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Let It Go (Josh Nelson Album)
''Let It Go'' is the third studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Native Language Music on September 25, 2007. Track listing Personnel * Josh Nelson - Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Hammond C-3 organ, Glockenspiel * Darek Oleszkiewicz, Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz - Acoustic Bass * Matt Wilson - Drums, Percussion * Seamus Blake - Tenor Saxophone * Sara Gazarek - Vocals (on track 4) * Anthony Wilson (musician), Anthony Wilson - Guitars * Supernova String Quintet - Strings (on tracks 4 & 7) * Robert Anderson - Violin * Reiko Nakano - Violin * Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Viola * Jacob Szekely - Cello External linksAll About Jazz - CD/LP Track Review - Josh Nelson , Let It Go References

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Josh Nelson
Josh Nelson is an American jazz pianist and composer. Nelson produced his independent debut album '' First Stories'' at age 19. His second album, ''Anticipation'', was released in 2004 with all his compositions. In 2007, Nelson signed with the jazz label Native Language Music and released his third album, ''Let It Go'', with guests Seamus Blake, Sara Gazarek, and Anthony Wilson. His fourth album, ''I Hear a Rhapsody'', was released in 2009 with Nelson's compositions, interpretations of standards, and reinventions of rock songs. In 2011, he released his fifth album, '' Discoveries'', which was influenced by the writings of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Nikola Tesla. Nelson has worked with Jeff Hamilton, Peter Erskine, and Sara Gazarek, for whom he was written songs and serves as musical director He toured worldwide with vocalist Natalie Cole. One of Gazarek's albums, for which Nelson composed various pieces, and which featured a band led by Nelson, reached number ten on Billb ...
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Tears In The Morning
"Tears in the Morning" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album '' Sunflower''. Written by Bruce Johnston, it was issued as a single, with the B-side " It's About Time". The single failed to chart in the U.S., but reached the top 5 in the Netherlands. Personnel Sourced from Craig Slowinski and Timothy White. The Beach Boys * Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals * Bruce Johnston – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, Rocksichord, grand piano (during coda), production * Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals * Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals * Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, guitar Additional musicians * Ronald Benson – guitar, mandolin * Ray Pohlman – bass * Daryl Dragon – vibraphone * Hal Blaine – drums * Carl Fortina – French concertina * Igor Horoshevsky – cello * Anatol Kaminsky, Sam Freed, Marvin Limonick, David Frisina, George Kast, Nathan Kaproff, Alexander Murray, Dorothy Wade – violins * V ...
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Josh Nelson Albums
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Anthony Wilson (musician)
Anthony Wilson (born May 9, 1968) is an American jazz guitarist, arranger and composer. He is the son of bandleader Gerald Wilson. Education and career Born in Los Angeles on May 9, 1968, Wilson received his degree in music composition from Bennington College. He counts Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Wes Montgomery, Ry Cooder, and T-Bone Walker among his influences. His first album '' Anthony Wilson'' was nominated for a Grammy Award and his second album, ''Goat Hill Junket'' (1998) also received praise. Albums with his nine-piece band include ''Adult Themes'' ( MAMA, 1999) and ''Power of Nine'' (Groove Note, 2006). Diana Krall and mandolinist Eva Scow appear on the latter. He has also recorded two trio albums with Hammond organist Joe Bagg and drummer Mark Ferber, ''Our Gang'' in 2001 and ''Savivity'' in 2005 (both on Groove Note). In 2009 he recorded more organ trio music with ''Jack of Hearts'' (again for Groove Note) featuring Larry Goldings on Hammond organ, and alterna ...
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Sara Gazarek
Sara Gazarek is an American jazz singer from Seattle. Life and career Gazarek was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to attend the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. In college her teachers included Carmen Bradford, John Clayton, and Tierney Sutton. Clayton produced her first album, ''Yours'' (2005). The album was a critical and commercial success with a top ten ranking in the ''Billboard'' Traditional Jazz Charts as well as being the top album download in iTunes for Jazz in Germany and France. Clayton also produced her second album, ''Return to You'' (2007). She recorded ''Where Time Stands Still'' (2010) with the German band Triosence. She returned to the University of Southern California to accept a job on the faculty of jazz studies. In the liner notes for ''Blossom and Bee'' (2012) she cited the influence of Blossom Dearie. Awards and honors * Outstanding Jazz Vocalist Award, Ella Fitzgerald Foundation * Best Coll ...
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Seamus Blake
Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist. Early life and education Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Career Upon graduation, he moved to New York City. In February 2002, he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. He currently plays with his own quintet (featuring David Kikoski, Lage Lund, Bill Stewart, and Matt Clohesy) and has been a regular with the Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians. In 2022 Seamus became a member of Roger Waters touring band for the This Is Not a Drill tour. Seamus is playing sax on Pink Floyd classic songs as well as Waters solo material. Discography As leader * ''The Call'' (Criss Cross, 1994) * ''The Bloomdaddies'' (Criss Cross, 1996) * ''Four Track Mind'' (Criss Cross, 1997) * ''Stranger Things H ...
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Darek Oleszkiewicz
Darek Oleszkiewicz (born February 20, 1963), also known as Darek Oles, is a jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and educator. Biography Oleszkiewicz was born in Wrocław, Poland, on February 20, 1963. He lived in Kraków in the early 1980s, then moved to Los Angeles in 1987 or 1988 and attended California Institute of the Arts from 1989 on a full scholarship. While studying at Cal Arts he was a protégé of Charlie Haden.Heimbauer, Gary (December 2010) "Bob Mamet". ''Jazz Inside''. p. 44. In the early 1990s and 2000s he built a reputation on the West Coast of the United States.Kelman, John (September 19, 2004"Darek Oleszkiewicz: Like a Dream" AllAboutJazz. He co-founded the Los Angeles Jazz Quartet in 1993, with saxophonist Chuck Manning, guitarist Larry Koonse, and drummer Kevin Tullius. They recorded for Naxos Records and Not Two Records. Oleszkiewicz's first album as sole leader was '' Like a Dream'',Dryden, Ke"Darek Oleszkiewicz – Like a Dream" AllMusic. Retrieved December 1 ...
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Bruce Johnston
Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who is a member of the Beach Boys. Johnston also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords, and California Music) and composed the 1975 Barry Manilow hit, " I Write the Songs". Born in Illinois, Johnston grew up in Los Angeles and studied classical piano in his early years. While in high school, he arranged and played on his first hit record, Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat" (1959), and also worked with musicians such as Kim Fowley and Phil Spector. One of Johnston's first gigs was as a member of the surf band the Gamblers before becoming a staff producer at Columbia Records. In 1965, Johnston joined the Beach Boys for live performances, initially filling in for the group's co-founder Brian Wilson. Johnston's first appearance on the band's records was as a vocalist on " California Girls" (1965). ...
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Victor Young
Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899– November 10, 1956)"Victor Young, Composer, Dies of Heart Attack", ''Oakland Tribune'', November 12, 1956. was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. Biography Young is commonly said to have been born in Chicago on August 8, 1900, but according to Census data and his birth certificate, his birth year is 1899. His grave marker shows his birth year as 1901. He was born into a very musical Jewish family, his father being a tenor with Joseph Sheehan's touring opera company. After his mother died, his father abandoned the family. The young Victor, who had begun playing violin at the age of six, and was sent to Poland when he was ten to stay with his grandfather and study at Warsaw Imperial Conservatory (his teacher was Polish composer Roman Statkowski), achieving the Diploma of Merit. He studied the piano with Isidor Philipp of the Paris Conservatory. While still a teenager he embarked on a career as a concert violinist with ...
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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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. 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. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. 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. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ...
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Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul," " When I Fall in Love," and " For Sentimental Reasons." He also contributed to a number of songs for films. Biography Heyman studied at the University of Michigan where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals. After graduating from college, Heyman moved back to New York City where he started working with a number of experienced musicians like Victor Young (" When I Fall in Love"), Dana Suesse (" You Oughta Be in Pictures") and Johnny Green (" Body and Soul," " Out of Nowhere," "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Easy Come, Easy Go"). From 1935 to 1952, Heyman contributed songs to film scores including '' Sweet Surrender'', '' That Girl from Paris'', '' Curly Top'', '' The Kissing Bandit'', '' Delightfully Dangerous'' and '' Northwest Outpost''. Arguably Heyman's biggest hit is his lyric to " Body and Soul", written in 1930, which ...
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Love Letters (song)
"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with lyrics by Edward Heyman and music by Victor Young. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name performed by Dick Haymes, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1945 but lost out to "It Might as Well Be Spring". The song has been covered by a number of artists, most notably by Nat King Cole (1957), Ketty Lester (1961), Elvis Presley (1966), and Alison Moyet (1987). Ketty Lester version In 1961, Era Records released Ketty Lester's version of "Love Letters" b/w " I'm a Fool to Want You". Lester's recording of "Love Letters", which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums, reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1962.Profile
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