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Exile's Gate (album)
''Exile's Gate'' is the seventh album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed September 26, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "As a leader, saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas is wildly ambitious. Throughout the 1980s and into the '90s, Thomas experimented with everything from free jazz and funk to heavy metal and hip-hop. ''Exile's Gate'' is another such exercise... The first band plays Thomas' free-spirited and aggressive originals while the second plays standards for the most part. Only Thomas would think of putting the two approaches together on one record on alternate cuts."Jurek, T.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "Exile's Gate" - 9:26 # " Like Someone in Love" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 9:01 # "Kulture Bandits" - 7:19 # "Blues on the Corner" (McCoy Tyner) - 8:00 # " Nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Thomas (musician)
Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition band and has worked with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Greg Osby, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Coltrane, Cassandra Wilson, Wallace Roney, Steve Coleman, and Miles Davis. Thomas was the Director and Chair of Jazz Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Discography As leader * ''The Seventh Quadrant'' ( Enja,1987) * ''Code Violations'' (Enja, 1988) * '' By Any Means Necessary'' ( JMT, 1989) * '' While the Gate Is Open'' (JMT, 1990) * '' The Kold Kage'' (JMT, 1991) * ''Corporate Art'' (JMT, 1991) * '' Till We Have Faces'' (JMT, 1992) * '' Exile's Gate'' (JMT, 1993) * '' Overkill'' (JMT, 1995) * '' Found on Sordid Streets'' ( Winter & Winter, 1997) * '' Pariah's Pariah'' (Winter & Winter, 1998) As sideman With Cecil Brooks III *'' The Collective'' (Muse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy Award winner. Tyner has been widely imitated, and is one of the most recognizable and influential jazz pianists of all time. Early life and education Tyner was born on December 11, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of Jarvis and Beatrice (née Stevenson) Tyner's three children. Tyner was encouraged to study piano by his mother, who had installed a piano at her beauty salon. When he was 13, Tyner began piano lessons at Granoff School of Music, where he also studied music theory and harmony. By the time he was 15, music had become the focus of his life. Tyner's decision to study piano was reinforced when he encountered bebop pianist Bud Powell, a neighbor of the Tyner family. Another major infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Thomas (musician) Albums
Gary Thomas may refer to: *Gary Thomas (academic) (1938–2008), American academic *Gary Thomas (author) (born 1961), American Christian writer * Gary Thomas (cricketer, born 1973), English cricketer * Gary Thomas (cricketer, born 1958), English cricketer *Gary Thomas (musician) Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition band and has worked with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, John Scof ... (born 1960), American jazz saxophonist *Father Gary Thomas, American exorcist and consultant to the film '' The Rite'' * Gary L. Thomas (game designer), American game designer * Gary W. Thomas (1938–2017), American prosecutor and judge wounded in the Marin County courthouse incident * Gary L. Thomas (general) (born 1962), U.S. Marine Corps general See also * USS ''Thomas J. Gary'' (DE-326), an ''Edsall''-class destroyer escort * Gareth Thomas (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Albums
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993. Specific locations * 1993 in British music * 1993 in Norwegian music * 1993 in South Korean music Specific genres * 1993 in country music * 1993 in heavy metal music * 1993 in hip hop music * 1993 in Latin music * 1993 in jazz Events January–February *January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992. *January 9 – The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album becomes the first album in history, since the Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1992, to sell over 1 million copies in one week in the US. *January 12 – Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, USA. Other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone. *January 13 – Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia, USA for simulating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets (band), Yellowjackets, and many others. She toured with each of Hancock's musical configurations (from electric to acoustic) between 1997 and 2007. In 2007 she was appointed professor at her alma mater, Berklee College of Music, where she received an honorary doctorate in 2003. She has won three Grammy Awards, including a 2013 award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, which established her as the first female musician to win a Grammy in this category. Carrington serves as founder and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and The Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. She also serves on the board of trustees for The Recording Academy, board of directors for International Society for Jazz Arrangers and Composers and the adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd (jazz musician), Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie (guitarist), John Abercrombie, Alice Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and John Scofield, DeJohnette was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2007. He has won two Grammy Awards and been nominated for five others. Biography Early life and musical beginnings DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, to Jack DeJohnette (1911–2011) and Eva Jeanette DeJohnette (née Wood, 1918–1984).Stephen L. Barnhart, ''Percussionists: a Biographical Dictionary'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000), 88. Although of predominantly African-American heritage, he has stated that he has some Native Americans in the United States, Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Covington
Charles Covington Jr. is an American jazz pianist and a U.S. Life Master in chess. Career A native of Baltimore, Covington became interested in jazz when the high school principal broadcast music by Erroll Garner and Ahmad Jamal on the intercom. He served in the U.S. Army, attended the Peabody Institute, and learned piano and organ at the Hammond School of Music. He performed in clubs and at the Royal Theater. After the manager of George Benson heard Covington perform in New York City, he invited him to tour with Benson. He also worked with Ethel Ennis, J.J. Johnson, O'Donel Levy, and Nathan Page. An interest in chess led Covington to chess clubs in New York. He has been certified a Life Master by the U.S. Chess Federation and is considered one of the top black chess players in the country. He has written books on chess, checkers, and math. For twenty years he taught at the Peabody Conservatory, then at Howard University. Covington has also performed as a magician. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Sewell
Marvin Sewell is an American blues/jazz guitarist from Chicago. Biography He was born and grew up in Chicago, where he attended the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University. Since 1990, he has been based in New York City. Sewell has played with many leading jazz artists, notably Cassandra Wilson, Jack DeJohnette, Lizz Wright and Jason Moran. He performed with Cassandra Wilson on two tracks in the 2003 PBS documentary, '' Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey''. He also leads the Marvin Sewell Group. Sewell has been called maybe "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of". Discography As leader * ''The Worker's Dance'' (2005) As sideman With Regina Carter * ''Southern Comfort'' (2014) * ''Ella: Accentuate the Positive'' (2017) With Jason Moran * '' Same Mother'' (2004) * ''Artist in Residence'' (2006) With Christian Sands * ''Be Water'' (2020) * ''Christmas Stories'' (2023) * ''Embracing Dawn'' (2024) With Gary Thomas * '' Exile's Gate'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bollenback
Paul Norris Bollenback (born June 6, 1959) is a jazz guitarist who has appeared on ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''The Tonight Show'', ''The Today Show'', ''Joan Rivers'', and ''Good Morning America''. He has performed with Scott Ambush, Charlie Byrd, Joey DeFrancesco, Herb Ellis, Della Reese, Arturo Sandoval, and Stanley Turrentine. He is cited as a guitarist who uses modern quartal harmony. Bollenback moved to India with his family when he was 11. After three years, the family returned to the U.S. and Bollenback began listening to rock music. He put down his nylon-string guitar and picked up an electric. He cites his discovery of Miles Davis as a pivotal moment in his life. He attended the University of Miami. In 1997, he began teaching at American University. Discography As leader * ''Original Visions'' ( Challenge, 1995) * ''Double Gemini'' (Challenge, 1997) * ''Soul Grooves'' (Challenge, 1999) * ''Double Vision'' (Challenge, 2000) * ''Dreams'' (Challenge, 2001) * ''Alone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night And Day (song)
"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical '' Gay Divorce''. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of musicians. NPR says "within three months of the show's opening, more than 30 artists had recorded the song." Fred Astaire introduced "Night and Day" on November 29, 1932, when ''Gay Divorce'' opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The song was so associated with Porter that when Hollywood filmed his life story in 1946, with Cary Grant, the movie was entitled '' Night and Day''. Fred Astaire recordings A week before the musical '' Gay Divorce'' opened in November 1932, Astaire gathered with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra at Victor's Gramercy Recording Studio in Manhattan to make a record of two Cole Porter compositions, "Night and Day" backed with "I've Got You on My Mind". All was done under the dark shadow cast by the 1929 Stock Market Crash, which had spaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Van Heusen
James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television, and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his compositions later went on to become jazz standards. Life and career Born in Syracuse, New York, Edward Chester Babcock began writing music while in high school. He renamed himself to Jimmy Van Heusen at age 16, after the shirt makers PVH Corp., Phillips-Van Heusen, to use as his on-air name during local shows. His close friends called him "Chet".Coppula, C. (2014). ''Jimmy Van Heusen: Swinging on a Star''. Nashville: Twin Creek Books. Jimmy was raised Methodist. Studying at Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University, he became friends with Jerry Arlen, the younger brother of Harold Arlen. With the elder Arlen's help, Van Heusen wrote songs for the Cotton Club revue, including "Harlem Hospitality". He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
