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Glenn Ferris
Glenn Arthur Ferris (born June 27, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist who has also worked in other fields. Outside of jazz he has played for Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Duran Duran. He studied classical music from 1958 to 1967, but from 1964 onward he also studied jazz with Don Ellis, performing all of the trombone solos on three albums ("Ferris Wheel" was written for him by Don Ellis). He went on to perform with a variety of American musicians in several genres before moving to France in 1980. In France he worked with Tony Scott, Brotherhood of Breath, and Henri Texier. He has led a trio and a quintet and has taught at the Conservatoire de Paris. Discography As leader * ''A Live in Paris with Collectif Planete Carree'' (RCA Victor, 1980) * ''Flesh and Stone'' (Enja, 1994) * ''Palatino'' with Romano/Benito/Fresu (Label Bleu, 1995) * ''Face Lift'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Refugees'' (Enja, 1997) * ''Chrominance'' (Enja, 2001) * ''Here and Now'' with BFG (Naïve, 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. 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. 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. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Ellis At Fillmore
''Don Ellis at Fillmore'' is a live double- LP by big band leader Don Ellis which was released in 1970. accessed March 6, 2015 Reception Al Campbell of said "This is a crazy and consistently riotous two-disc set that features the Don Ellis Orchestra at its height". On , Jim Santella observed "Don Ellis takes you off on a whirlwind ride, using electronic trumpet, complex meters, superb big band arrangements, and a cast of experienced sidemen who blow the walls down"Santella, J.< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantik (band)
Atlantik is a Trinidadian soca band that was headlined by singers Burton Toney and Destra. They are known for their hits "All Aboard" and "Oh Suzanna". The band's style mixes ballads, chutney, folk, pop, R&B, reggae, soca, and worldbeat genres, and is one of the more prominent bands in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i .... Discography Albums *''Caribbean Party'' (1991), JW Productions *''Good Music To Dance'' (1992), JW Productions *''Hot Caribbean Music'' (1993), JW Productions *''Hot & Spicy'' (1997), JW Productions *''360 Degrees Soca'' (1998), JW Productions *''Making Waves'' (1999), JW Productions *''Hard As Steel'' (2000), JW Productions *''Breakin All the Rules'' (2001), JW Productions *''Full Speed Ahead'' (2002), JW Productions Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Nice
''That's Nice'' is an album by the Barry Altschul Quartet / Quintet, led by drummer Altschul, and featuring saxophonist Sean Bergin, trombonist Glenn Ferris, double bassist Andy McKee, and, on two tracks, pianist Mike Melillo. It was recorded on November 25–26, 1985, at Barigozzi Studio in Milan, Italy, and was released on vinyl in 1986 by Soul Note. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow noted that Altschul "gets to show off his versatility and talents" on the album, and wrote: "In general, the music has many free moments, yet is not afraid to swing or to include melodies. A stimulating set." The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' described the album as "not a memorable set," and commented: "The quartet tracks with just horns are more arrestingly original than the two with pianist Melillo, who shifts the direction back towards the mainstream. Bergin has some incendiary moments and Ferris and McKee bring in some interesting compositional material." A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul (born January 6, 1943, in New York City) is a free jazz and hard bop drummer who first came to notice in the late 1960s for performing with pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea. Biography Altschul is of Russian Jewish heritage, the son of a laborer who did construction work and drove a taxi. Having initially taught himself to play drums, Altschul studied with Charlie Persip during the 1960s. In the latter part of the decade, he performed with Paul Bley. In 1969 he joined with Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Anthony Braxton to form the group Circle. At the time, he made use of a high-pitched Gretsch kit with add-on drums and percussion instruments. In the 1970s, Altschul worked extensively with Anthony Braxton's quartet featuring Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, and George E. Lewis. Braxton, signed to Arista Records, was able to secure a large enough budget to tour with a collection of dozens of percussion instruments, strings and winds. In addition to his partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Alour
Sophie Alour (born 24 December 1974) is a French jazz musician who plays saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Biography Alour started playing the clarinet at the music school in Quimper, when she was 13 years of age. When she was 19, she started to play saxophone, for the most part self-taught, supplemented with courses at CIM in Paris, and IACP. In 2000 she was part of establishing the "Vintage Orchestra", with Fabien Maria, Thomas Savy, Jerry Edwards and Yoann Loustalot (the album ''Thad'' in 2005). In 2001, she founded a sextet with Stéphane Belmondo and played in the band "Manita" with Jean-Daniel Botta, in a big band, with Christophe Dal Sasso who released the album "Ouverture" (with Stéphane and Lionel Belmondo, who appeared at Nocturne) and played at the Marciac Festival in 2004 with Quartet, to Rhoda Scott (who recorded ''Lady Quartet'' a live recording in ''Sunset'' (2009), and at Jazz à Vienne (2010). The same year she played at the Jazz à Vienne, participated in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Alexander (singer)
Karen Alexander (born 1946) is an American singer-songwriter who had some success in the 1970s. Early life Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in one of the suburbs of Hollywood. Her father had a psychoanalytic practice in Beverly Hills. Career In 1965, she married Esfandiar Bahrampour, an Iranian architect and moved to Tehran. While Karen was living in Tehran she travelled back to the U.S., now and then. On one of these trips she bought a guitar and started writing songs. As a first step in her singing career she started to sing in clubs. Although it was not done for women to sing in Iran, she continued to write songs there, and sent her tapes to America. She obtained a record contract in the early seventies, and before she recorded her first album she appeared as a backing vocalist on albums by Maria Muldaur and Wendy Waldman. Her first album was ''Isn't It Always Love'' (1975). She wrote all the songs herself, except for the title song, which was wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Walrath Quintet At Umbria Jazz Festival, Vol
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963–2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore * Jack (hero), an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack **Black jack (fish) **Crevalle jack **Giant trevally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Europe (Jack Walrath Album)
''In Europe'' is a live album by trumpeter Jack Walrath's Quintet. It was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1982 and released on the SteepleChase label. accessed September 27, 2017 Track listing All compositions by Jack Walrath # "Duesin' in Duesseldorf" – 17:26 # "Where Have I Been Before" – 5:43 # "At Home in Rome" – 13:44 # "Reverend Red" – 7:21Personnel * – * |
Jack Walrath
Jack Arthur Walrath (born May 5, 1946) is an American post-bop jazz trumpeter and musical arranger known for his work with Ray Charles, Gary Peacock, Charles Mingus, and Glenn Ferris, among others. Biography Walrath was born in Stuart, Florida. He began playing the trumpet at the age of nine in 1955 while living in the small town of Edgar, Montana. He attributes his wide range of musical appreciation to a "lack of negative peer pressure which so often happens in cities".Todd S. Jenkins, ''I Know What I Know: The Music of Charles Mingus'' (Praeger Press, 2006), In 1969 Walrath relocated to the West Coast and found work in Los Angeles's jazz scene. Soon he was a member of the band Revival, with trombonist Glenn Ferris, and the West Coast MotownOrchestra. He worked with Ray Charles for one tour of the U.S. In 1970 Walrath relocated to New York City. For a year and a half he was a columnist of the International Musician and Recording World, which had its US department there. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Schärli
Peter Schärli (29 May 1955) is a Swiss jazz trumpeter. Biography When he was ten years old, he started to learn trumpet. He continued his studies at the Lucern jazz school while working as a clerk. He joined the blues band Exodus as a singer, pianist, and trumpeter in 1974. From 1977 to 1981, he attended the Swiss jazz school in Bern and graduated with a master's degree. He worked with Urs Blöchlinger and John Wolf Brennan. In 1982, he formed a trio with Marco Kappeli and Thomas Durst. The group expanded to a quartet with the addition of Hans Koch and guitarist Giancarlo Nicolai. Koch's place was taken by Roland Philipp, and Glenn Ferris also became a member. In 1994, the Peter Schärli Special sextet was formed with Ferris, Tom Varner, Dürst, Hans Feigenwinter, and Béatrice Graf. Schärli has worked with Johannes Bauer, Christy Doran, Rick Margitza, Co Streiff, Gerry Hemingway, Paul Rutherford, Werner Lüdi, and Dom Um Romão. He also performed in several circus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clangs
''Clangs'' is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy featuring a double sextet, which was recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the Swiss hat ART label in 1993.Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 13, 2018 accessed July 13, 2018 Reception The review by Thom Jurek called it "a mixed bag" observing "the set is long on poetics and short on swinging or blowing aesthetics ... this is an experiment that, with the exception of one track, didn't work".Track listing All composition ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
