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Don Elliott
Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career. Career Elliott played mellophone in his high school band and played trumpet for an army band. After studying at the University of Miami he added vibraphone to his instruments. He recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. From 1953 to 1960, he won the ''DownBeat'' Readers' Poll several times for "miscellaneous instrument-mellophone."Skin Deep (Louis Bellson album)">Skin Deep'', Louie Bellson * 1954 ''Joe Puma Quintet'', Joe Puma * 1955 ''Songs by Sylvia Syms'', Sylvia Syms (singer), Sylvia Syms * 1956 ''The Swingin' Miss "D"'', Dinah Washington * 1956 ''Sylvia Syms Sings'', Sylvia Syms * 1956 ''Desmond: Here I Am'', Paul Desmond * 1956 ''Featuring Don Elliott'', Paul Desmond * 1956 ''Special Delivery'', Janet Brace * 1956 ''Braff!'', Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville is a borough and the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.New Jersey County Map . Accessed July 10, 2017. The borough is located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the , located about from and from |
The Only Game In Town (play)
''The Only Game in Town'' is a 1968 play written by Frank D. Gilroy. It originally opened on May 20, 1968, and closed on June 1, 1968. It was later adapted into the film of the same name in 1970, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway. Synopsis Fran, who lives just off the Las Vegas Strip, takes home Joe, who is a near compulsive gambler, and they decided to live together, no strings attached. He finds out that she is waiting for Thomas to return. Fran has a decision to make, does she stay and leave with Joe or leave with Thomas? Productions The show opened on May 20, 1968, at the Broadhurst Theatre, directed by Barry Nelson, set design George C. Jenkins, costume design Theoni V. Aldredge, lighting design Jules Fisher, and incidental music Don Elliott. The cast included Tammy Grimes (Fran), Barry Nelson (Joe), and Leo Genn (Thomas). The show was later produced Off-off-Broadway at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Tjader
Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, known as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, even as he continued to perform music of Afro-Jazz, the Caribbean, México and Latin America. Cal Tjader played the vibraphone primarily, but was accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with many musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing Jazz with Latin music is often categorized as "Latin Jazz", Tjader's works swung freely between both styles. His Grammy award in 1980 for his album ''La Onda Va Bien'' capped off a career that spanned over forty years. Early years (1925–1943) Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was born July 16, 1925, in St. Louis to touring Swedish American vaudevillians. His father tap danced and his mother played piano, a husband-wife team going from city to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoy Records
Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music. In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music. History In the 1940s, Savoy recorded some of the biggest names in jazz: Charlie Parker, Erroll Garner, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Fats Navarro, and Miles Davis. In 1948, it began buying other labels: Bop, Discovery, National, and Regent. It also reissued music from Jewel Records. In the early 1960s, Savoy briefly recorded several avant-garde jazz artists. These included Paul Bley, Ed Curran, Bill Dixon, Mark Levin, Charles Moffett, Perry Robinson, Joseph Scianni, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Marzette Watts, and Valdo Williams. After Lubinsky's death in 1974, Clive Davis, then manager of Arista Records, acquired Savoy's catalogue. After that, Joe Fields of Muse Records purchased the catalogue from Arista. In 1986, Malaco Records acquired Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enough to record a single singer-guitarist, to a large building with space for a full orchestra of 100 or more musicians. Ideally, both the recording and monitoring (listening and mixing) spaces are specially designed by an acoustician or audio engineer to achieve optimum acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound echoes that could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios may be used to record singers, instrumental musicians (e.g., electric guitar, piano, saxophone, or ensembles such as orchestras), voice-over artists for advertisements or dialogue replacement in film, television, or animation, foley, or to record their accompanying musical soundtracks. The typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s, she had appeared in several films, including ''Tom Jones (1963 film), Tom Jones'' (1963) and ''Georgy Girl'' (1966), which won her a New York Film Critics Award, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, as well as earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1967 and performed in several stage productions in New York City while making frequent returns to London's West End of London, West End. Redgrave performed with her sister Vanessa Redgrave, Vanessa in ''Three Sisters (play), Three Sisters'' in London, and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television production of ''What Ever Happened to..., What Ever Happ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Hooker (film)
''The Happy Hooker'' is a 1975 American biographical comedy film directed by Nicholas Sgarro and starring Lynn Redgrave. It was adapted from the best-selling memoir by Xaviera Hollander. Plot As prostitutes are arrested in New York, a flashback begins to the life of one of them, a Dutch secretary Xaviera Hollander who moved to New York in hopes of marrying her fiancé Carl, whom she met whilst visiting her sister in South Africa. Observing how Carl does not help her take her bags off the airplane and his increasingly long morning routine and primping, Xaviera grows concerned he is not the man she thought he was. Her suspicions are confirmed when his mother insults her over dinner. Xaviera offers him a choice of her or his mother and he picks his mother. Xaviera finds work at the Dutch Embassy as a translator and secretary. She is asked on a date by Frenchman Yves and quickly falls in love with him and his extravagant lifestyle, as Yves has made a small fortune as a consultant f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (1972 Film)
''The Getaway'' is a 1972 American heist thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy (McQueen), whose wife Carol (MacGraw) conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit. Peter Bogdanovich, whose ''The Last Picture Show'' impressed McQueen and producer David Foster, was originally hired as the director of ''The Getaway''. Thompson came on board to write the screenplay, but creative differences ensued between him and McQueen and he was subsequently fired along with Bogdanovich. Writing and directing duties eventually went to Hill and Peckinpah, respectively. Principal photography commenced on February 7, 1972, on l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Rock (film)
''The Hot Rock'' is a 1972 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Peter Yates from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name, which introduced his long-running John Dortmunder character. The film stars Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn and Zero Mostel. It was released in the UK with the alternative title ''How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons''. Plot In 1971, after John Dortmunder (Redford) is released from his latest stint in prison, he is approached by his brother-in-law Andy Kelp (Segal) about another job. Dr. Amusa (Gunn) seeks a valuable gem in the Brooklyn Museum that is of great significance to his people in his country in Africa, stolen during colonial times and then re-stolen by various African nations. Dortmunder and Kelp are joined by driver Stan Murch (Leibman) and explosives expert Allan Greenberg (Sand), concocting an elaborate plan to steal the gem. Although the scheme (and eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dollar$ (soundtrack)
''Dollars'' is the soundtrack album to the 1971 movie of the same name, also known as ''$'', ''Dollar$'', ''$ (Dollars)'' or ''The Heist'' (in the UK), written and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn. The soundtrack, originally issued on Reprise Records, is composed and produced by Quincy Jones, and features performances by Little Richard, Roberta Flack and Doug Kershaw. Throughout the album, the Don Elliott Voices provide harmony vocal background to otherwise instrumental pieces.The "Don Elliott Voices" were generally Don Elliott, a frequent soundtrack collaborator with Quincy Jones, multitracking his voice. An example is the Roberta Flack version of "When You're Smiling", on the ''Dollar$'' soundtrack. Flack is backed by a twenty voice choir, all created through multitracking the vocals of Don Elliott. See Scooter Pirtie,"Don Elliott: He was a gentleman, too"(1994); www.middlehornleader.com. History Jones, who was at the time under contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Heat Of The Night (film)
''In the Heat of the Night'' is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and was produced by Walter Mirisch. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture and Best Actor for Steiger. The quote "They call me ''Mister Tibbs!'' was listed as number 16 on the American Film Institute's '' 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes'', a list of top film quotes. The film also appears on AFI's '' 100 Years...100 Movies'', a list of the 100 greatest movies in American cinema. In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk, Don't Run (soundtrack)
''Walk, Don't Run'' is the soundtrack to the 1966 film of the same name composed by Quincy Jones. It was orchestrated by Jack Hayes and Leo Shuken. Allmusic's Stephen Cook describes the score as having a "Henry Mancini inspired sound", with "excellent contributions from Toots Thielemans and Harry "Sweets" Edison". Jones collaborated with Peggy Lee on the songs "Happy Feet" and "Stay with Me". Jones was recommended to score the film by its star, Cary Grant, who had met him through Peggy Lee. This was Cary Grant's last film. Track listing # "Happy Feet" – 2:13 # "Stay with Me" – 2:57 # "Copy Cat (Wack a Do)" – 2:59 # "Happy Feet - vocal" – 1:47 # "Papa San" – 1:50 # "Abso-Bleedin'-Lutely" – 2:50 # "Stay with Me - vocal" – 2:22 # "One More Time" – 2:49 # "20th Century Drawers" – 3:10 # "Locked Out" – 2:15 # "Happy Feet - reprise" – 1:43 # "Rabelaisian Rutland" – 1:49 # "One More Time - reprise" – 0:46 Personnel Performance *Quincy Jones – composer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
