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Ron Bruner
Ronald Ray Bruner Jr. (born October 5, 1982) is an American drummer, composer and producer. He has played with hardcore punk/crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. Bruner was part of the band that received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2010 for ''The Stanley Clarke Band''. He is the older brother of musicians Stephen Bruner (better known as Thundercat) and Jameel Bruner (also known as Kintaro). He frequently performs alongside Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, and cousin Terrace Martin as a member of the Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ... jazz collective West Coast Get Down. In 2015, he appeared with the collective on Washington's major-label debut album, '' The Epic''. Discography Studio albums Other appearances Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status. Clarke is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, with 15 nominations, three as a solo artist, one with the Stanley Clarke Band, and one with Return to Forever. Clarke was selected to become a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship. A Stanley Clarke electric bass is permanently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Music career Early years Clarke was born on June 30, 1951, in Philadelphia. His mother sang opera around the house, belonged to a church choir, and encouraged him to study music. He started on accordion, then tried violin. But he felt awkwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Internet (band)
The Internet is an American alternative R&B and soul band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of vocalist Syd, keyboardist Matt Martians, bassist Patrick Paige II, drummer Christopher Smith, and guitarist Steve Lacy. Their music is a blend of R&B, hip-hop, jazz, funk, and electronic dance music. They have released four studio albums and three extended plays since their formation in late 2011. The band's 2015 album ''Ego Death'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. History The Internet was formed in early 2011 by Odd Future members Syd and Matt Martians, along with touring members Patrick Paige, Christopher Smith, and Tay Walker. The band's name originally started out as a joke, inspired by Left Brain's answer to a reporter asking where he was from, to which he responded, "I hate when people ask me that, I'm going to start saying I'm from the Internet". The idea amused Syd, and inspired the name for her side project that eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. Garrett's primary instruments are alto and soprano saxophone and flute. Since 1985, he has pursued a solo career. Biography Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960. He attended Mackenzie High School. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra, under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, in 1978. Garrett also played and recorded with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw before developing his career as a leader. In 1984, Garrett recorded his first album as a bandleader, '' Introducing Kenny Garrett'', on the CrissCross label. In that year, he became the founding member of Out of the Blue, which was produced by Blue N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family
''No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family'' is the eleventh studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 2010. It is considered the follow-up to 1993's '' Still Cyco After All These Years''; like that album, it features some re-recorded songs of their early material. Aside from the re-recordings of songs from their 1987 '' Join the Army'' album, it also features re-recordings of No Mercy songs (including the previously released " Something Inside Me" and " No Mercy Fool!"), and the previously released "Come Alive" (from 2008's '' Year of the Cycos'' compilation album). Its cover art was created by designer Alan Pirie. Suicidal Tendencies toured the US, on the "Join The Army / Déjà Vu 2010 US Tour" through October and November, in support of the album. Track listing Credits Personnel * Mike Muir – lead vocals * Dean Pleasants – lead guitar * Mike Clark – rhythm guitar * Steve "Thundercat" Bruner – bass * Ronald Bruner Jr. – drums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déjà Vu (George Duke Album)
''Déjà Vu'' is a studio album by American keyboardist George Duke released in 2010 on Heads Up International. The album reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Overview ''Déjà Vu'' was produced by George Duke. Artists such as Oscar Brashear, Paul Jackson Jr., and Everette Harp appear on the album. Critical reception Steve Jones of USA Today praised the album saying, "More than 30 years ago, pianist George Duke was getting us all funked up with tracks like "Dukey Stick" and "Reach For It." On his new "Deja Vu," he revisits the synthesized soul/jazz fusion days of the '70s. It covers the same sonic territory as 2008's " Dukey Treats," though this time around there is a bit more jazz to balance the funk...Duke wisely gives the music a contemporary twist, so that this is more than a just a wistful trip down memory lane." Simon Broughton of the Evening Standard favourably found "A HEAVYWEIGHT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Duke
George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album ''The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio''. He was known primarily for 32 solo albums, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa. Biography George Martin Duke was born in San Rafael, California, United States, to Thadd Duke and Beatrice Burrell, and was raised in Marin City. At four years of age, he became interested in the piano. His mother took him to see Duke Ellington in concert and told him about this experience. "I don't remember it too well, but my mother told me I went crazy. I ran around saying 'Get me a piano, get me a piano! He began his formal piano studies at the age of seven at a local Baptist church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder (SMV Album)
''Thunder'' is the debut studio album by supergroup S.M.V., consisted of bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten. It was released on August 12, 2008 via Heads Up International. Recording sessions took place at Hannibal Studio and Threshold Sound + Vision in Santa Monica, at House of Blues Studios in Encino, at Westlake Studios and Le Gonks West in Los Angeles, at VixMix Studios in Nashville, and at Ryan's Place in Topanga. The entire album was produced by Marcus Miller with co-production by Clarke and Wooten. It features contributions from Antoinette "Butterscotch" Clinton on vocals, George Duke, Ruslan Sirota, Ariel Mann, Chick Corea and Karlton Taylor on keyboards, Ronald Bruner Jr., Poogie Bell, Derico Watson and J. D. Blair on drums, Kevin Ricard on percussion, Michael "Patches" Stewart on trumpet, and Steve Baxter on trombone. The album peaked at #186 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart in the United States. Track listing Personnel ;SMV * Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMV (band)
SMV was a bass guitar supergroup formed in 2008. The group's name comes from the first initials of each of its members, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten. The collaboration gained momentum when the three first played together at a concert held by ''Bass Player'' magazine in New York City in 2006, where Miller and Wooten joined on stage to present Clarke with the magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. SMV's debut album, ''Thunder Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning pr ...'', was released on August 12, 2008, with a supporting world tour beginning the same month. References External links Official Website of Stanley ClarkeOfficial Website of Marcus MillerOfficial Website of Victor Wooten American jazz ensembles Heads Up International artists Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proclamation
''The Proclamation'' is the debut studio album by American jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington. Track listing Based on: #The Conception – 15:35 #The Bombshell's Waltz – 12:01 #Fair As Equal – 8:32 #Whacha Say – 4:56 #The Rhythm Changes – 8:34 #Lonely Woman – 11:19 #Like Someone In Love – 7:06 #Bobby Boom Dap – 10:50 Track 6 is a cover of Ornette Coleman, while track 7 is a cover of Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television, and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ... and Johnny Burke. Personnel Based on: *Tenor saxophone – Kamasi Washington *Acoustic bass – Miles Mosley *Drums – Ronald Bruner Jr., Tony Austin *Electric bass – Stephen Bruner *Keyboards – Brandon Coleman *Piano – Cameron Graves *Trombone – Ryan Porter *Vocals – Patrice Quinn References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinyl Record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English) or a vinyl record (for later varieties only) is an analog signal, analog sound Recording medium, storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the outside edge and ends near the center of the disc. The stored sound information is made audible by playing the record on a phonograph (or "gramophone", "turntable", or "record player"). Records have been produced in different formats with playing times ranging from a few minutes to around 30 minutes per side. For about half a century, the discs were commonly made from shellac and these records typically ran at a rotational speed of 78 rpm, giving it the nickname "78s" ("seventy-eights"). After the 1940s, "vinyl" records made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) became standard replacing the old 78s and remain so to this day; they have since been produced in various sizes and speeds, mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
