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For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver
''For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver'' is a studio album by American jazz bassist Christian McBride together with his big band. Mack Avenue Records released the album on . This is the third release for McBride's big band; the band received Grammy Awards for its first two albums: ''The Good Feeling'' (2011) and '' Bringin' It'' (2017). The album also produced two singles: "Don Is" and "Medgar Evers Blues". Background The album is dedicated to jazz musicians Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, and Oliver Nelson. The release is a mix of big band and quartet titles. McBride interprets 1966 recordings by Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith that produced the albums '' The Dynamic Duo'' and ''Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes''. For the 2019 recordings in his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey, McBride invited guitarist Mark Whitfield and organist Joey DeFrancesco, who takes on the role of Smith. Ten tracks were recorded: cover versions of the 1966 sessions, the original compositions ("Medgar Evers Blues" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian McBride
Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with a number of jazz musicians and ensembles, including Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson, Diana Krall, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, Joshua Redman, and Ray Brown's " SuperBass" with John Clayton, as well as with pop, hip-hop, soul and classical musicians like Sting, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Isaac Hayes, The Roots, Queen Latifah, Kathleen Battle, Renee Fleming, Carly Simon, Bruce Hornsby, and James Brown. Early life McBride was born in Philadelphia on May 31, 1972. After starting on bass guitar, McBride switched to double bass. He is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and studied at the Juilliard School. Later life and career McBride was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Further Adventures Of Jimmy And Wes
''Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and organist Jimmy Smith. It was recorded in 1966 with '' Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo'' but was not released until 1968. Reception Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue for AllMusic, writing that the album: Track listing # " King of the Road" (Roger Miller) – 4:13 # "Maybe September" ( Percy Faith, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 6:24 # "O.G.D. (aka Road Song)" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:08 # " Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 3:13 # "Milestones" ( Miles Davis) – 4:12 # "Mellow Mood" (Jimmy Smith) – 8:44 # " 'Round Midnight" - (bonus track) (Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen) – 7:18 Personnel Musicians * Jimmy Smith – Hammond organ * Wes Montgomery – guitar * Grady Tate – drums * Ray Barretto – percussion Additional musicians on "Milestones" and "'Round Midnight" * Bob Ashton, Danny Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at Juilliard in New York City, before dropping out and making his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the ''Birth of the Cool'' sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, he signed a long-term contract wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestones (instrumental Composition)
"Milestones" is a jazz composition written by Miles Davis. It appears on the album of the same name in 1958. It has since become a jazz standard. "Milestones" is the first example of Miles composing in a modal style and experimentation in this piece led to the writing of " So What" from the 1959 album '' Kind of Blue''. The song's modes consist of G Dorian for 16 bars, A Aeolian for another 16 bars, and then back to G Dorian for the last eight bars, then the progression repeats. Originally titled "Miles" on the initial album pressings, people soon began referring to the piece as "Milestones" rather than "Miles". On later editions of the album the title was changed. The musicians who performed on "Milestones" are: *Miles Davis – trumpet * Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone *John Coltrane – tenor saxophone *Red Garland – piano *Paul Chambers – double bass *Philly Joe Jones – drums Only Adderley, Davis, and Coltrane solo. 1947 song "Milestones" is also the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop. Career beginnings Hubbard started playing the mellophone and trumpet in his school band at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trumpeter Lee Katzman, former sideman with Stan Kenton, recommended that he begin studying at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music (now the Jordan College of the Arts at Butler University) with Max Woodbury, the principal trumpeter of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In his teens, Hubbard worked locally with brothers Wes and Monk Montgomery, and worked with bassist Larry Ridley and saxophonist James Spaulding. In 1958, at the age of 20, he moved to New York and began playing with some of the best jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Song
''Road Song'' is an album by the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1968. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Jazz album chart and number 39 on the R&B chart. It also reached number 94 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It was his final recording before his death of a heart attack on June 15, 1968. Reception In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote: "The great guitarist sticks to simple melody statements (with a lot of octaves thrown in) while backed by Don Sebesky's unimaginative arrangements for an orchestra; commercially the combination was a big success… this strictly for-the-money effort can be safely passed by." Track listing # "Road Song" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:53 # "Greensleeves" (Public Domain, Traditional) – 2:04 # "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:53 # " Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:26 # "I'll Be Back" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:33 # "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Traditional) – 4:55 # "Green Leaves of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Washington
Oscar Douglas Washington (c. 1912 – 2004/05) was an American songwriter, guitarist, school teacher and record label owner. He is credited as co-writer of the jazz and rhythm and blues classic " Night Train", and was also influential in the early career of Chuck Berry. Career By the early 1950s, Washington was working in St Louis, Missouri as a school teacher and guitarist. There he collaborated with saxophonist Jimmy Forrest on the composition of "Night Train", which became a number 1 R&B hit in 1952. Most sources credit Washington with writing the lyrics of the song. He also recorded under the name Faith Douglass.Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks, The Regals Accessed 16 April 2012 In 1953, he started the small independent Ballad record label in St Louis. The label released a series of |
Jimmy Forrest (musician)
James Robert Forrest Jr. (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career. Forrest is known for his first solo recording of " Night Train". It reached No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' R&B chart in March 1952, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Hey Mrs. Jones" (No. 3 R&B) and "Bolo Blues" were his other hits. All were made for United Records, for which he recorded between 1951 and 1953; he recorded frequently as both a sideman and a bandleader. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Forrest played alongside Fate Marable as a young man. He was with Jay McShann in 1940-42 and with Andy Kirk from 1942 until 1948 when he joined Duke Ellington. During the early 1950s, Forrest led his own combos. He also played with Miles Davis, in early 1952 at The Barrel Club. After his solo career, he played in small combos with Harry "Sweets" Edison and Al Grey, as well as appearing with Count Basie. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest Composition)
A night train is a train that rides overnight, usually conveying sleeping cars. Night Train or Nightrain may refer to: Film and television * ''Night Train'' (1959 film) (''Pociąg''), a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz * ''Night Train'' (1998 film), a film directed by John Lynch * ''Night Train'' (1999 film), a film directed by Les Bernstien * ''Night Train'' (2007 film), a Chinese film directed by Diao Yi'nan * ''Night Train'' (2009 film), a thriller starring Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, and Steve Zahn *"Night Train", the ABC Mystery Movie broadcast as the final episode of the series '' B.L. Stryker'' on May 5, 1990 Music * Night Train (band), an Australian rock band *"Night Train", a scene from the opera ''Einstein on the Beach'', composed by Philip Glass Albums * ''Night Train'' (Oscar Peterson album), a 1962 album by the Oscar Peterson Trio * ''Night Train'' (Jason Aldean album), 2012 * Night Train (Bill Morrissey album), 1993 * ''Night Train'' (EP), a 2010 EP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64th Annual Grammy Awards
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. The nominations were revealed via a virtual livestream on November 23, 2021. The performers for the ceremony were announced on March 15, 24, and 30, 2022. South African comedian Trevor Noah, who hosted the previous ceremony in 2021, returned as host. The ceremony's location marked the first time the Recording Academy switched host cities for a single ceremony. This also makes it the first Grammy Awards ceremony to not to be held in either New York City or Los Angeles since the 15th Grammy Awards in 1973 when it was held at the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Batiste received the most nominations with eleven, followed by Doja Cat, H.E.R., and Justin Bieber with eight each. Batiste received the most awards with five, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Name changes The name of the award has been changed several times. * 1961: Best Jazz Performance Large Group * 1962–1963: Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) * 1964: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group * 1965–1971: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group * 1972–1978: Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band * 1979–1991: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band * 1992–2000: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance * 2001–present: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Recipients See also * Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album * Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo * Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRTI
WRTI (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a service of Temple University. The Temple University Board of Trustees holds the station's license. The broadcast tower used by the station is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia at (). History WRTI began in 1948 as an AM carrier current station. It was founded by John Roberts, professor emeritus of communications at Temple and long-time anchorman at WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV). He helped found the School of Communications and Theater at Temple. The call letters stood for "Radio Training Institute." In 1952, the station received an FM transmitter, receiving a full license to cover the FM facility in 1953. After years of serving as a student laboratory, WRTI-AM signed off for good in 1968. WRTI-FM switched from block programming to an all-jazz format in 1969. In late 1997, after Philadelphia's commercial classical music station, WFLN, changed formats, WRTI switc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
