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I Hear Music (England Dan
"I Hear Music" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Frank Loesser for the Paramount Pictures movie ''Dancing on a Dime'' (1940). In the film it was performed by Robert Paige, Peter Lind Hayes, Frank Jenks and Eddie Quillan. Notable recordings *Nat King Cole - for the album ''The Piano Style of Nat King Cole'' (1956) (non vocal) *Bing Crosby - ''Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version)'' *Blossom Dearie - ''Blossom Dearie'' (1957) *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson'' (1962), ''Ella and Oscar'' (1975) *Billie Holiday - ''Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944'' *Gene Krupa - recorded September 17, 1940 with vocalist Anita O'Day *Peggy Lee - for her album ''Jump for Joy (Peggy Lee album), Jump for Joy'' (1959) *Bobby McFerrin - ''Spontaneous Inventions'' (1986) *Marian McPartland - ''Marian McPartland at the Hickory House, At the Hickory House'' (2009) *Carmen McRae - ''The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Song
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit " What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". Biography Early years Peterson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to immigrants from the West Indies (Saint Kitts and Nevis and the British Virgin Islands); His mother, Kathleen, was a domestic worker and his father, Daniel, worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railway and was an amateur musician who taught himself to play the organ, trumpet and piano. Peterson grew up in the neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trav'lin' Light (Anita O'Day Album)
''Trav'lin' Light'' is an album by Anita O'Day released on Norman Granz's Verve record label in 1961. It was a tribute to her idol Billie Holiday. It was recorded January 18 and 19, 1961, in Los Angeles, California. The music was arranged by Johnny Mandel and Russ Garcia and features Ben Webster and Mel Lewis among the personnel.Recording dates and personnel information from "Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2100 series" at http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-popular-2100-series/ Track listing # " Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) - 3:36 # "The Moon Looks Down and Laughs" ( Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Sid Silvers) - 3:58 # " Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) - 3:12 # "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 2:40 # "Some Other Spring" (Herzog, Irene Kitchings) - 2:28 # "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) - 2:30 # "Miss Brown to You" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger) - 4:03 # " God Bless the Child" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics. Early life and education McRae was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. Her father, Osmond, and mother, Evadne (Gayle) McRae, were immigrants from Jamaica. She began studying piano when she was eight, and the music of jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington filled her home. When she was 17 years old, she met singer Billie Holiday. As a teenager McRae came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings. One of McRae's early songs, "Dream of Life", was, through their influence, recorded in 1939 by Wilson’s long-time collaborator Billie Holiday.Brian Berger"Carmen McRae" HiLobrow, April 8, 2015. McRae considered Holiday to be her primary influence. Early career In her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian McPartland At The Hickory House
''Marian McPartland at the Hickory House'' is an album released by Marian McPartland in 1955. Background The album was supposedly a "live" set, but is actually a studio recording. The album was re-issued on CD by Jasmine records in 1996. Track listing # " I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) # "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) # " Street of Dreams" (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) # "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) # "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) # " Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) # "Mad About the Boy" (Noël Coward) # " Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) # "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) # "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) # " I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) # " Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) Personnel * Marian McPartland - piano * Bill Crow - bass * Joe Morello Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011) was an American jazz drummer best known for ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of '' Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz'' on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011. After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945,Obituary: Marian McPartland telegraph.co.uk, 21 August 2013. she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. In 1969, she founded Halcyon Records, a recording company that issued albums for 10 years. In 2000, she was named a |
Spontaneous Inventions
''Spontaneous Inventions'' is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records. The album reached number 103 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 62 on ''Billboards R&B Albums chart, number 6 on the Top Jazz Albums chart, and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams (vocals on "Beverly Hills Blues") and Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ... (piano on "Turtle Shoes"). McFerrin later performed a modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990. Track listing Personnel *Cheryl Bentyne – Vocal Arrangement, Vocals *Bruce Botnick, Judy Clapp, Leslie Ann Jones, Elliot Scheiner – Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American folk and jazz singer. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes. McFerrin's song " Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumentalists, including the pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, the drummer Tony Williams, and the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Early life and education McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jump For Joy (Peggy Lee Album)
''Jump for Joy'' is an album by jazz singer Peggy Lee that was released in 1958 and arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Track listing #"Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:07 #" Back in Your Own Backyard" ( Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) - 2:26 #" When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) - 1:58 #" I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:07 #" Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 2:50 #"Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) - 2:58 #"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) - 2:41 #"Four or Five Times" ( Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman) - 2:33 #"Music! Music! Music!" ( Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss) - 2:30 #"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) - 2:37 #"Glory of Love" ( Billy Hill) - 2:37 #" Ain't We Got Fun?" ( Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan) - 2:12 Personnel *Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Called the "Queen of American pop music," Lee recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs. Early life Lee was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, on May 26, 1920, the seventh of the eight children of Selma Emele (née Anderson) Egstrom and Marvin Olaf Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad. Her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Minnie Schaumberg Wiese. Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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