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Francis Paudras
Francis Paudras (January 21, 1935 – November 26, 1997) was a French musician and author best known for ''La Danse des Infidels'', his memoir of jazz pianist Bud Powell. Biography Paudras was born in Chilly-Mazarin, France on January 21, 1935. He was "a keen follower of jazz in Paris" who befriended a number of jazz pianists including Powell, Bill Evans, and Jacky Terrasson. He was Powell's carer and manager from 1963 to 1964, when he brought the bebop pianist back to New York after his stay in France. ''DownBeat'' noted that Paudras was "largely responsible for Powell’s recovery rom tuberculosis Paudras took the pianist in hand, nursed him back to health, and protected him from the various social vultures that were always nearby." Paudras captured hours of footage of Powell, in addition to interviews and recordings of other prominent jazz musicians of the era, which he added to his collection; the videos ultimately became part of Rutgers University's Library. Among the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilly-Mazarin
Chilly-Mazarin () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. A small part of Orly Airport, Orly International Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Chilly-Mazarin. Inhabitants of Chilly-Mazarin are known as ''Chiroquois''. History Chilly-Mazarin developed around a Roman villa named Cailliacum which evolved into Chailly then Chilly. The suffix -Mazarin was added in 1822 to distinguish it from other French villages named Chilly and refers to the Mazarinettes, the famed nieces of Cardinal Mazarin who, for several years, lived at a mansion in Chilly. The fourth niece, Hortense Mancini, pass down to her son the titles of Marquess of Chilly and Duke of Mazarin which were ultimately passed to the House of Grimaldi, reigning house of Monaco. Population Transport Chilly-Mazarin is served by Chilly-Mazarin (Paris RER), Chilly-Mazarin station on Paris RER C, RER line C. Education There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Noche Con Francis
"Una Noche con Francis", originally titled "Un Noche con Francis", is a calypso jazz composition written by Bud Powell in 1964 and dedicated to jazz fan and amateur musician Francis Paudras. History Like his earlier composition "Un Poco Loco," Powell's "Una Noche con Francis" is written to an Afro-Cuban rhythm, hence its Spanish-language title. The pianist was in the process of being released from Bouffemont Sanitorium at the time of its writing. First recorded by Powell's trio for the 1964 album ''Blues for Bouffemont/ The Invisible Cage'' shortly before his return to the United States, the tune was used for the soundtrack of Bertrand Tavernier's film '' 'Round Midnight.'' On the original recording for the album '' Relaxin' at Home, 61–64'', which preserved conservations that took place between the tunes, Powell titled the composition "Un Noche con Francis", but subsequent releases gave the piece its current, grammatically correct title. On the soundtrack album, arranged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's Colonial empire, colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of . * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Penguin Guide To Jazz
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which were (at the time of publication) currently available in Europe or the United States. The first nine editions were compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton, two chroniclers of jazz resident in the United Kingdom. History The first edition was published in Britain by Penguin Books in 1992. Every subsequent two years, through 2010, a new edition was published with updated entries. The eighth and ninth editions, published in 2006 and 2008, respectively, each included 2,000 new CD listings. The title took on different forms over the lifetime of the work, as audio technology changed. The seventh edition was known as ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD'' while subsequent editions were titled ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings''. The earliest edition had the title ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette''. Richard Cook died in 2007, prior to the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Award At Birdland
''Award at Birdland, 64'', also known as ''Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10'', is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded at Birdland on October 1, 1964, with bassist John Ore and drummer J. C. Moses. It was released by the Mythic Sound label in 1989. Critical reception Scott Yanow noted that "the recording quality is quite erratic" and described it as "not the strongest Bud Powell set available," but also commented that "this interesting release hints at what might have been and shows that Powell could still play well this late in his troubled life." ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' gave a higher rating and described Powell's performances at Birdland as "the last great sessions of his life." Track listing # Presentation of Shaeffer Award # " The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) # "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) # "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) # " Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) # "Back Home Again in Indiana" ( James F. Hanley, Ballard Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Birdland
This is a discography of Bud Powell. Discography Studio albums Roost & Blue Note years Mercury & Verve years Other labels Live and home recordings Notable compilations * ''Tempus Fugue-It'' ( Proper) – Four disc set, from 1944 recordings with Cootie Williams to the first sessions for Blue Note and Clef in 1949–50. * '' The Complete Bud Powell on Verve'' – Five discs, sessions from 1949 to 1956. * '' The Best of Bud Powell on Verve'' – Single disc compilation. * ''The Best of Bud Powell'' (Blue Note) – Single disc compilation. * '' The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings'' – Four disc set containing all of the ''Amazing Bud Powell...'' Blue Note sessions plus Roost sessions from 1947 and 1953. The Blue Note sessions have also been remastered and reissued as individual CDs (though the Roost material is not included). *'' The Complete RCA Trio Sessions'' – Contains '' Swingin' with Bud'' and '' Strictly Powell''. As sideman Dexter Gordon * '' Dex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holidays In Edenville
''Holidays in Edenville, 64'', also known as ''Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8'', is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell and saxophone player Johnny Griffin recorded in Jullouville, France and released on Francis Paudras' Mythic Sound label. Recordings from the hotel gig, which ran for several nights in August, were also used on the albums ''Hot House'', ''Salt Peanuts'', and on one release of ''The Invisible Cage, Blues for Bouffemont.'' Critical reception Critic Scott Yanow praised the album, noting Powell's "strong form" but taking points off the album's rating due to its poor audio quality. The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' wrote: "the music has a strangely evocative quality, more redolent of a time long gone and a man no longer living than many a professional recording." Track listing # Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin), Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 (Frédéric Chopin) – 1:25 # "Nice Work If You Can Get It (song), Nice Work if You Can Get It" (George Gershw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Years Of A Genius, 44–48
''Early Years of a Genius, 44–48'', also known as ''Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1'', is the first of eleven volumes of Bud Powell material released by Francis Paudras on his Mythic Sound label. It features a selection of Powell's early work from 1944 to 1948. Track listing #Introduction by Canada Lee #" West End Blues" (King Oliver) #" Perdido" ncomplete(Juan Tizol) #"When My Baby Left Me" ncomplete(Eddie Vinson, Cootie Williams) #"Royal Garden Blues" (Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams) – 3:17 #"Roll 'Em" (Cootie Williams) – 2:54 #"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Ella Fitzgerald, Van Alexander) – 2:49 #"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:34 #"Smack Me" (a.k.a. "You Talk a Little Trash" and "The Boppers") (Cootie Williams) – 3:07 #"Air Mail Special" (a.k.a. "Good Enough to Keep") (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) #"One O'Clock Jump" ncomplete(Count Basie) #Introduction by Leonard Feather #"Perdido" (Tizol) #"India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight (song), 'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser (composition), Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear (composition), Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature consonance and dissonance, dissonances and angular melodic twists, often using flat ninths, flat fifths, unexpected chromatic notes together, low bass notes and stride, and fast whole tone scale, whole tone runs, combining a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk's distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses. He also had an idiosyncratic habit dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of his death. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, in partnership with fellow tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band after he moved to Europe in the 1960s. In 1995, Griffin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. Early life and career Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto saxophone. While still at high school at the age of 15, Griffin was playing with T-Bone Walker in a band led by Walker's brother. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military orders in Western Christianity. They were founded in 1118 to defend pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem, with their headquarters located there on the Temple Mount, and existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Officially endorsed by the Catholic Church by such decrees as the papal bull ''Omne datum optimum'' of Pope Innocent II, the Templars became a favoured charity throughout Christendom and grew rapidly in membership and power. The Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantle (monastic vesture), mantles with a red Christian cross, cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. They were prominent in Christian finance; non-combatant members of the order, who made up as much as 90% of their members, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
