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Joe LaBarbera
Joseph James LaBarbera (born February 22, 1948) is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is best known for his recordings and live performances with the trio of pianist Bill Evans in the final years of Evans's career. His older brothers are saxophonist Pat LaBarbera and trumpeter John LaBarbera. Career He grew up in Mount Morris, New York. His first drum teacher was his father. For two years in the late 1960s he attended Berklee College of Music, then went on tour with singer Frankie Randall. After Berklee he spent two years with the US Army band at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He began his professional career playing with Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd. His reputation grew in the 1970s when he spent four years recording and touring with Chuck Mangione. He also worked as a sideman for Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Toots Thielemans, and Phil Woods. In 1979 he was a member of the Bill Evans trio, then spent much of the 1980s and ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Morris, New York
Mount Morris is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Livingston County, New York, Livingston County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 4,465 at the 2010 census. The town and village were named after Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris, a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father of the United States. The town of Mount Morris has a village also called Mount Morris (village), New York, Mount Morris. The town is on the western border of the county and is home to part of Letchworth State Park. History The region was first settled by Europeans ''circa'' 1784. It was first known as "Allens Hill", then as "Richmond Hill". The town was formed from the town of Leicester (town), New York, Leicester in 1818. The former Genesee Valley Canal passed through the town. In 1952 Mount Morris Dam was finished on the Genesee River for flood control. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York. Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. Army infantryman in the European Theater. Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with " Because of You" in 1951. Several tracks such as "Rags to Riches" followed in early 1953. He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as ''The Beat of My Heart'' and ''Basie Swings, Bennett Sings''. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Richmond
Kim Richmond (born July 24, 1940, Champaign, Illinois) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Richmond played piano, clarinet, and saxophone when young, and made his professional debut in 1956. He studied at the University of Illinois in the early 1960s. He played in the U.S. Air Force big band, the Airmen of Note, while serving from 1963–67 in Washington D.C. He then moved to California and played with Stan Kenton (1967), Clare Fischer (1968), Louie Bellson (1969–72), Lalo Schifrin (1979), Bob Florence (1979), Les Brown (1989), Bill Holman (1990), Vinny Golia (1991), Johnny Mandel, Chris Walden, and Clay Jenkins. Richmond arranged professionally from the 1960s, for Schifrin, Buddy Rich, and Ernie Watts . He founded the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra in southern California to perform his works. Additionally, he has worked as a session musician, arranger, director, and conductor for studios and popular musicians. Discography As leader * ''Looking In Looking Out'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Shank
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first-call studio musician in Hollywood. In the 1970s and 1980s, he performed regularly with the L. A. Four. Shank ultimately abandoned the flute to focus exclusively on playing jazz on the alto saxophone. He also recorded on tenor and baritone sax. His most famous recording is probably the version of "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme song in ''Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer''. He is also well known for the alto flute solo on the song "California Dreamin'" recorded by The Mamas & the Papas in 1965. Biography Bud Shank was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States. He began with clarinet in Vandalia, Ohio, but had switched to saxophone before attending the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cunliffe
William Henry Cunliffe Jr. (born June 26, 1956), is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Cunliffe was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He discovered music at an early age, with particular emphasis on classical music as well as jazz-oriented music from the 1960s and 1970s: "My mother was a good pianist...I started just copying little things that I would hear my mom play and I would sit next to her and listen. Cunliffe described himself as having been drawn to "anything with hip harmony in it" with great melodies, and he loved listening to The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, and Herb Alpert. He attended Phillips Academy and graduated in 1974 in the school's first co–educational class. In college, he performed rock and roll at the Prince Spaghetti House in Saugus, Massachusetts. He attended Wesleyan University for several years.David Low"Cunliffe '78 Wins Grammy for Instrumental Arrangement" Wesleyan University, March 3, 2010. During this time, a friend introduced h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothers & Daughters (album)
''Mothers & Daughters'' is a 1997 studio album by Rosemary Clooney. Track listing # "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:28 # "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 3:44 # "That Face" (Alan Bergman, Lew Spence) – 3:06 # " Baby Mine" (Frank Churchill, Ned Washington) – 4:27 # "The Best Gift" (Lan O'Kun) – 2:00 # "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:28 # " God Bless the Child" ( Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:33 # "Look to the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:36 # " Turn Around" (Harry Belafonte, Alan Greene, Malvina Reynolds) – 3:13 # " Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:13 # " Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 3:19 # "And I'll Be There" (A. Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin) – 3:56 # "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 2:51 # "Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva, Kern) – 2:54 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Singer
''Girl Singer'' is a 1992 studio album by Rosemary Clooney. Clooney sings with a big band on the album, which is the first of her Concord Records series not to feature Scott Hamilton. The introduction to "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is from the Clooney Sisters' March 1945 audition tape. Track listing # "Nice 'n' Easy" ( Alan Bergman, Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith) – 3:13 # "Sweet Kentucky Ham" (Dave Frishberg) – 3:55 # " Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 4:50 # "Miss Otis Regrets" ( Cole Porter) – 3:20 # " Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) – 3:46 # "Lovers After All" (Richard Rodney Bennett, Johnny Mandel) – 3:44 # " From This Moment On" (Porter) – 3:13 # " More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) – 3:38 # "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 3:46 # "We Fell In Love Anyway" ( Mike Reid, Naomi Martin) – 3:12 # Duke Ellington Medley: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"/"I'm Checking Out, Goodbye" ( Duke Ellingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein
''Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein'' is a 1990 album by Rosemary Clooney, consisting of songs composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II. Track listing # "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" – 2:15 # "People Will Say We're in Love" – 4:55 # "Love, Look Away" – 3:46 # "The Gentleman Is a Dope" – 6:07 # "It Might as Well Be Spring" – 2:54 # " The Sweetest Sounds" – 6:22 # "I Could Write a Book" – 3:10 # "You Took Advantage of Me" – 3:59 # " The Lady Is a Tramp" – 5:58 # " Little Girl Blue" – 4:34 # " My Romance" – 4:01 # "Yours Sincerely" – 3:15 All music composed by Richard Rodgers. Tracks one to five, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sweetest Sounds", lyrics by Rodgers, tracks seven to twelve, lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Personnel * Rosemary Clooney – vocals * Jack Sheldon – trumpet, vocal (track 2) * Chauncey Welsch – trombone * Warren Vaché Jr. – cornet * Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and " Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her '' White Christmas'' co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. Early life Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of English and Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her mother a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keter Betts
William Thomas "Keter" Betts (July 22, 1928 – August 6, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist. Early life and education Born in Port Chester, New York, he was nicknamed "Keter", a short form of the word mosquito. He graduated from Port Chester High School in 1946, where he played drums, tympani, tuba, glockenspiel, and bass fiddle. Career Many better-known musicians, such as Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Nat Adderley, Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd and others, recognizing Betts's talent, invited him to perform with them professionally. He was a member of Earl Bostic's R&B band from April 1949 to August 1951. Accompanied Dinah Washington/December 1951 to October 1956. He later became a member of the Charlie Byrd Trio in 1957. In 1962, he was instrumental in introducing the bossa nova style to American audiences via their ''Jazz Samba'' recording. He worked with Bobby Timmons and recorded an album in 1964 before joining Ella Fitzgerald as an accompanist in Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Wicks
Patti Wicks (born Patricia Ellen Chappell; February 24, 1945 – March 7, 2014) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Career Wicks began playing the piano at the age of three and later attended the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Influenced by Bill Evans, she began to perform professionally and moved to New York City, where she played in small ensembles. She also directed her own trio, featuring bassists such as Sam Jones, Richard Davis, Brian Torff, and Mark Dresser, and drummers Curtis Boyd, Louis Hayes, Mickey Roker, and Alan Dawson. In the 1970s, she moved to Florida, where she worked as a musician with, among others, Clark Terry, Larry Coryell, Frank Morgan, Ira Sullivan, Flip Phillips, Anita O'Day, Rebecca Parris, Roseanna Vitro and Giacomo Gates. In addition, she taught jazz piano at colleges and gave private lessons. In 1997, she released her debut album ''Room at the Top: The Patti Wicks Trio''. She was a guest on Marian McPart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe LaBarbera
Joseph James LaBarbera (born February 22, 1948) is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is best known for his recordings and live performances with the trio of pianist Bill Evans in the final years of Evans's career. His older brothers are saxophonist Pat LaBarbera and trumpeter John LaBarbera. Career He grew up in Mount Morris, New York. His first drum teacher was his father. For two years in the late 1960s he attended Berklee College of Music, then went on tour with singer Frankie Randall. After Berklee he spent two years with the US Army band at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He began his professional career playing with Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd. His reputation grew in the 1970s when he spent four years recording and touring with Chuck Mangione. He also worked as a sideman for Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Toots Thielemans, and Phil Woods. In 1979 he was a member of the Bill Evans trio, then spent much of the 1980s and ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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