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Isfahan (song)
"Isfahan" is a jazz piece credited to Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington and released on Ellington's 1967 album ''The Far East Suite''; Isfahan is a city in Iran. It features long-time Ellington soloist Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone. It was originally called "Elf" when Strayhorn composed it, months before the 1963 Ellington orchestra world tour during which the group traveled to Iran. Legacy In ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'', Richard Cook (journalist), Richard Cook and Brian Morton (Scottish writer), Brian Morton have suggested that Isfahan' is arguably the most beautiful item in Ellington's and Strayhorn's entire output."Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (2010) [1992]. ''The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums''. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 437–438. . In 1988 the song was presented in ''Studio Sessions New York 1963'' by LeFrak-Moelis Records, LMR label and later on by the Saja Records. Notable covers * 1980 – Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become Standard (music), standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan (1937 song), Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz. At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty five-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heard Ranier Ferguson (album)
''Heard Ranier Ferguson'' is a studio album by 1980s jazz trio Heard Ranier Ferguson, composed of bassist John Heard, pianist Tom Ranier and drummer Sherman Ferguson. All highly experienced musicians with a wealth of recordings behind them. The album The album was the third release for Californian record label ITI Records in 1983, then a fledgling label. It was Manufactured and marketed by Allegiance Records Ltd. The album was what could be expected from a small jazz group such as Heard Ranier Ferguson. As an experienced trio they worked well together on it. Ranier's piano was the dominant sound with the presence of Heard's bass being felt. The material covered included classics from Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn etc. Re-releases The album first made it to compact disc in 1987 as ''Back To Back'' issued on Allegiance, expanded with three extra tracks that weren't on the original album. They were "Tricitism", "Tones for Joan's Bones" and "In Walked Bud". It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jackson (musician)
David Ian "Joe" Jackson (born 11 August 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he found early success with his hit new wave singles "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" and " It's Different for Girls". After he moved to more jazz-inflected pop music, Jackson achieved a worldwide hit with " Steppin' Out". Jackson is associated with the 1980s Second British Invasion of the US. He has also composed classical music. He has recorded 21 studio albums and has received five Grammy Award nominations. Early years Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, David Jackson spent his first year in nearby Swadlincote, Derbyshire. He grew up in the Paulsgrove area of Portsmouth, where he attended Portsmouth Technical High School. Jackson's parents moved to nearby Gosport when he was a teenager. He learned to play the violin but soon switched to the piano, and prevailed on his father to install one in the hall of their P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Too
''Times Too'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist and vocalist Grace Kelly. It was released on December 15, 2005. ''Times Too'' is Kelly's second release, a double disc, and features a blend between pop and jazz standards and originals. It was recorded when she was 13 years old. Track listing ;Disc one #"Isfahan" – 4:58 #"All the Things You Are" – 3:58 #"Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" – 4:21 #"You Stepped Out of a Dream" – 5:09 #"'Round Midnight" – 7:44 #"Leave Me or Leave Me" – 3:34 #"Fast Metabolism" – 3:38 #"Blood Count" – 6:48 ;Disc two #"Key to the Missing Door" – 4:56 #"Oh Darling" – 4:29 #"Cuttin' In" – 5:05 #"Time to Be Free" – 3:12 #"New Found Beat" – 3:26 #"Time to Be Free" (Instrumental) – 3:34 #"Time Tickin' Away" – 4:13 #"Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" – 3:55 Personnel *Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982), also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Kelly (musician)
Grace Kelly (born Grace Chung; May 15, 1992) is an American jazz musician, composer, and arranger. Kelly has produced and released recordings of her own, scored soundtracks, and tours with her band. She was named one of Glamour (magazine), ''Glamour'' magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2011; and she has been featured on CNN.com and on the NPR radio shows ''Piano Jazz'' with both Marian McPartland and Jon Weber (musician), Jon Weber, as well as on WBGO, WBGO's ''JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater''. Working professionally since she was a preteen, Kelly was dubbed a prodigy in the jazz world. In 2014, Kelly worked with the producer Stewart Levine on her Extended play, EP, ''Working for the Dreamers'', which was released in September of that year. She was featured in the December 2015 issue of ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair'' as a significant millennial in the jazz world. Kelly was named "Rising Star – Alto Saxophone" in ''DownBeat''s 2016 Critics Poll. Her ''Trying to Figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Previn
André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved success, and the latter two were part of his life until the end. In movies, he arranged and composed music. In jazz, he was a celebrated trio pianist, a piano-accompanist to singers of standards, and pianist-interpreter of songs from the " Great American Songbook". In classical music, he also performed as a pianist but gained television fame as a conductor, and during his last thirty years created his legacy as a composer of art music. Before the age of twenty, Previn began arranging and composing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He would go on to be involved in the music of more than fifty films and would win four Academy Awards. He won ten Grammy Awards, for recordings in all three areas of his career, and then one more, for lifetime ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note, Milestone, and Verve. Biography Early life Born in Lima, Ohio, Henderson was one of 14 children. He was encouraged by his parents, Dennis and Irene (née Farley) and older brother James T. to study music. He dedicated his first album to them "for being so understanding and tolerant" during his formative years. Early musical interests included drums, piano, saxophone and composition. According to trumpeter Kenny Dorham, two local piano teachers who went to school with Henderson's brothers and sisters, Richard Patterson and Don Hurless, gave him a knowledge of the piano.Original liner notes to '' Page One'' by Kenny Dorham He was particularly enamored of his brother's record c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music Of Billy Strayhorn
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while at high school in Los Angeles. Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of his composition "Farmer's Market" in 1952. He subsequently moved from Los Angeles to New York, where he performed and recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a bebop player. As Farmer's reputation grew, he expanded from bebop into more experimental forms through working with composers such as George Russell and Teddy Charles. He went on to join Gerry Mulligan's quartet and, with Benny Golson, to co-found the Jazztet. Continuing to develop his own sound, Farmer switched from trumpet to the warmer flugelhorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Akron Concert
''University of Akron Concert'' is a live album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1986. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "This is a fine all-around performance that still sounds impressive today" Track listing # "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson) # " Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) # "Bridge Work" (Count Basie) # "Tarde" (Márcio Borges, Milton Nascimento) # "Time In" (Joe Pass) # Duke Ellington Medley: ## "Isfahan" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) ## " Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mack Gordon, Irving Mills) ## " Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) ## "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) ## "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) ## " Lush Life" (Strayhorn) ## "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) #"Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) # "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) Personnel *Joe Pass – gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pass
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Although Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, he is generally esteemed as one of the most notable jazz guitarists of the 20th century for his solo guitar playing, found on recordings such as ''Virtuoso''. Early life Pass was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on January 13, 1929. His father, Mariano Passalacqua, was a steel-mill worker who was born in Sicily. The family later moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Although it is commonly believed that Pass became interested playing guitar after seeing Gene Autry perform in the Western film '' Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride'' (an account that had been given by Pass himself), Pass later stated he did not remember who or what inspired him to pursue music. Pass received his first guitar and started creating music when at age 9. Pass stated his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Butt (album)
''Funky Butt'' is an album by saxophonist Arnett Cobb which was recorded in 1980 and released on the Progressive label. accessed November 28, 2017 The 2014 CD reissue included three additional alternate takes. Reception The review by Scott Yanow stated "Arnett Cobb, a tenor from the 1940s who fused together some of the most exciting aspects of swing and early R&B, is in typically exuberant form on this quartet set ... Cobb is warm on the ballads but the stomps are what make this record most memorable".Track listing # " |
