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Jesse Cook
Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, '' Acoustic Guitar'' Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has recorded on the EMI, E1 Music and Narada labels and has sold over 1.5 million records worldwide. Life and career Cook was born November 28, 1964 in Paris, France to Canadian photographer and filmmaker John Cook and Canadian television director and producer Heather Cook. Cook studied in classical and jazz guitar at Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music, York University, and Berklee College of Music in the United States. He has often quipped that he later attempted to unlearn it all while immersing himself in the oral traditions of gypsy music. After the independent 1995 release in Canada of his debut album, ''Tempest'', he played at the 1995 Catalina Jazz Festival; shortly afterwards, ''Tempest'' entered the American Billboard char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Flamenco
New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virtuosity and traditional flamenco music with musical fusion (with genres like jazz, blues, rock, rumba, and years later reggaeton, hip hop, or electronic). Origins Spain in the 1970s had changed in politics and society after the democratic transition. Traditional flamenco artists, being displaced in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s by rock-and-roll and influenced by the variety of musical styles that came from the rest of Europe and America, created the so-called "flamenco fusion". José Antonio Pulpón was the decisive instigator of this fusion. He urged the cantaor Agujetas to collaborate with the Andalusian rock group Pata Negra, and fostered the artistic union between Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla, who gave flamenco a creative boost, representing the definitive break with Mairena's conservatism . Camarón was a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravity (Jesse Cook Album)
''Gravity'' is the second studio album by the New Flamenco artist Jesse Cook. Track listing # "Mario Takes a Walk" (Cook) – 3:47 # "Azul" (Cook) – 4:16 # "Gravity" (Cook) – 3:57 # "Closer to Madness" (Cook) – 5:49 # "Into the Dark" (Cook) – 4:15 # "Brio" (Cook) – 3:15 # "Falling From Grace" (Cook) – 3:33 # "Olodum" (Cook) – 3:32 # "Rapture" (Cook) – 4:20 # "Gipsy" (Cook) – 2:29 # "Luna Llena" (Cook) – 5:21 (Includes hidden track "Hidden Gravity" at 6:00) Credits *Jesse Cook – Guitars, keyboards, percussions *Tony Levin – Bass guitar *Blake Manning – Drums *Mario Melo – Percussion *Andrés Morales – Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ... References 1996 albums Jesse Cook albums Narada Productions albums {{1990s-j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSR Records
TSR Records is an independent record label based in Tarzana, California, that produced many hit songs in the 1980s, especially dance music. Founded by Tom Hayden (no relation to Jane Fonda's ex) and his wife Suzanne. The name TSR is made up of the initials of Tom, Suzanne, and their son, Ryan. Profile Some famous songs released by TSR Records in the 1980s (while TSR was based in the former RSO building at 8335 Sunset Boulevard), include "Coming Out of Hiding" by Pamala Stanley, "Searchin' (Looking For Love)" by Hazell Dean, " So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown and " High Energy" by Evelyn Thomas. Additionally, the release of techno dance music by the techno dance act Lime, in 1985, helped to establish TSR Records. Some of the techno dance songs produced include "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight" and "Angel Eyes". Since its hey-day, TSR moved on from dance music to releasing mostly new age and smooth jazz music in the 1990s under the name Baja/TSR Records, including s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narada Smooth Jazz
''Narada Smooth Jazz'' is a 1997 compilation release by Narada. It peaked at #25 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums in the same year. Track listing *1.01 "Redwood/Nocturne" – Spencer Brewer – 4:20 *1.02 "Gravity" – Jesse Cook – 3:57 *1.03 "Dancing With The Bear" – Budi Siebert – 5:06 *1.04 "Mil Amores" – Doug Cameron – 6:44 *1.05 "Sunday In Alsace" – Friedemann Witecka – 5:55 (Composed by: Friedemann Witecka and Johannes Wohlleben) *1.06 "Thinking Of You" – Oscar Lopez – 4:18 *1.07 "Zuni Rain" – Michael Gettel – 4:02 *1.08 "Painted Birds" – Bernardo Rubaja – 4:06 (Composed by: Federico Ramos) *1.09 "Rest Assured" – Randy Roos – 5:10 *1.10 "Shall We? (edit)" – Nando Lauria – 3:56 *1.11 "La Couronne" – Martin Kolbe – 5:35 *1.12 "Just Dreamin" – Richard Souther – 5:10 *1.13 "Heart & Beat" &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro Celt Sound System
Afro Celt Sound System is a British musical group who fuse electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System was formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists. In 2003, they temporarily changed their name to Afrocelts before reverting to their original name. Their albums have been released through Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, and they have frequently performed at WOMAD festivals worldwide. Their sales on the label are exceeded only by Gabriel himself. Their recording contract with Real World was for five albums, of which ''Volume 5: Anatomic'' was the last. After a number of festival dates in 2007, the band went on hiatus. In 2010, they regrouped to play a number of shows (including a return to WOMAD), releasing a re-mastered retrospective titled ''Capture''. On 20 May 2014, Afro Celt Sound System announced the release of the album ''Born''. In January 2016, a posting to that website re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seed (Afro Celt Sound System Album)
''Seed'' is the fourth album by Afro Celt Sound System, released on March 25, 2003 by Real World Records Real World Records is a British record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1989 by English musician Peter Gabriel and original members of WOMAD. A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at .... For this album, the band had shortened their name to ''Afrocelts''. They later regarded the name change as a mistake, and on subsequent albums reverted to their original name. Track listing # "Cyberia" – 7:41 # "Seed" – 6:25 # "Nevermore" – 4:45 # "The Other Side" – 7:01 # "Ayub's Song/As You Were" – 7:31 # "Rise" – 3:06 # "Rise Above It" – 10:11 # "Deep Channel" – 6:48 # "All Remains" – 7:30 # "Green" (instrumental version of "Nevermore") – 5:57 References 2003 albums Afro Celt Sound System albums Real World Records albums {{World-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liona Boyd
Liona Maria Carolynne Boyd, (born 11 July 1949) is a classical guitarist often referred to as the First Lady of the Guitar. Music career Early years Boyd was born in London and grew up in Toronto. Her father grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and her mother in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Her grandmother was from Linares, Jaén, Linares, Spain, the birthplace of the "king of the classical guitar", Andrés Segovia. During her family's first of two ocean voyages to Canada she made her debut performance playing "Bluebells of Scotland" on a treble recorder (musical instrument), recorder in a talent show on the ship. When she was thirteen, she was given her first guitar, a Christmas present which her parents had bought in Spain seven years earlier. She took lessons from Eli Kassner, Narciso Yepes, Alirio Díaz, Julian Bream, and Andrés Segovia. Boyd received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto in 1972, graduating with honours. After graduation she studied privately for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and political activist from Cardiff. Church rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States. In 2010, she was reported to be worth as much as £11M (though one 2003 report quoted her worth at £25M). She hosted a Channel 4 chat show titled ''The Charlotte Church Show''. Church released her first album in five years, titled ''Back to Scratch'', on 17 October 2010. Church is a soprano. In recent years, Church has become engaged in political activism which has included support for the Labour party across the UK, and Plaid Cymru in Senedd elections in Wales. Church is also a supporter of Welsh independence. Background and music career Early life Church was born Charlotte Maria Reed in Llandaff, a distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchantment (Charlotte Church Album)
''Enchantment'' is the fourth studio album featuring the voice of 15-year-old soprano Charlotte Church, released in 2001. ''Enchantment'' was Church's final classical studio album with original material. Her next album, '' Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church'', is a "best of" collection. She subsequently ended her classical genre career and moved on to the pop genre with ''Tissues and Issues'', her final album with Sony Music. Track listing #"Tonight" (from ''West Side Story'') #"Carrickfergus" (folk) #" Habañera" (Bizet) #"Bali Ha'i" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) #"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (from '' Yentl'') #"The Flower Duet" ( Delibes) #" The Little Horses" (folk) #"From My First Moment" ( Gymnopédie No. 1) #" The Water Is Wide" (folk) #"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (from ''Show Boat'') #"The Laughing Song" (from ''Die Fledermaus'') #"If I Loved You" (Rodgers and Hammerstein) #"A Bit of Earth" (from ''The Secret Garden'') #" Somewhere" (from ''West Side Story'') #" The Prayer", wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rumba Foundation
''The Rumba Foundation'' is the seventh studio album by New Flamenco artist Jesse Cook Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, '' Acoustic Guitar'' Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has .... It was released on September 29, 2009. Track listing Charts and certifications References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumba Foundation Jesse Cook albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontiers (Jesse Cook Album)
''Frontiers'' is the sixth studio album by Jesse Cook. . Cook and nine other musicians recorded the album at Coach House Music in Canada. The album was mixed by Cook. All songs were written by Jesse Cook except "It Ain't Me Babe", which is a cover version of the original song by Bob Dylan, and La Llorona, a traditional Mexican folk song. Track listing # Matisse the Cat # Cafe Mocha # Rain # Vamos # Turning # Havana # El Cri # Come What May # It Ain't Me Babe # La Llorona # Waiting # Europa # Alone Personnel Credits for the album, according to Cook's official web page: *Chris Church, Violins. *Art Avalos, Percussion on "Cafe Mocha"', "Rain", "Vamos", "Turning", "Havana", "Come What May", timbales on "Matisse the Cat". *Chendy Leon, Percussion on "El Cri", "La Llorona", "Europa". *Ross MacIntire, Acoustic Bass. *Kevin Fox, Cello. *Gary Craig, Drums on "It Ain't Me Babe". *Melissa McClelland, Vocals on "It Ain't Me Babe". *Amanda Martinez, Vocals on "La Llorona". *Maryem Tollar, Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
