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Lin Biviano
Franklin "Lin" Biviano is an American jazz trumpeter best known for his powerful lead trumpet playing with Buddy Rich, Count Basie, and Maynard Ferguson. He has also played and recorded with Hoagy Carmichael, Jo Ann Castle, Bill Chase, Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Milt Jackson, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Steve Smith, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller, and Lawrence Welk, mostly playing lead trumpet. From 1974-1976 he led his own big band; they toured the East Coast and recorded the single ''L.A. Expression'' with ''Love Is Stronger Far Than We'' on the flipside. From 1964-1965, he attended Berklee School of Music (now Berklee College of Music), and in 2002 he was asked to return as a teacher; as of 2017 he is still on the faculty, teaching mainly ensembles and private lessons. Discography With Buddy Rich *'' A Different Drummer'' (RCA, 1971) *'' Rich in London'' (RCA, 1971) *''Stick It'' (RCA, 1972) With Maynard Fer ... [...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] |
Steve Smith (musician)
Steven Bruce Smith (born August 21, 1954) is an American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Journey across three stints: 1978 to 1985, 1995 to 1998 and 2015 to 2020. ''Modern Drummer'' magazine readers have voted him the No. 1 All-Around Drummer five years in a row. In 2001, the publication named Smith one of the Top 25 Drummers of All Time, and in 2002 he was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey on April 7, 2017. Early life Smith received his first drum kit at age two and in 1963 he began taking formal lessons with local Boston area drum teacher Bill Flanagan, who played in big bands in the swing era. Smith got his first "real" drum set when he was 12 years old. On many nights, Steve could be heard practicing in a small shed in the back yard of his Harvard Street home. Smith performed in the usual school band program and garage bands while in his teens, including Clyde, a South Shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee College Of Music Alumni
Berklee College of Music () is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock, hip hop, reggae, salsa, heavy metal and bluegrass. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, seven Tony Awards, eight Academy Awards, and three Saturn Awards. History Schillinger House (1945–1954) In 1945, pianist, composer, arranger and MIT graduate Lawrence B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Trumpeters
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreux '77 (Count Basie Album)
''Montreux '77'' is an album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival. Track listing # "The Heat's On" ( Sammy Nestico) – 3:39 # "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 6:04 # "Splanky" ( Neal Hefti) – 4:34 # " The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:41 # " A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:53 # "Hittin' 12" (Harrison) – 2:23 # "Bag of Dreams" ( Jimmy Forrest) – 6:14 # "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:14 # "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" (Quincy Jones) – 5:07 # "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:44 # "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:50 # "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 3:28 Personnel ;The Count Basie Orchestra * Count Basie - piano * Al Grey - trombone * Dennis Wilson - trombone * Mel Wanzo - trombone * Bill Hughes - trombone * Waymon Reed - trumpet * Lin Biviano - trumpet * Sonny Cohn - trumpet * Bobby Mitchell - trumpet * Jimmy Forre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time (Count Basie Album)
''Prime Time'' is an album by the American musician Count Basie, released in 1977. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1978. Track listing All music composed by Sammy Nestico, except where noted. #"Prime Time" – 7:33 #"Bundle O'Funk" – 5:16 #" Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:34 #"Featherweight" – 4:52 #"Reachin' Out" – 6:36 #"Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) – 5:45 #"The Great Debate" – 4:48 #"Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00 Personnel * Count Basie – piano * Lin Biviano – trumpet * Sonny Cohn – trumpet * Pete Minger – trumpet * Bobby Mitchell – trumpet * Curtis Fuller – trombone * Al Grey – trombone * Bill Hughes – trombone * Mel Wanzo – trombone * Bobby Plater – alto saxophone * Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone * Jimmy Forrest – saxophone * Danny Turner – saxophone * Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone * Freddie Green – guitar * John Duke – double bass * Reinie Press – bass guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stick It (Buddy Rich Album)
''Stick It'' is a 1972 studio album by Buddy Rich, with his big band. It was his third and final album on the RCA label. Track listing LP side A #"Space Shuttle" (John LaBarbera) – 4:19 #" God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:48 #"Best Coast" (John LaBarbera) – 3:58 #"Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:15 LP side B #"Something" (George Harrison) – 3:25 #"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 7:57 #"Sassy Strut" (John LaBarbera) – 6:06 #" Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) – 2:58 bonus track on 1999 RCA CD re-issue #"Space Shuttle" – 10:38 ''(extended version)'' ''Track order on CD re-issue differs from original LP'' Personnel The Buddy Rich big band * Buddy Rich – drums * Joel DiBartolo – double bass * Pat LaBarbera – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone * Joe Romano – flute, alto saxophone * Brian A. Grivna – flute, alto saxophone * Don Englert – flute, tenor saxophone * Walter Namuth – guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich In London
''Rich in London'' a.k.a. ''Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts'' is a live album by Buddy Rich and his big band, recorded in 1971 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Not to be confused with the 1980 DRG Buddy Rich Big Band recording, '' Live at Ronnie Scott's''. Release history The US LP release, ''Rich in London'', contains 8 tracks plus a Rich monologue. The UK release, ''Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts'', is a double LP containing an additional 5 tracks plus more examples of Rich talking to the audience. Both albums have been re-issued on CD. The Mosaic Records single CD re-issue of ''Rich in London'' includes 4 additional bonus tracks (4 of the "missing" 5 tracks from the UK ''"Very Alive..."'' release - all but "Superstar" - but not the additional Rich monologue). Track listing ''Rich in London'' LP Side 1 #"Dancing Men" (Pat LaBarbera) – 6:41 #"The Word" (Don Piestrup) – 6:03 #"St. Marks Square (A Special Day)" (LaBarbera) – 4:06 #"That's Enough" (Jon Hendricks) � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Different Drummer (album)
''A Different Drummer'', also released as ''Superstar'', is a 1971 big band recording by jazz drummer Buddy Rich for the RCA Records label. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2.5 stars stating Track listing Source: Discogs *''Tracks B3 – B6 make up the "A Piece of the Road" Suite'' Personnel *Buddy Rich – drums *Bobby Peterson – piano *David Spinozza – guitar *Bob Daugherty – bass *Paul Kondziela – bass *Candido Camero – bongos, conga *Phil Kraus – percussion *Brian Grivna – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone *Jimmy Mosher – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone *Pat LaBarbera Pat (Pascel Emmanuel) LaBarbera (born April 7, 1944) is an American-born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist born in Mt. Morris, New York, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from ... – tenor saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone *Don Englert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee College Of Music
Berklee College of Music () is a Private university, private music college in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern Music of the United States, American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock music, rock, hip hop music, hip hop, reggae, salsa music, salsa, Heavy metal music, heavy metal and Bluegrass music, bluegrass. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the easy listening music featured became known as "champagne music" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences. Welk, a native of North Dakota who was born to Black Sea Germans, German immigrants from Russia, began his career as a bandleader in the 1920s in the Great Plains. He gradually became more known throughout the country due to recordings and radio performances, and he and his orchestra were based in Chicago in the 1940s, where they had a standing residency at the Trianon Ballroom. By the start of the next decade, Welk relocated to Los Angeles and began hosting his eponymous television show, first on local television, before going national when the show was picked up by American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1955. The show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
