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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ... for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes: * In 1959, the award was known as Best Engineered Record – Non-Classical * In 1960, it was awarded as Best Engineering Contribution – Other Than Classical or Novelty * From 1961 to 1962, it was awarded as Best Engineering Contribution – Popular Recording * In 1963, it was awarded as Best Engineering Contribution – Other Than Novelty and Other Than Classical * In 1964, it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording – Other Than Classical * From 1965 to 1991, it returned to the title Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical * Since 1992, it has been awarded as Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audio Engineering
Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound *Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound * Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum *Digital audio, representation of sound in a form processed and/or stored by computers or digital electronics *Audio, audible content (media) in audio production and publishing * Semantic audio, extraction of symbols or meaning from audio * Stereophonic audio, method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective * Audio equipment Entertainment * AUDIO (group), an American R&B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5 * ''Audio'' (album), an album by the Blue Man Group * ''Audio'' (magazine), a magazine published from 1947 to 2000 * Audio (musician), British drum and bass artist * "Audio" (song), a song by LSD *"Audios", a song by Black Eyed Peas from ''Elevation'' Computing * HTML audio, identified by the tag See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchcraft (1957 Song)
"Witchcraft" is a popular music, popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Versions Frank Sinatra recorded "Witchcraft" three times in a studio setting. The first recording was in 1957, for his single release, and was later released on his compilation album ''All the Way (Frank Sinatra album), All the Way'' (1961). Sinatra re-recorded "Witchcraft" for 1963's ''Sinatra's Sinatra'', and finally recorded it as a duet with Anita Baker for ''Duets (Frank Sinatra album), Duets'' (1993). Chart performance "Witchcraft" was released in the U.S. in 1957 as a single by Frank Sinatra. At its highest ranking it reached number six on the Hot 100 chart and stayed on the charts for sixteen weeks. Other recordings "Witchcraft" has been recorded by many other artists, including Chris Connor, as the title track of her 1959 album, Sarah Vaughan, on her 1962 album ''You're Mine You'', Ella Fitzgerald, on ''Ella Returns to Berlin'' (1961), and Bill Evans on ''Portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persuasive Percussion
''Persuasive Percussion'' was an LP album performed by Terry Snyder and the All Stars and released in 1959 by Command Records (run by Enoch Light). The packaging includes the first use of the gatefold cover which, upon being unfolded, lists information about each selection. The liner notes state that the album may be used to test audio equipment, due to the stereo placement of sounds independently in either the left or right channel (something common today, but extremely innovative in 1959). The album cover artwork, by Josef Albers, is minimalistic in style, consisting of an arrangement of dots. The album was the first volume in a series of ''Persuasive Percussion'' releases. ''Provocative Percussion'' was the second release of the ''Percussion'' albums. Both ''Persuasive Percussion'' and ''Provocative Percussion'' had four volumes released over the next several years. In April 1960, the album reached number 1 on The Billboard's Stereo Action Albums chart,and stayed at the top fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Bellson
Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums.National Endowment for the Arts biography of Louis Bellson , January 1994; accessed January 2009. Bellson and his wife, actress and singer Pearl Bailey (married from 1952 until Bailey's death in 1990), had the second highest number of appearances at the |
Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne
''Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne'' is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances of tunes written by Jule Styne recorded in 1960 for the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2100 series accessed December 15, 2015 accessed December 15, 2015 Reception awarded the album 3 stars.Track listing # "My Little Yellow Dress" (Jule ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
''Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall'' is a live double album by Harry Belafonte. It is the second of two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums, and was recorded May 2, 1960. It peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Pop albums charts. Belafonte shares the stage in this live recording with The Belafonte Folk Singers, Odetta, The Chad Mitchell Trio and Miriam Makeba. Track listing #"Jump Down Spin Around" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 2:14 #"Suzanne" - Harry Belafonte - 5:50 #"A Little Lyric of Great Importance" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 1:29 #"Chickens" - Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers - 3:10 #"Vaichazkem" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 1:34 #"I Do Adore Her" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:18 #"The Ballad of Sigmund Freud" - The Chad Mitchell Trio - 3:28 #"I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain/ Water Boy" - Odetta - 6:54 #" A Hole in the Bucket" - Harry Belafonte and Odetta - 5:19 #" The Click Song" - Miriam Makeba and The Belafon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, Intonation (music), intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With Verve, she recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook
''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book'' is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was produced by Norman Granz, Fitzgerald's manager and the founder of Verve Records. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. It is one of the eight album releases comprising what is possibly Fitzgerald's greatest musical legacy: '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Complete American Songbook'', in which she recorded, with top arrangers and musicians, a comprehensive collection of both well-known and obscure songs from the Great American Songbook canon, written by the likes of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and Johnny Mercer. Fitzgerald's recording of " But Not for Me" won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. Ira Gershwin subsequently said that "I never k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Annual Grammy Awards
The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 12, 1961, at Los Angeles and New York. They recognized musical accomplishments by the performers for the year 1960. Ray Charles won four awards and Bob Newhart and Henry Mancini each won three awards. Award winners The following awards were given in the third award ceremony: *Record of the Year **Percy Faith for " Theme from ''A Summer Place''" **Frank Sinatra for "Nice 'N Easy" **Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack The Knife" **Ray Charles for "Georgia On My Mind" **Elvis Presley for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" * Album of the Year **Bob Newhart for '' The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart'' **Nat King Cole for '' Wild Is Love'' ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for ''Puccini Turandot'' **Frank Sinatra for '' Nice 'N Easy'' **Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) for ''Brahms: Concerto'' with Sviatoslav Richter (piano) **Harry Belafonte for '' Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall'' * Song of the Year ** Ernest Gold for " Theme of ''Exodus''" **Max Steiner (so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Elgart
Lawrence Joseph Elgart (March 20, 1922 – August 29, 2017) was an American jazz bandleader. With his brother Les, he recorded " Bandstand Boogie", the theme to the long-running dance show ''American Bandstand''. Biography Elgart was born in 1922 in New London, Connecticut, four years younger than his brother Les, and grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Their mother was a concert pianist; their father also played piano, though not professionally. Larry and Les both attended Pompton Lakes High School. Both brothers began playing in jazz ensembles in their teens, and while young Larry played with jazz musicians such as Charlie Spivak, Woody Herman, Red Norvo, Freddie Slack and Tommy Dorsey. In the mid-1940s, Les and Larry started up their own ensemble, hiring Nelson Riddle, Bill Finegan and Ralph Flanagan to arrange tunes for them. Their ensemble was not successful, and after a few years, they scuttled the band and sold the arrangements they had commissioned to Tommy Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri René
Henri René (born Harold Manfred Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger. Early years Born in New York City of a German father and a French mother, young Harold traveled to Germany with his family, where he studied at the Royal Berlin Academy of Music. Artistic career Returning to the U.S. in the mid-1920s, he appeared with several orchestras. After this, he returned once more to Berlin, working as a composer in the German film industry, and as an arranger with a German record label. While touring Europe with his band some years before the war, he was appointed musical director of the two largest moving-picture firms in Europe, Tobis and UFA. In 1936, René returned to the U.S. and became musical director and chief arranger for RCA Victor, forming his own orchestra in 1941. As instrumentalist, René played the piano, saxophone, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff; February 8, 1919 – September 27, 2010), also known as Moe Zudekoff, was an American trombonist and bandleader. Career On a scholarship at age 16, Morrow studied trombone with Ernest Horatio Clarke (1865–1947) at Juilliard from October to December 1936. During the next year he began playing trombone with Sharkey Bonano's Sharks of Rhythm, an Eddie Condon group. He then worked with Eddy Duchin, Vincent Lopez, and Artie Shaw. He became known as "Buddy Morrow" in 1938 when he joined the Tommy Dorsey band. In 1939 he performed with Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra for their recording of Gershwin's '' Concerto in F''. In 1940, Morrow joined the Tony Pastor band, but this was only a short detour on his way to replacing Ray Conniff in the Bob Crosby band. Shortly thereafter, he joined the U.S. Navy, during which he recorded with Billy Butterfield, leading a ten-piece band with three trombones, accompanying Red McKenzie singing four arrangements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
