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Karl Denson
Karl Denson (born December 27, 1956) is an American funk and jazz saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from Santa Ana, California. He plays with The Rolling Stones, and leads his own group, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (KDTU). He co-founded The Greyboy Allstars (GBA), and continues to tour with both KDTU and GBA as well as The Rolling Stones. Formerly, Denson was a member of Lenny Kravitz's band and he has recorded with artists including Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Slightly Stoopid, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blackalicious, Stanton Moore, and Jon Foreman of the band Switchfoot. Denson appears in the 1988 movie ''Coming To America'' and in the 2021 sequel Coming 2 America as the saxophonist in the fictional band Sexual Chocolate. Current members of KDTU include Denson (saxophone, flute, vocals, percussion), Ricio Fruge (trumpet, percussion), Ricky Giordano (guitar), Rashon Murph (keyboards), Parker McAllister (bass), Alfred Jordan (drums), and Danielle Barker (vocals). Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxophone
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument's body. The pitch is controlled by opening and closing holes in the body to change the effective length of the tube. The holes are closed by leather pads attached to keys operated by the player. Saxophones are made in various sizes and are almost always treated as transposing instruments. A person who plays the saxophone is called a ''saxophonist'' or ''saxist''. The saxophone is used in a wide range of musical styles including classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, and occasionally orchestras), military bands, marching bands, jazz (such as big bands and jazz combos), and contemporary music. The saxophone is also used as a solo and melody instrument or as a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Blind often refers to: * The state of blindness, being unable to see * A window blind, a covering for a window Blind may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Blind'' (1987 film), a documentary by Frederick Wiseman about the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind * ''Blind'' (2007 film), a Dutch drama by Tamar van den Dop * ''Blind'' (2011 film), a South Korean crime thriller * ''Blind'' (2014 film), a Norwegian drama * ''Blind'' (2016 film), an American drama * ''Blind'' (2019 film), an American horror film * ''Blind'' (2023 film), an Indian crime thriller, based on 2011 South Korean film of the same name * ''The Blind'' (film), a 2023 American biographical film about Phil Robertson, directed by Andrew Hyatt Music * Blind (band), Estonian rock group founded in 1994, originally Totally Blind Drunk Drivers * Blind (band), Australian Christian rock group founded in 1999 * Blind (rapper), Italian rapper Albums and EPs * ''Blind'' (Corrosion of Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAMM Oral History Program
The NAMM Oral History Program is an oral history project and archive of recordings of interviews with people from all aspects of the music products industry, including Music store, music instrument retailers, musical instrument and product creators, suppliers and sales representatives, music educators and advocates, Music publisher, publishers, Audio engineer, live sound and recording pioneers, innovators, founders, and musicians. Established in 2000 by National Association of Music Merchants, NAMM: The International Music Products Association to preserve the history of the music products industry as well as improve music education worldwide, the program includes over 5,000 audio or video interviews available to the public via online streaming. Background In 1996, NAMM established the NAMM Resource Center to preserve the history of the music products industry. In 2000 the Oral History Program was founded, with Dan Del Fiorentino, NAMM Music Historian and former curator of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Of The World (Slightly Stoopid Album)
''Top of the World'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Slightly Stoopid. It was released on August 14, 2012. The seven-piece band continues to explore a variety of styles on the album, with help from some of their biggest influences and heroes including: reggae legends Barrington Levy and Don Carlos of Black Uhuru; “unofficial 8th member” Karl Denson of Greyboy Allstars; longtime band friend and touring partner G. Love; Fishbone frontman Angelo Moore; ex- Jurassic Five emcee extraordinaire Chali 2na; Dumpstaphunk’s Ian Neville; and hit-making singer/songwriter Angela Hunte. The album entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at a career high No. 13 as well as on ''Billboard''’s Independent Albums chart at No. 3. The album also debuted on ''Billboard''’s Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts with a final position of No. 4. The album has sold 75,000 copies in the US as of June 2015. Following the album release, the band performed on the “Red Bull Sound Space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his distinctive Soul music, soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, bass, and saxophone. Winwood achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s as an integral member of three successful bands: the Spencer Davis Group (1964–1967), Traffic (band), Traffic (1967–1969 and 1970–1974), and Blind Faith (1969). During the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the album ''Arc of a Diver'' and "Valerie (Steve Winwood song), Valerie" (1982) from ''Talking Back to the Night'' ("Valerie" became a hit when it was re-released with a remix from Winwood's 1987 compilation album ''Chronicles (Steve Winwood album), Chronicles''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer. His music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of Miles Davis; he has toured and recorded with many prominent jazz artists including saxophonists Eddie Harris, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, and Joe Lovano; keyboardists George Duke, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Larry Goldings, and Robert Glasper; fellow guitarists Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Pat Martino, and Bill Frisell; bassists Marc Johnson and Jaco Pastorius; and drummers Billy Cobham and Dennis Chambers. Outside the world of jazz, he has collaborated with Phil Lesh, Mavis Staples, John Mayer, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Gov't Mule. Biography John Scofield was born in Dayton, Ohio; his family moved to Wilton, Connecticut, where he discovered his interest in music. Educated at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield left school to record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyin' The Koop (Stanton Moore Album)
''Flyin' the Koop'' is the second solo album by New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore. The album includes funk, rock and jazz. Moore's line-up for ''Flyin' the Koop'' is in part a combination of musicians with whom he played at a "SuperJam" at Tipitina's during Jazz Fest 2000.Stanton Moore New Orleans' Sexiest Drummer? Galactic's Skinman Keeps It Up Christopher Blagg, ''offBEAT.com'', Mar 1, 2002, Retrieved June 22, 2007 Moore's concept for the album "was to have two saxes, bass and drums, and to improvise over loops..." building the tracks upon rhythm. Melodies then developed through improvisation and composition by the saxophonists. "Magnolia Triangle" is a classic New Orleans composition in 5/4 meter from famed New Orleans drummer and compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbal Turkey Breast
''Herbal Turkey Breast'' is an album by the American saxophonist Karl Denson, released in 1993. It is an album of acoustic jazz. Critical reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ... wrote that "Denson opts for an expanded musical palette, utilizing sax, trumpet, piano, bass, drums and percussion." Track listing #Dinosaurs (Denson) 7:53 #"D" as in David (Denson) 6:53 #Shuff Mountain (Denson) 6:28 #Crown Jewels Suite (Denson) 16:49 #Yusef 28 (Denson) 10:28 #Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Denson, Mingus) 2:51 References 1993 albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Said (album)
''Mama Said'' is the second studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in April 1991 by Virgin Records. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and played on the song " Always on the Run". He also played on the song "Fields of Joy". The song "All I Ever Wanted" was co-written by Sean Lennon. Although the album has sold enough copies to be certified double platinum, the RIAA still has it listed as platinum. In the UK, the album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2012, Virgin Records released an expanded, double-disc version of the album with a number of remixes and bonus tracks. Critical reception "Rather than synthesizing his influences in a way that allows him some personal expression," wrote Elysa Gardner of ''Rolling Stone'', "Kravitz seemingly aims to acknowledge as many of them as he can in the course of an hour; the result is a rather disjointed album that lacks freshness and distinction. Kravitz continues to demonstrate a talent for crafting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz Album)
''Let Love Rule'' is the debut studio album of American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on September 6, 1989, by Virgin Records. Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics to "Fear" and co-wrote the lyrics on the song "Rosemary"; other than that the album is virtually a one-man Kravitz show, as he wrote and produced all the songs and played nearly all the instruments. ''Let Love Rule'' reached number 61 on the ''Billboard'' 200, while it peaked at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album is also featured in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. The video for the lead single " Let Love Rule" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Critical reception ''The Globe and Mail'' concluded that Kravitz is "still a little raw and the lyrics ... are forgettable, but there are enough good ideas here—even if a few of them were borrowed wholesale from the Beatles—to make ''Let Love Rule'' a satisfying debut." Track listing All tracks writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming To America
''Coming to America'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley. It tells the story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988. In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series. A sequel, '' Coming 2 America'', was released on March 4, 2021. Plot In the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, crown prince Akeem Joffer grows weary of his pampered lifestyle on his 21st birthday and wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American rock music, rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drum kit, drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboard instrument, keyboards, backing vocals). Guitarist Drew Shirley was also a member of the band from 2005 to 2022. After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition with the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 film ''A Walk to Remember''. This recognition led to the release of their major label debut ''The Beautiful Letdown'', which was released in 2003 and featured the hit singles "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move". Their fifth album, ''Nothing Is Sound'' peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, and included the single "Stars (Switchfoot song), Stars." Their seventh album, ''Hello Hurricane'' (2009) received a 53rd Grammy Awards, Grammy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
