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Bob Reynolds (saxophonist)
Bob Reynolds is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. A solo recording artist since 2000, he has been a member of the popular "genre-bending" instrumental group Snarky Puppy since 2014, winning Grammy Awards with the band for the albums ''Culcha Vulcha'' and ''Live at the Royal Albert Hall,''. Career Born in Morristown, New Jersey, his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He started playing saxophone at age 13 and attended high school at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts with a well-known jazz band. After graduating, he attended Berklee College of Music where he studied with George Garzone and Hal Crook. He has played with John Mayer's band for five years, and has also worked with Brian Blade, Aaron Goldberg, Gregory Hutchinson, and Tom Harrell. His 2006 album ''Can't Wait for Perfect'' was voted Best Debut in the ''Village Voice'' jazz poll. Reynolds received a Grammy Award with Snarky Puppy in 2017, four ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards, and Berklee's Billboard Magazine En ...
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Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey County Map
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Morristown has been called "the military capital of the " because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain. Today this history is visible in a variety of locations throughout the town that collectively make up

Aaron Goldberg
Aaron Goldberg (born April 30, 1974), is an American jazz pianist. Described by ''The New York Times'' as a "post-bop pianist of exemplary taste and range," Goldberg has released five albums as a solo artist and has performed and collaborated with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Guillermo Klein, among others. Early life and education Aaron Goldberg was born in Boston to Alfred L. Goldberg, a biochemist, and Joan Helpern Goldberg, a hematologist, and has one younger sister, Julie Goldberg. He began taking piano lessons at 7, and started playing jazz when he was 14. As a high school student at Milton Academy, Goldberg was introduced to improvisation by Bob Sinicrope, the founder of Milton's Jazz Program, and at 16 studied with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. Goldberg moved to New York City at 17 to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and devoted his off-hours to practicing the piano and performing in New York clubs. Due in part to his paren ...
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Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award was first presented to Joe Jackson in 2001. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop instrumental tracks". As of 2020, Larry Carlton, Booker T. Jones and Snarky Puppy are the only musicians to receive the award more than once. Gerald Albright has receive ...
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The 1975
The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel. The band members met in secondary school and performed together as teenagers. Gigs, organised by a council worker, led the band to sign with Dirty Hit and Polydor Records. They opened for several major acts and released a series of extended plays ('' Facedown'', ''Sex'', ''Music for Cars'', '' IV'') from 2012–13, before releasing their UK chart-topping self-titled debut album (2013), which includes the popular singles "Sex", "Chocolate", and "Robbers". Their second album, ''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'' (2016), reached No. 1 in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The band released their third studio album, '' A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'' (2018), to crit ...
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Anthony Wilson (musician)
Anthony Wilson (born May 9, 1968) is an American jazz guitarist, arranger and composer. He is the son of bandleader Gerald Wilson. Education and career Born in Los Angeles on May 9, 1968, Wilson received his degree in music composition from Bennington College. He counts Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Wes Montgomery, Ry Cooder, and T-Bone Walker among his influences. His first album '' Anthony Wilson'' was nominated for a Grammy Award and his second album, ''Goat Hill Junket'' (1998) also received praise. Albums with his nine-piece band include ''Adult Themes'' (MAMA, 1999) and ''Power of Nine'' (Groove Note, 2006). Diana Krall and mandolinist Eva Scow appear on the latter. He has also recorded two trio albums with Hammond organist Joe Bagg and drummer Mark Ferber, ''Our Gang'' in 2001 and ''Savivity'' in 2005 (both on Groove Note). In 2009 he recorded more organ trio music with ''Jack of Hearts'' (again for Groove Note) featuring Larry Goldings on Hammond organ, and alternating d ...
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Jonah Smith
Jonah Smith is an American musician, singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a solo artist in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York. He has recorded several records and was a semi-finalist on Season 9 of America's Got Talent. He was born in Syracuse, New York. Education Smith attended University of Miami (Florida) for one semester. While in Miami, Smith became friends with Stephen Glover, who would later be known as Steve-O. Smith transferred to the University of Vermont, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. While in Vermont, Smith played with several bands and performed in clubs in Vermont. His main group was Funk's G that played regularly in Burlington opening for national acts like Government Mule, Andy Summers and Groove Collective. Smith co-lead this band and wrote several songs in its repertoire. The group never recorded. During this time, Smith also played as a sideman in a group called Orange Factory with John Hill on bass. Early career (Boston 19 ...
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Cool Patrol
''Cool Patrol'' is the sixth studio album by American musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party, released on August 17, 2018. Following two cover albums, it marks their return to original and comedy-oriented material since Attitude City in 2015. It is also their first release with new producer and co-songwriter Jim Roach, and their first original album to feature Tupper Ware Remix Party as backup band. Five tracks were released as singles between 2016 and 2018. Upon release, the album reached No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Top Comedy Albums and Independent Albums charts, topping the first for seven consecutive weeks; it was ultimately the #1 comedy album of the year on their Year-end charts. Recording and production Songwriting ''Cool Patrol'' marked the first time that original Ninja Sex Party songs were not written solely by Avidan and Wecht, as their new producer Jim Roach co-wrote six of the fifteen tracks of the album; "Orgy for One" was released as a single on March 6, 2018, maki ...
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Bertelsmann Music Group
Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music company was formed as RCA/Ariola International in 1985 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of RCA's RCA Records division and Bertelsmann's Ariola Records and its associated labels which include Arista Records. It consisted of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and (since August 2004) the 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music, which established the German American Sony BMG from 2004 to 2008. Acquisition In March 1998, BMG sold its video game publisher BMG Interactive to Take-Two Interactive, with Bertelsmann taking a 16 percent stake in Take-Two. BMG Interactive published the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series. The ...
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Battle Studies (album)
''Battle Studies'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on November 17, 2009, by Columbia Records. Production took place from February to August 2009 at Battle Studies recording studio in Calabasas, California, Capitol Studios in Hollywood, and The Village in West Los Angeles, California, and was handled by Mayer and Steve Jordan. The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling over 286,000 copies in its first week of sales. It achieved successful sales in several other countries and produced two singles that attained chart success. ''Battle Studies'' received positive reviews from critics, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, having sold over 880,000 copies in the United States. Background After the overwhelming success of ''Continuum'', Mayer confessed to being intimidated about starting on a new album; however, he did not want too much time to pass without making new musi ...
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Where The Light Is (John Mayer Album)
''Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles'', commonly referred to as ''Where the Light Is'', is a live album and concert film by American musician John Mayer. Released on July 1, 2008, the album documents Mayer's performance at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on December 8, 2007, during the promotional tour for his 2006 third studio album ''Continuum''. The concert in question, which was for the Annual John Mayer Holiday Charity Revue, featured three separate performances: the first an acoustic set opened by Mayer and joined by the guitarists from his band, the second with the John Mayer Trio, and the third with Mayer's regular touring band. The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Gravity", which was released as the second single from ''Continuum'' on January 31, 2007. ''Where the Light Is'' was released in a number of formats, including, for the audio album, Compact Disc, LP album and digital download; and, for the video alb ...
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Immigrance
''Immigrance'' is the thirteenth album by American jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy. It was released on March 15, 2019 and debuted at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart in the United States. Track listing ''Source'' Personnel Adapted from liner notes. * Michael League – bass guitar, oud * Jay Jennings – trumpet, flugelhorn * Mike Maher – trumpet, flugelhorn * Chris Bullock – tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, bansuri, percussion, bass, clarinet * Bob Reynolds – tenor saxophone * Zach Brock – violin * Bill Laurance – piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, synthesizers * Shaun Martin – Minimoog, clavinet, keyboards * Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ, clavinet, Minimoog, keyboards * Justin Stanton – Fender Rhodes, Prophet 6, keyboards, trumpet * Bob Lanzetti – guitars * Mark Lettieri – guitars * Chris McQueen – guitars * Larnell Lewis – drums * – drums, percussion * Jamison Ross Jamison Ross is an American jazz dru ...
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GroundUPmusic
GroundUP Music is an American record label known for recordings in a variety of genres including jazz, world music, folk, rock, and gospel. The label was founded in 2012 by Michael League as a home for his band Snarky Puppy. The roster of acts on the label has since expanded, with several artists and bands being tied to Snarky Puppy and/or members of that band. The label also coordinates and sponsors the annual GroundUP Music Festival in Miami Beach, Florida. The February event largely features artists recording with GroundUP Music and acts otherwise associated with GroundUP Music artists. Roster of artists ''Source='' * Snarky Puppy * Alina Engibaryan * Becca Stevens * Bill Laurance * Bokanté * Breastfist * Charlie Hunter * Cory Henry * David Crosby * House of Waters * FORQ * Justin Stanton * Lee Pardini * Lucy Woodward * Magda Giannikou & Banda Magda * Malika Tirolien * Mark Lettieri * Michael League * Michelle Willis * Mike "Maz" Maher * Mirrors * PRD Mais * Read/McQ ...
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