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Bill Summers (musician)
Bill Summers (born June 27, 1948) is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums. Career During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Calientes along with co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and Jason Marsalis. However, Summers has a much longer musical career, often working behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as ''The Color Purple'' and the television miniseries ''Roots'' with Quincy Jones. He also played with Herbie Hancock during The Headhunters years, and is mentioned in passing by the liner notes of The Headhunters' 2003 release ''Evolution Revolution'' as contributing to that recording. His former wife is Yvette Bostic-Summers, who often sings on Los Hombres' albums. Discography As leader * ''Feel the Heat'' (Prestige, 1977) * ''Cayenne'' (Prestige, 1977) * ''Straight to the Bank'' (Prestige, 1978) * ''On Sunshine'' (Prestige, 1979) * ''Call it What You Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Jazz
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova. Afro-Cuban jazz "Spanish tinge"—The Cuban influence in early jazz and proto-Latin jazz African American music began incorporating Afro-Cuban musical motifs in the 19th century, when the habanera (Cuban contradanza) gained international popularity. The habanera was the first written music to be rhythmically based on an African motif. The ''habanera rhythm'' (also known as ''congo'', ''tango-congo'', or ''tango'' ) can be thought of as a combination of tresillo and the backbeat. Wynton Marsalis considers tresillo to be the New Orleans "clave," although technically, the pattern is only half a clave. "St. Louis Blues" (1914) by W. C. Handy has a habanera-tresillo bass line. Handy noted a reaction to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Bostic-Summers
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' *Bulgaria: ''24 June'' ("Eniovden") *Latvia: 12 December Notable people *Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician *Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress * Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer *Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita *Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer *Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959), American photographer * Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor * Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress *Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), French prima ballerina *Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician *Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician * Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist *Yvette D'Ath (born 1970), Australian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
''Feets, Don't Fail Me Now'' is the twenty-seventh album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released in February 1979, on the Columbia Records label. Overview This was the first of Hancock's albums to discard jazz completely in favor of a more commercial (at the time) disco sound, with vocoder effects and repetitive lyrics. Honey from the Jar, however, is definitely a funk, not disco, song. Background vocals were provided by 'The Waters', a family vocal group from Los Angeles. All LP and CD editions after the first pressing use an alternate 'Disco Mix' version of "Tell Everybody". The original version was included as a bonus track on the disc in the ''Complete Columbia Albums Collection'' box set. Track listing # "You Bet Your Love" – 7:41 # "Trust Me" – 5:44 # "Ready or Not" – 6:48 # "Tell Everybody" – 7:49 # "Honey From the Jar" – 6:53 # "Knee Deep" – 5:43 Personnel * Herbie Hancock – lead and backing vocals, all keyboards * James Gadson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directstep
''Directstep'' is the twenty-fourth studio album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released only in Japan on January 21, 1979, via CBS/Sony label. Participating musicians include saxophonist Bennie Maupin, keyboardist Webster Lewis, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, guitarist Ray Obiedo and drummer Alphonse Mouzon. About the album ''Directstep'', released only in Japan, was one of the earliest albums ever released on CD. Webster Lewis became second keyboardist on this album in order for Hancock to handle the multiple layers of electronic texture that he hoped to achieve. Hancock re-recorded "I Thought It Was You" (originally on '' Sunlight''), making it even more electronic with his vocoding. "Butterfly" was also re-recorded (originally on ''Thrust'') making ''Directstep'' the second album after the original version (the first being ''Flood''), to have a rendition of "Butterfly". (The fourth would be '' Dis Is da Drum'' and the tune is also featured on Kimiko Kasai's LP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunlight (Herbie Hancock Album)
''Sunlight'' is an album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. It features Hancock's vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius on one track. Track listing ''All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.'' Side one # "I Thought It Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:56 # "Come Running to Me" (lyrics: Allee Willis) – 8:25 Side two "Sunlight" – 7:12 "No Means Yes" – 6:21 "Good Question" – 8:32 Personnel Musicians * Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements * Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5) * Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3) * Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1, 3) * Byron Miller (1), Paul Jackson (2–4), Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3), Harvey Mason, Sr. (4), Tony Williams (5) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flood (Herbie Hancock Album)
''Flood'' is the second live album, and sixteenth album overall, by American jazz pianist and keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Recorded live in Tokyo, the album was originally released exclusively in Japan in 1975 as a double LP , reads kōzui meaning flood. It features The Headhunters (saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark, along with guitarist DeWayne McKnight) performing selections from the albums '' Maiden Voyage'' (track 1), ''Head Hunters'' (tracks 4 and 6), ''Thrust'' (tracks 2, 3, and 5), and ''Man-Child'' (track 7)–– with the latter album still two months away from release at the time of these concerts. ''Flood'' remained a Japanese-only release in all formats until a 2014 CD reissue in the U.S. by the Wounded Bird label. The cover artwork was designed by Nobuyuki Nakanishi. Track listing All compositions by Herbie Hancock except where noted. Personnel *Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano, Fende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-Child
''Man-Child'' is the fifteenth studio album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The record was released on August 22, 1975 by Columbia Records. It was the final studio album to feature The Headhunters, and a number of guest musicians including saxophonist Wayne Shorter, a full brass section, three different guitarists (including DeWayne McKnight), and Stevie Wonder on harmonica. Overview It is arguably one of his most funk-influenced albums and it represents his further departure from the "spacey, higher atmosphere jazz," as he referred to it, of his earlier career. Hancock uses more funk based rhythms around the hi-hat, and snare drum. The tracks are characterized by short, repeated riffs by both the rhythm section, horns accompaniment, and bass lines. ''Man-Child'' features less improvisation from the whole band and more concentrated grooves with brief solos from the horns and Hancock himself on synthesizer and Fender Rhodes piano on top of the repeated riffs. This album f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrust (album)
''Thrust'' is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. It is the second album featuring The Headhunters: saxophonist Bennie Maupin, bass guitarist Paul Jackson, drummer Mike Clark (replacing Harvey Mason in this role) and percussionist Bill Summers. Background Thrust was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock. Covers "Actual Proof" was covered by the Peter Zak Trio (2006) and Roberta Piket (2015). The composition "Butterfly" was subsequently performed by Hancock himself in his live album ''Flood'' (1975), in two studio albums of '' Direct Step'' (1979) and '' Dis Is da Drum'' (1994), and in Kimiko Kasai's album ''Butterfly'' (1979). "Butterfly" was also covered by Norman Connors (1978), Eddie Henderson (1978), Toto (2002), Austin Peralta (2006), Azymuth (2008) and the Robert Glasper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Hunters
''Head Hunters'' is the twelfth studio album by American pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, released October 26, 1973, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the evening at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California. The album was a commercial and artistic breakthrough for Hancock, crossing over to funk and rock audiences and bringing jazz-funk fusion to mainstream attention, peaking at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Hancock is featured with his ‘Mwandishi’ saxophonist Bennie Maupin and new collaborators – bassist Paul Jackson, percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Harvey Mason. All of the musicians (with the exception of Mason) play multiple instruments. Structure and release ''Head Hunters'' followed a series of experimental albums by Hancock's sextet: ''Mwandishi'', '' Crossings'', and ''Sextant'', released between 1971 and 1973, a time when Hancock was looking for a new direction in which to tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith. Biography Smith played with Paul Williams and Chris Columbo before forming his own group. His bands featured singers Etta Jones, Byrdie Green, saxophonists Houston Person, Earl Edwards, guitarists Eddie McFadden, Floyd Smith, James Clark, vibist Freddie McCoy. His career took off as he was serving as accompanist to singer Nancy Wilson. One of his last accomplishments also included Nancy Wilson. He wrote the song "Quiet Fire" for her ''Nancy Now!'' release in 1988. After a 10-year spell on Prestige Records throughout the 1960s resulting in a series of albums, he signed for soul/R&B influenced Kudu imprint of Creed Taylor's well-regarded CTI Records jazz record label in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Garthwaite
Joy of Cooking was an American music ensemble formed in 1967, in Berkeley, California. Identified with the hippie culture, the band's music melded rock & roll with folk, blues, and jazz. The band released three studio albums on Capitol Records in the early 1970s as well as a minor hit single in 1971, "Brownsville". Led by guitarist Terry Garthwaite and pianist Toni Brown, who shared lead vocals, Joy of Cooking was an unusual example of a rock band fronted by women. Career Joy of Cooking was led by pianist Toni Brown and guitarist Terry Garthwaite. The rest of the band comprised bass guitarist David Garthwaite (Terry's brother), drummer Fritz Kasten, and percussion player Ron Wilson. Keyboard player Stevie Roseman replaced Toni Brown for a time. Bass players Happy Smith and eventually Jeff Neighbor replaced David Garthwaite on bass guitar and Glen Frendel was added on lead guitar. The band's music was a mix of hippie sensibilities with rock, blues, folk, and jazz, and the lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
