Places * Zoe, Kentucky, a town in Lee County, US * Zoe, Oklahoma, Le Flore County, US Technology * Zoe Motors, an American automobile manufacturer * Zoé (reactor), the first French atomic reactor * Zoë (robot), mapping life in the Atacama Desert of Chile * Renault Zoe, a 2013 electric car Other uses *ZOE (company), nutrition a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |