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Where Are We Going
"Where Are We Going" is a song by Remy Shand, released on 17 May 2013 on Remy Records. It is the first single released by the musician since 2002's single "Rocksteady". Background "Where Are We Going?" was composed by Edward Larry Gordon and Larry Mizell. According to an article by ''The Globe and Mail'' dated June 3, 2013. Shand had covered Marvin Gaye's "Where Are We Going". The song was actually recorded in the past by Donald Byrd. Shand played all the instruments on the song and did all of the vocal backing. Shand did the mixing as well at Hollywood Dan's Sound Lair. Other versions Donald Byrd recorded the song and it appeared on his ''Black Byrd'' album that was released on Blue Note BN-LA047-F in 1973. Funk, Inc. recorded a version of the song which was included on their 1974 '' Priced to Sell'' album. Marvin Gaye recorded his version of the song which appears on the ''Let's Get It On'' (Deluxe Edition) on Motown in 2001. Aqua Stone Throne recorded a version which appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remy Shand
Remy Shand (born 1978) is a Canadian R&B/soul singer best known for his hit single to date, " Take a Message", released in late 2001. Early life Shand was born to parents Doug and Lana Shand. Career Shand became a fan of artists such as Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Steely Dan and Earth, Wind & Fire. During 1998 he began to write and record songs independently. Three years later, he was signed to Motown Records, and these songs became the basis for his first and only album, '' The Way I Feel'' which was released on March 12, 2002."Winnipeg’s one-hit wonders. They were supposed to be the next big thing. Where did they go?" ''The Uniter'', Catherine van Reenen, March 31, 2011 The album and won a |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre, originating from African Americans, African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip-hop, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive Record producer, record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic music, Electronic influences and the use of hip hop or electronic dance music, dance-inspired beat (music), beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music, pop culture and pop music. Precursors According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of [R&B] in ways that haven't been equaled since" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo Soul
Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) is a genre of popular music. As a term, it was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from Soul music, soul and contemporary R&B. Heavily based in soul music, neo soul is distinguished by a less conventional sound than its contemporary R&B counterpart, with incorporated elements ranging from funk, jazz fusion, and Hip hop music, hip hop, and to pop music, pop, rock music, rock, and electronic music. It has been noted by music writers for its traditional R&B influences, conscious-driven lyrics, and strong female presence. Neo soul developed in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, led by artists such as Omar Lye-Fook, Omar, Innocence (band), Innocence, Young Disciples, and Sade (band), Sade, as a soul revival movement. It gained recognition throughout the decade with the commercial and critical success of these musicians. Later, neo soul furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way I Feel (Remy Shand Album)
''The Way I Feel'' is the only studio album by Canadian R&B musician Remy Shand. The album was released in in Shand's native Canada, UK & Europe via Universal Records and on in the United States via Motown Records. Three singles were released from the album: " Take a Message", "The Way I Feel", and "Rocksteady". "Take a Message" was the only song from the album to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #89. Shand wrote and produced all of the album's tracks. The album peaked at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at #39 on the ''Billboard'' 200. In 2003, the album was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Album. "Take a Message" was nominated for Grammys for both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record five times, while Ba ..., while "Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Soul", and is often considered one of the Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, greatest singers of all time. Gaye's Motown hits include "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (1964), "Ain't That Peculiar" (1965), and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1968). He also recorded duets with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross. During the 1970s, Gaye became one of the first Motown artists to break away from the reins of a production company and recorded the landmark albums ''What's Going On (album), What's Going On'' (1971) and ''Let's Get It On'' (1973). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others. Biography Early life and career Byrd was born in 1932 in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. His family came from the African-American middle class, African-American middle-class. His father, Elijah Thomas Byrd, was a Methodism, Methodist minister who greatly valued education and oversaw his son's schooling. His mother, Cornelia Taylor, introduced Byrd to jazz music and it was her brother who gave Byrd his first trumpet. He attended Cass Technical High School. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. During this period, his first professional rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Byrd
''Black Byrd'' is a 1973 album by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds. Track listing Personnel * Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals * Allan Curtis Barnes - flute, oboe, saxophone * Roger Glenn - saxophone, flute * Fonce Mizell - trumpet, vocals * Larry Mizell - vocals * Kevin Toney - piano * Freddie Perren - piano, synthesizer, vocals * Dean Parks, David T. Walker, Barney Perry - guitar * Joe Sample - piano, electric piano * Chuck Rainey Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by History of the Jews in Germany, German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz around 1947. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century, noted for its role in facilitating the development of hard bop, post-bop and avant-garde jazz, as well as for its iconic modernism, modernist art direction. History Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the "hard bop" style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul music, soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel music, gospel), but also recorded essential albums in the avant-gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk, Inc
Funk, Inc. was an American jazz funk/soul jazz group, founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, in 1969 by Bobby Watley, Eugene Barr, Steve Weakley, Jimmy Munford and Cecil Hunt. During the 1970s they were signed to the Prestige Records Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz music ... label for whom they recorded five albums, though they later disbanded in 1976. Former member Cecil Hunt, who was born on July 27, 1940, died on April 12, 2015, in his birthplace of Indianapolis, Indiana. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums *1988: ''Acid Inc: The Best of Funk Inc.'' References External links * American funk musical groups Soul-jazz musicians {{US-R&B-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priced To Sell
''Priced to Sell'' is the fifth studio album by '' Funk, Inc.'', released in 1974. Track listing Personnel *Gene Barr – Tenor saxophone *Michael Hughes – Drums *Cecil Hunt – Conga *Jackie Kelso John Joseph Kelson Jr. (February 27, 1922 – April 28, 2012), known professionally as Jackie Kelso, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Kelson was the eldest child of John Jose ..., Jay Migliori, Bill Green – Reeds *Ruby Turner, Billy Fender – Guitar *Bobby Watley, Terry Fairfax – Keyboards *Snooky Young, Allen DeRienzo – Trumpet *Edna Wright, Gregory Matta, Augie Johnson, Billie Barnum, Jim Gilstrap - Background vocals Charts References External links Funk, Inc – ''Priced to Sell'' at Discogs {{Authority control 1974 albums Funk, Inc. albums Prestige Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get It On
''Let's Get It On'' is the twelfth studio album by the American soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. It was released on August 28, 1973, by the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records on LP. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre, ''Let's Get It On'' also incorporates smooth soul and doo-wop styles alongside sexually suggestive lyrics, leading to one writer's description of it as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father Marvin Gay Sr., which had stunted his sexuality. Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album '' What's Going On'' (1971), ''Let's Get It On'' helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and broadened his mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Rouse
Josh Rouse (born March 9, 1972) is an American folk music, folk/indie pop singer-songwriter. Originally from Nebraska, Rouse began his recording career in Nashville in 1998 and later relocated to Spain. In 2014, Rouse won a Spanish Goya Award, Goya Film Award in the category of Goya Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song for "Do You Really Want To Be In Love?" from the motion picture ''La Gran Familia Española''."Josh Rouse announces a new album, 'The Embers of Time,' and drops its gently rocking lead single – exclusive" ''Entertainment Weekly'', January 14, 2015. Biography Born in the rural town of Oshkosh, Nebraska,< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
