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Left Alone (song)
"Left Alone" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday and pianist/composer Mal Waldron, and published by E.B. Marks. Background This is one of seven songs written by or co-written by Holiday that she never recorded. According to Waldron, Holiday "came up with the lyrics and sang them to him on a cross-country flight; when the plane landed the song was done." Mal Waldron began working as pianist for Holiday in mid-1953. Holiday had intended to record the song a number of times but "always forget the damned sheet music." However, Waldron himself recorded the song on his 1959 album ''Left Alone (Mal Waldron album), Left Alone'', and near the end of the LP discusses the origin of the song. Recordings Waldron frequently performed the song for albums, often with tenor saxophonist Jackie McLean (who also played on the ''Left Alone'' album). Versions are included in ''Mal: Live 4 to 1'' (1971), ''Like Old Times'' (1976), ''Left Alone '86'' (1986), ''Into the Light'' (1989), ''My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Waldron was often an accompanist for vocalists, and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist from April 1957 until her death in July 1959. A breakdown caused by a drug overdose in 1963 left Waldron unable to play or remember any music; he regained his skills gradually, while redeveloping his speed of thought. He left the U.S. permanently in the mid-1960s, settled in Europe, and continued touring internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booker Little
Booker Little Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961) – accessed June 2010 was an American trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with , , and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by |
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 Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixteen Sunsets
''Sixteen Sunsets'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released on December 15, 2013, by Outline Records label. This is her 15th album as a band leader. ''Sixteen Sunsets'' received a Grammy nomination for Best Surround Sound Album in 2014. Reception ''The Buffalo News''s Jeff Simon wrote, "Not only is this one of the best jazz discs of the year, it's, without doubt, one of the most beautiful records soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has ever made in a recording life that has been replete with the sublime... A magnificent disc—a balladic revelation for the final weeks of the year." Dan McClenaghan of ''All About Jazz'' stated, "''Sixteen Sunsets'' is, arguably, Jane Ira Bloom's most compelling recording. It's certainly her loveliest—no argument there. And the sound quality is out of this world. An asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer. Early years Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrument. She first began playing the saxophone at age 9, studying with woodwind virtuoso Joseph Viola, chair of the Berklee College of Music Woodwinds Department, from 1968 to 1979, and studying music at Yale University from which she received a liberal arts degree and a master's degree in music (1977). Following Yale, Bloom relocated to New York City. She founded Outline Records while in New Haven and released several recordings under that label. Career She was the first musician to be commissioned by the NASA Art Program. in 1989 she created three original musical compositions: ''Most Distant Galaxy'', for soprano saxophone and live electronics, prepared tape, bass, dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Yamamoto was largely self-taught as a pianist, although he did have piano lessons as a child. He attended Nihon University. As a student there, he played professionally, first as an accompanist to pop singer Micky Curtis; they toured Europe in 1967. In 1974, he became house pianist at Misty, a Tokyo jazz club. He also made his recording debut as leader that year. He played major international festivals in the late 1970s. He also "lived in New York for a year, when he performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen McRae, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Elvin Jones, and Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ..., among others." Playing style Commenting on Yamamoto's 2008 album ''What a Wonderful Trio!'', Audiophile A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn (born March 24, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator. He is the composer of the jazz standard " The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers". Biography Kuhn was born in New York City, New York, to Stella (née Kaufman) and Carl Kuhn, and was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. His parents were Hungarian-Jewish immigrants. At the age of five, he began studying piano under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he began improvising classical music. As a teenager, he appeared in jazz clubs in the Boston area with Chet Baker, Coleman Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, and Serge Chaloff. After graduating from Harvard, he attended the Lenox School of Music where he was associated with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and Gary McFarland. The school's faculty included Bill Evans, George Russell, Gunther Schuller, and the members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hat Trick (Jackie McLean Album)
''Jackie McLean meets Junko Onishi Hat Trick'' is an album by American jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, released in May 1996 on somethin`else (Toshiba EMI). Track listing Personnel * Jackie McLean - Alto saxophone * Junko Onishi - Piano * Nat Reeves - Bass * Lewis Nash - Drums Production *Executive Producer - Hitoshi Namekata * Co-Producer - Jackie McLean * Recording and Mixing Engineer - Jim Anderson *Assistant Engineer - Barbara Lipke *Mastering engineer - Yoshio Okazaki * Cover Photograph - Jimmy Katz *Art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... - Kaoru Taku * A&R - Yoshiko Tsuge References External links * * * {{Authority control 1996 albums Albums recorded at Power Station Jackie McLean albums Junko Onishi albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Onishi (musician)
is a Japanese jazz pianist; she plays in the post-bop genre. Early career After studying at Berklee College of Music, Onishi moved to New York City, where she played with Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Mingus Dynasty. She has also worked with Jackie McLean, Holly Cole, and Billy Higgins, among others, and recorded eight CDs for Blue Note (Somethin' Else in Japan) as a leader. In May 1994, Junko Onishi played for a week at the Village Vanguard, with Wynton Marsalis's sidemen, bassist Reginald Veal, and drummer Herlin Riley. Although she lists Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Ornette Coleman as her primary influences, her playing is also reminiscent of McCoy Tyner and contemporaries such as Kenny Kirkland and Mulgrew Miller. Onishi appeared in the documentary ''Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz'' (1997), playing the song "Trinity" ("Quick") from her album ''Play, Piano, Play''. Hiatus and later career Onishi stopped performing in the late 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Burton
Abraham Augustus Burton Jr. (born March 17, 1971) is an American saxophonist and bandleader. Biography Burton was born in New York City on March 17, 1971, and was raised in Greenwich Village. He studied at the Hartt School from 1989 to 1993, graduating in music. His teachers there included Michael Carvin and Jackie McLean. During the early 1990s he played with Nat Reeves' band, and from 1991 to 1995 he performed with Art Taylor's Wailers.*Gary W. Kennedy. "Burton, Abraham (Augustus, Jr.)", ''Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Accessed October 11, 2015)(subscription access) In 1994, Burton formed his own band, known later as Forbidden Fruit, whose members at various times included pianists Marc Cary, Allan Palmer, and James Hurt, the double bass players Billy Johnson and Yosuke Inoue, and the drummer Eric McPherson. With that band he toured internationally and recorded several albums. His first recording as a leader was ''Closest to the Sun'', which was released by Enja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet (Archie Shepp And Dollar Brand Album)
''Duet'' is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Dollar Brand recorded in Tokyo in 1978 for the Japanese Denon label. February 10, 2017 Reception awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "A somewhat surprising pairing at the time, the former firebrand of the tenor sax and the wonderful South African pianist found a pleasant and relaxed meeting point. By 1978, Shepp had largely abandoned the ferocious attack that gained him renown in the '60s, settling on a rich, -ish tone and playing a repertoire consisting of moder ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dollar Brand
Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934), previously known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and Ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the subgenre of Cape jazz. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. He is known especially for " Mannenberg", a jazz piece that became a notable anti-apartheid anthem. During the apartheid era in the 1960s, Ibrahim moved to New York City and, apart from a brief return to South Africa in the 1970s, remained in exile until the early 1990s. Over the decades, he has toured the world extensively, appearing at major venues either as a solo artist or playing with other renowned musicians, including Max Roach, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
