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Jeremy Wall
Jeremy Wall is a musician, and along with Jay Beckenstein, was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. He contributed to the group as a pianist, producer, and composer. He is currently an assistant professor in the Music Industry department at SUNY Oneonta. Background Wall formed Spyro Gyra in the mid-1970s with classmate Jay Beckenstein. Although each took time off to attend college, the band stayed intact. Wall attended Columbia University, then moved to Buffalo where Beckenstein was attending college. Wall then moved to California to attend California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a B.F.A. in Music Composition. He later received an M.M. in Studio Composition from Purchase College in 2001. He has recorded extensively as producer, keyboardist, composer and arranger in all genres of music and has released over 70 of his own compositions. Wall has also been nominated for several Grammys as a producer, pianist and composer. His composition “Shakedown” wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college. History Early years Saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and keyboardist Jeremy Wall formed a band with jazz and rock musicians who were playing in the Buffalo bar and club circuit. In 1974, when a bar owner asked for the band's name, Beckenstein said, "spirogyra", a type of algae he had learned about in school. The bar owner wrote the name incorrectly, "Spyro Gyra", but it stuck. The founding members of the band were Beckenstein, Wall, bassist Jim Kurzdorfer, drummer Tom Walsh, and keyboardist Tom Schuman. In 1977, they released '' Spyro Gyra'' independently before making a deal with Amherst Records, which re-released the album with a different cover. It included "Shaker Song," which reached No. 90 on Billboard's H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rites Of Summer
''Rites of Summer'' is the twelfth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1988. At ''Billboard'' magazine, No. 104 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Track listing # "Claire's Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:39 # "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 4:02 # "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) – 4:27 # "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:28 # "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 4:52 # "No Man's Land" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:37 # "Yosemite" (Wall) – 5:21 # "The Archer" (Richie Morales) – 4:59 # "Captain Karma" (Schuman) – 5:40 Personnel Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, wind driven synthesizer * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Julio Fernández – guitars * Oskar Cartaya – bass * Richie Morales – drums * Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, percussion Additional Personnel * Steve Shapiro – synthesizer programming Production * Jay Beckenstein – producer * Jeremy Wall – assistant producer * Larry Swist – recording, mixing * Doug Rose – assistant engineer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofra Harnoy
Ofra Harnoy ( he, עופרה הרנוי; born January 31, 1965) is an Israeli-Canadian cellist. She is a Member of the Order of Canada. By joining the international artists roster of RCA Victor Red Seal, Harnoy became the first Canadian classical instrumental soloist since Glenn Gould to gain an exclusive worldwide contract with a major record label. She is a five-time Juno Award winner. Life Harnoy was born in Hadera, Israel. She moved with her family to Toronto in 1971. When she was six, she began cello lessons with her father, Jacob Harnoy. Her teachers included Vladimir Orloff, William Pleeth, Pierre Fournier, Jacqueline du Pré, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Harnoy made her professional debut as a soloist with an orchestra at age 10. Her solo-orchestral and recital debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1982 brought her public and critical acclaim. Harnoy performed and recorded the world premiere of the Offenbach cello concerto in 1983 and the North American premiere of the Bliss cello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuse One
Fuse One was a group of jazz musicians who collaborated for two albums released on CTI Records and one album released on GNP Crescendo Records.Allmusic Discography/ref> The albums ''Fuse One'' and ''Silk'' were produced by Creed Taylor. The first album was arranged by Jeremy Wall of Spyro Gyra, the second by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler of Weather Report and the third by David Matthews. Membership was not concrete, but included Tony Williams, Joe Farrell, John McLaughlin, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Marsalis, Larry Coryell, Lenny White, Paulinho Da Costa, Ronnie Foster, Stanley Clarke, George Benson, Todd Cochran, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Tom Browne, Dave Valentin, Jorge Dalto, and Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh .... The liner notes to their first album descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have referred to themselves as her godparents. When Austin was four years old, she performed at the Apollo Theater. As a teenager she recorded commercial jingles and worked as a session singer in soul and R&B. She had an R&B hit in 1969 with "Family Tree". She sang backing vocals on Paul Simon's 1975 number-one hit " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover". The jazz label CTI released her debut album, ''End of a Rainbow'', in 1976. She sang "The Closer I Get to You" for Tom Browne's album ''Browne Sugar'', a duet with Michael Jackson for his album '' Off the Wall'', and a duet with George Benson on "Moody's Mood for Love". After singing on Quincy Jones's album '' The Dude'', she signed a contract with his record labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and non-western instruments such as the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, xun, arghul and koto. He is known for having been an innovator in the blending of jazz with "Eastern" music. Peter Keepnews, in his ''New York Times'' obituary of Lateef, wrote that the musician "played world music before world music had a name". Lateef's books included two novellas entitled ''A Night in the Garden of Love'' and ''Another Avenue'', the short story collections ''Spheres'' and ''Rain Shapes'', also his autobiography, ''The Gentle Giant,'' written in collaboration with Herb Boyd. Along with his record label YAL Records, Lateef owned Fana Music, a music publishing com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Temple Garden
''In a Temple Garden'' is an album by American multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef recorded in 1979 and released on the CTI label.Payne, DCTI Records discography Retrieved February 28, 2012 Track listing All compositions by Jeremy Wall except where noted. # "In a Temple Garden" – 5:15 # "Bismillah" – 4:06 # "Confirmation" – 6:53 # "Nayaz" – 3:02 # "Jeremiah" – 6:27 # "Honky Tonk" (Bill Doggett) – 3:55 # "How I Loved You" (Yusef Lateef) – 3:55 # "Morocco" – 4:22 Personnel *Yusef Lateef – flute, tenor saxophone, vocals *Randy Brecker – trumpet *Jim Pugh – trombone, bass trombone *Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone *Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone *Tom Schuman – piano, electric piano, synthesizer *Jeremy Wall – keyboards, percussion, piano, synthesizer, arranger *Eric Gale – guitar *Will Lee – bass *Steve Gadd, Jimmy Madison – drums *Thomas Bayer – synthesizer drums *Ray Barretto, Sammy Figueroa – percussion *Suzanne Ciani Suzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stoltzman
Richard Leslie Stoltzman (born July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his early years in San Francisco, California, and Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Woodward High School in 1960. Today, Stoltzman is part of the faculty list at the New England Conservatory and Boston University. Stoltzman is perhaps the best-known clarinetist who primarily plays classical music. He has played with over 100 orchestras, as well as with many chamber groups and in many solo recitals. Stoltzman has received numerous awards and has produced an extensive discography. His virtuosity and musicianship have made him a highly sought-after concert artist. In addition to classical repertoire, Stoltzman also plays jazz. Some of his recordings, such as his album ''New York Counterpoint'', feature both jazz and modern music. In 1983, Stoltzman commissioned composer/arranger Clare Fischer to write a symphonic work using Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn themes. The resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20/20 (Spyro Gyra Album)
''20/20'' is the twentieth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1997 by GRP Records. Track listing # "The Unwritten Letter" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:07 # "Ruled by Venus" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:49 # "20/20" (Beckenstein) – 5:56 # "Three Sisters" (Beckenstein) – 4:41 # "Sweet Baby James" (James Taylor) – 3:51 # "The Deep End" (Scott Ambush) – 6:35 # "Together" (Fernandez) – 4:31 # "Dark Eyed Lady" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:55 # "South American Sojourn" (Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:12 # "Rockaway to Sunset" (Tom Schuman) – 5:48 Personnel Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Julio Fernandez – guitars * Scott Ambush – bass guitar * Joel Rosenblatt – drums, timbales (9) Additional personnel * Manolo Badrena – percussion * Bobby Allende – congas (1, 9) * Dave Samuels – vibraphone (8, 9), marimba (8, 9) * Chris Botti – trumpet (6, 10) * No Sweat Horns – brass ** Scott Krietzer – tenor saxophone, piccolo f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of The Night
''Heart of the Night'' is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records. Track listing # "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34 # "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14 # "Westwood Moon" (Tom Schuman) – 4:56 # "Midnight" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:26 # "Playtime" (Beckenstein) – 4:34 # "Surrender" (Beckenstein) – 4:47 # "Valentino's" (Schuman) – 4:56 # "Believe" (Fernandez) – 5:11 # "As We Sleep" (Scott Ambush) – 4:58 # "When Evening Falls" (Beckenstein) – 4:59 # "J Squared" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:49 # "Best Thing" (Beckenstein) – 4:34 Personnel Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones * Tom Schuman – keyboards * Julio Fernandez – guitars, vocals (2) * Scott Ambush – bass guitar * Joel Rosenblatt – drums Additional personnel * Porter Carroll – vocals (1) * Vaneese Thomas – vocals (1) * Steve Skinner – programming (1) * Bashiri Johnson – percussion * Dave Samuels – marimba (2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Other Obsessions
''Love and Other Obsessions'' is the eighteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 by GRP Records. Track listing # "Lost and Found" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:09 # "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:07 # "Serengeti" (Dave Samuels) – 4:54 # "Fine Time to Explain" (Scott Kreitzer) – 4:40 # "Third Street" (Beckenstein) – 4:48 # "Group Therapy" (Beckenstein, Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez, Joel Rosenblatt, Samuels, Tom Schuman) – 5:45 # "Horizon's Edge" (Beckenstein) – 5:01 # "Let's Say Goodbye" (Kreitzer, Anthony Pompa) – 4:32 # "On Liberty Road (for South Africa)" (Ambush) – 5:52 # "Rockin' a Heart Place" (Beckenstein, Rosenblatt) – 5:23 # "Baby Dreams" (Schuman) – 4:43 Personnel Spyro Gyra * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, arrangements (1, 5, 6) * Tom Schuman – keyboards, arrangements (6, 11) * Julio Fernandez – guitars, arrangements (6, 10) * Scott Ambush – bass guitar, arrangements (6, 9) * Joel Rosenblatt – drums, arrangements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Beyond Control
''Dreams Beyond Control'' is the seventeenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 by GRP Records. The group supported the album with a North American tour. The album peaked in the top 5 on ''Billboards Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. Production The album was produced by Jay Beckenstein. Alex Ligertwood sang on ''Dreams Beyond Control''; it was the first time a Spyro Gyra album contained vocals in English. The Tower of Power Horns played on the album. The group experimented with the songs on tour before recording them. ""Waltz for Isabel" is a tribute to Beckenstein's third daughter. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' deemed the album "a rather leaden excursion into R&B-flavored pop-fusion." The ''Boston Herald'' concluded that "beneath this somewhat tougher exterior beats the same faint musical heart, full of sweet melodies, perky rhythms and chatty solos—but every bit as empty of risk and guts as ever." Track listing # "Walk the Walk" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
