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Doug Carn
Doug Carn (born July 14, 1948) is an American jazz musician from St. Augustine, Florida, formerly married to Jean Carne and known for his several albums released for Black Jazz Records. Carn is a multi-instrumentalist known primarily for his work on organ and piano. Career Carn studied oboe and composition at Jacksonville University from 1965 to 1967, then finished his education at Georgia State College in 1969. He also taught piano and jazz improvisation at Jacksonville University for several years. He, along with Chris Lightburn and Rev. H. L. Patterson of St. Mary's Baptist Church, founded the Lincolnville Restoration and Development Committee in his home town of St. Augustine in 1979. One of the group's projects was the organizing, in 1979, of the annual Lincolnville Festival, which has continued into the 21st century and become one of the Ancient City's leading cultural events. Carn recorded several albums on the Black Jazz Records label during the 1970s that have since a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Carne
Jean Carn, also spelled Jean Carne (born Sarah Jean Perkins; March 15, 1947) is an American jazz and pop singer. In mid career, she added a final ''e'' to her name. Carn is a vocalist credited with a five octave vocal range. Biography Carn was born Sarah Jean Perkins in Columbus, Georgia. At the age of four, she became a member of her church choir. Carn planned on furthering her studies at Juilliard School of Music in New York City when she met and married jazz pianist Doug Carn (the couple later divorced) and became a featured vocalist in his jazz fusion band. The couple based themselves in Los Angeles, California, where Carn did four early albums with her husband, ''Infant Eyes'', ''Spirit of the New Land'', ''Revelation'' and ''Adam's Apple'' on Black Jazz/Ovation. In 1976, Carn was signed to Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records. She released her debut album ''Jean Carn'' in 1976. The debut single "Free Love" went to number 23 R&B. In June 1978, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JazzWeek
''JazzWeek,'' is a jazz magazine that was co-founded by Ed Trefzger in August 2001. ''Jazzweek'' publishes industry news and a weekly top 100 ranking of music played by jazz radio stations. Collection Method Originally, the company gathered its own data directly from radio stations, but then switched to Mediaguide The airplay music charts in South Africa were gathered and published by the company Entertainment Monitoring Africa (EMA), formerly known as Mediaguide South Africa. It is a member of the Times Media Group, under Entertainment Logistics Services ..., Inc. reporting until that company went out of business in February 2012. From that month onward, JazzWeek returned to doing its own data collection. Events Since 2002, with the exception of 2006, the publication hosts JazzWeek Summit, where jazz radio stations and record labels with jazz artists gather for a three-day trade conference. All but two were hosted in Rochester, New York, where the magazine is published, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home (Wallace Roney Album)
''Home'' is an album by trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney which was recorded in 2010 and released on the HighNote label. Reception Financial Times reviewer, Mike Hobart, stated "Trumpeter Wallace Roney and his saxophonist brother Antoine's long-standing partnership is steeped in the influence of the second great Miles Davis acoustic band. Both Roneys have mouth-watering tones and spin long fluent lines with imperious logic, and their working rhythm sections are fluid and spacious. Add in passing references to hip-hop, strong musical personalities and potent writing ... and a classic tradition springs to life".Hobart, MFinancial Times Review April 7, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020 In The Observer, Dave Gelly noted "No one could call these eight numbers easy listening but they have a concentrated power and moments of quite devastating boldness and originality".Gelly, DThe Observer Review April 22, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020 JazzTimes', Philip Booth wrote: "Old-school funk and fusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won 1 Grammy award and has two nominations. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credited Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored. Early life and education Roney was born in Philadelphia. He attended Howard University and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, after graduating from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts of the D. C. Public Schools, where he studied trumpet with Langston Fitzgerald of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Found to have perfect pitch at the age of four, Wallace began his musical and trumpet studies at Philadelphia's Settlement School of Music. He studied with trumpeter Sigmund He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Serious As A Heart-Attack
''As Serious as a Heart-Attack'' is a 1971 spoken word album by Melvin Van Peebles. This is Van Peebles third studio record. The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in Van Peebles' 1973 film '' Don't Play Us Cheap''. Track listing All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles Countryside 1 #"Rufus & Ruby" #"Mothers Prayer" #"The Country Brother & The City Sister" #"Chippin" Cityside 2 #"Just Don't Make No Sense" #"Dearmistuh" #" Love, That's America" #"I Remember" #"My Pal Johnny" Personnel Musicians *Rhetta Hughes - guest vocalist on "Mother's Prayer" *Doug Carn - keyboards *John Boudreaux Jr. - drums * Tom Scott, Albert Hall, Jr. - horns *William Henderson - strings *Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Rhetta Hughes, Jessica Smith - backing vocals Engineers *Robert Appère - recording and mix *Dick Burns - mix *Produced And Conceived By Melvin Van Peebles *All Words And Music By Melvin Van Peebles *All Selections Published By Almo Music Corp./Yeah Inc., Ascap, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. His feature film debut, ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' (1967), was based on his own French-language novel ' and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut '' Watermelon Man'', in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the successes he had so far to bankroll his work as an independent filmmaker. In 1971, he released his best-known work, creating and starring in the film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'', considered one of the earliest and best-regarded examples of the blaxploitation genre. He followed this up with the musical, '' Don't Play Us Cheap'', based on hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep It Simple (Curtis Fuller Album)
''Keep It Simple'' is a studio album by American jazz trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 2003 and released by the Savant label in 2005. Reception Matt Collar of Allmusic said: "Fuller once again reunites with a former Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers alum for a set of standards and original compositions. Joining Fuller this time is tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, who played with Blakey from the late '80s until the drummer's death in 1990. Together they reignite the fiery, soulful Jazz Messenger aesthetic." In his review for ''JazzTimes'', Aaron Steinberg wrote: "There's nothing brash or unconventional about trombonist Curtis Fuller's latest, ''Keep It Simple''. Still active and playing well at 70, Fuller hews close to the Jazz Messengers-style bebop and modal jazz he’s been playing since the ’50s. Fuller brought a solid band into the studio and delivers a casual, satisfying record of standards and modal originals... the recording belongs to Fuller. His hazy tone and curt, snapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 1932. His father had emigrated from Jamaica and worked in a Ford automobile factory, but he died from tuberculosis before his son was born. His mother, who had moved north from Atlanta, died when he was 9. He spent several years in an orphanage run by Jesuits. He developed a passion for jazz after one of the nuns there brought him to see Illinois Jacquet and his band perform, with J. J. Johnson on trombone. Fuller attended a public school in his hometown, together with Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones, and Milt Jackson. There, he took up the trombone when he was sixteen, after attempting the violin and with the saxophone (his next choice) being unavailable. He studied under Johnson and Elmer James. Career Fuller joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Keys
Calvin Keys (born February 6, 1943) is an American jazz guitarist, known for the several albums he released for Black Jazz Records.AllMusic Discography/ref> Keys has performed and recorded with Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Marshall, Sonny Stitt, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson and Leon Williams. at Totally Guitars. Retrieved 2013-01-25. Discography As leader * ''Shawn-Neeq'' (Black Jazz, 1971) * ''Proceed with Caution!'' (Black Jazz, 1974) * ''Criss Cross'' (, 1976) * ''Full Court Press'' (Olive Branch, 1985) * ''Maria's First'' (Olive Branch, 1987) * ''Standard Keys''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, and rapper, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Muhammad currently lives in Los Angeles. Career Muhammad is a Muslim. Together with Jay Dee and Q-Tip, he formed the music-production collective the Ummah. After A Tribe Called Quest disbanded, Muhammad formed the R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl with Dawn Robinson, formerly of En Vogue and Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony! Toni! Toné!, releasing one album in 2000. On October 12, 2004, he released his debut solo album, '' Shaheedullah and Stereotypes''. He is currently the co-host of NPR's ''Microphone Check'' radio show. In 2013, Muhammad worked with producer Adrian Younge on the Souls of Mischief album ''There Is Only Now'', as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge (born May 7, 1978) is an American composer, arranger and music producer based in the Los Angeles area. Background Younge grew up in Fontana, California. His father is a lawyer and Younge himself earned a Juris Doctor degree from the American College of Law in Orange County. Younge has worked as a lawyer and law professor—having taught entertainment law at his alma mater. Early in his career, Younge worked for the legal department of MTV. Music career Younge edits and scores films. He played bass and keyboards in a band during the late 1990s, and began composing after sampling records with an MPC. He quickly learned to play several instruments and experimented with analog recordings which resulted in the Italian influenced ''Venice Dawn'', which he released on EP. In 2009, his soundtrack for the film '' Black Dynamite'' was released on the Wax Poetics label. In 2011 Younge revived and expanded ''Venice Dawn'' into a longer work called ''Something about Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
