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Jon Cowherd
Jon Cowherd is an American pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer born to a trombone player (father) and classically trained violinist (mother), both of whom were also educators. Jon began piano lessons at the age of five and trumpet and violin lessons at ten years of age. Cowherd is most well known for his partnership with jazz drummer Brian Blade, with whom he co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship. When not recording and touring with the Fellowship, Cowherd works extensively with a broad array of players and singers from the jazz, pop and rock worlds.Jon CowherdBio: Jon Cowherd Jon Cowherd, Referenced November 2013.ArtistShareArtistShare FeaturedArtistsArtistShare.com, Retrieved November 2013. Biography Cowherd was born and raised in Kentucky. Being a son of musicians (and music educators), Cowherd began music at an early age singing, playing the piano, French horn and violin. He moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University, where he studied jazz piano and imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to the east; Tennessee to the south; and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, and its two largest cities are Louisville and Lexington. Its population was approximately 4.5 million in 2020. Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792, splitting from Virginia in the process. It is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of green grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state. Historically, it was known for excellent farming conditions for this reason and the development of large tobacco plantations akin to those in Virginia and North Carolina i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mahoney
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-born American actor. He was known for playing Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004), and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role in 2000. Mahoney started his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company alongside John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Laurie Metcalf. He received the Clarence Derwent Award as Most Promising Male Newcomer in 1986. Later that year, his performance in the Broadway revival of John Guare's ''The House of Blue Leaves'' earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Mahoney first became known for his roles in such films as John Patrick Shanley's romantic comedy ''Moonstruck'' (1987), Barry Levinson's comedy ''Tin Men'', John Sayles' sports drama ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Cameron Crowe's romantic drama '' Say Anything...'' (1989), the Coen brothers' ''Barton Fink'' (1991), and ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' (1994), Clint Eastwood's ''In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zola And The Tulip Tree
''Zola and the Tulip Tree'' is the third album by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 1999. It was originally released by Atlantic Records and later reissued by Rhino Entertainment. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Dan Lee wrote of the album; "What's missing in Olson's Creek Dipper releases is variety... These songs are interesting yet feel like they could be improved upon with another exploration" Track listing # "Zola and the Tulip Tree" (Mark Olson) – 2:32 # "Lorna Doone's Garden" (Olson, Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multi ...) – 2:43 # "Skip to My Lou" (Olson) – 2:36 # "Cedric Harper" (Olson) – 2:13 # "Every Stick of Furniture" (Olson) – 2:32 # "Custom Detroit Railroad" (Olson)&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Okura
Meg Okura (born August 9, 1973) is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New York City. She is also a member of the band Pharaoh's Daughter, Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn, which was nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, and New York Tango Quartet, among others. She has worked with jazz and pop artists such as Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Dianne Reeves, Steve Swallow, Tom Harrell, David Bowie and Mariko Takahashi as well as actor/musician Terrence Howard. Okura has also been the featured violinist in the Cirque du Soleil shows Varekai, Corteo and Wintuk. Early life Meg Okura (大倉恵, born in Tokyo, Japan), started studying music at Toho Gakuen School of Music at five. As a child, she served as a church pianist and organist at an Evangelical church in her home town of Ome. In the early 1990s, Meg Okura toured Asia as the concertmaster and soloist of the Asian Youth Orchestra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season Of Changes
''Season of Changes'' is a studio album by Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band. Reception Writing for ''All About Jazz'', John Kelman said: The twin-horn frontline of Myron Walden (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) and Melvin Butler (tenor saxophone), is another definitive. The two mesh so synchronously that together they create a denser, more singular sound when playing melody, but are equally capable and individual as improvisers of strength and subtlety... As much as Blade's loosely expressive playing defines any project with which he's associated, it's the combination of transcendent but never invasive spirituality, the writing's blend of horns and guitar into a uniquely identifiable texture, and the group's ability to be at once melodically direct and improvisationally sophisticated, that creates that unmistakable sound instantly apparent on ''Season Of Changes''. Track listing All tracks composed by Brian Blade unless otherwise indicated. #"Rubylou's Lullaby" - 4:38 #"Return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perceptual (album)
''Perceptual'' is the second studio album by Brian Blade Fellowship, released in 2000, on the Blue Note label. Track listing All tracks composed by Brian Blade; except where indicated # "Perceptual" ( Jon Cowherd) – 6:28 # "Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling)" – 7:56 # "Reconciliation" (Cowherd) – 6:44 # "Crooked Creek" (Cowherd) – 9:10 # "Patron Saint of Girls" – 2:40 # "The Sunday Boys (Improvisation)" (Cowherd, Myron Walden) – 1:06 # "Variations of A Bloodline" – 9:09 # "Steadfast" – 8:21 # "Trembling" – 2:17 Personnel Brian Blade Fellowship *Brian Blade – acoustic guitar, drums, vocals, producer, liner notes, art director *Melvin Butler – tenor and soprano saxophone * Jon Cowherd – producer, piano, pump organ, Fender Rhodes *Dave Easley – pedal steel guitar *Daniel Lanois – acoustic guitar, guitar, pedal steel guitar * Joni Mitchell – vocals ("Steadfast") *Kurt Rosenwinkel – acoustic guitar and electric guitar *Christopher Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz around 1947. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century, noted for its role in facilitating the development of hard bop, post-bop and avant-garde jazz, as well as for its iconic modernism, modernist art direction. History Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the "hard bop" style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul music, soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel music, gospel), but also recorded essential albums in the avant-garde and Free Jazz, free styles of jazz. Horace Silver, Jimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Blade Fellowship (album)
''Brian Blade Fellowship'' is the debut studio album by Brian Blade Fellowship, released in 1998. It was produced by Daniel Lanois. Critical reception The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' wrote that "the disc starts off strong with three evocative cuts ... but runs out of steam soon afterward and heads for smooth-jazz territory." Track listing All tracks composed by Brian Blade; except where indicated # "Red River Revel" - 9:29 # "The Undertow" - 7:26 # "Folklore" – 11:05 # "In Spite of Everything" - 4:20 # "Lifeline" ( Jon Cowherd) - 7:44 # "Mohave" - 9:08 # "If You See Lurah" - 4:31 # "Loving Without Asking" - 8:00 Personnel *Brian Blade – drums *Melvin Butler – soprano and tenor saxophones * Jon Cowherd – piano, Wurlitzer *Dave Easley – pedal steel guitar *Daniel Lanois – mando guitar * Jeff Parker - acoustic and electric guitar *Christopher Thomas – acoustic bass *Myron Walden – alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Frisell
William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until 2011 (upon Motian’s death). Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations, and one win. Biography Early life and career Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado, area. He studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a youth, but by his teens was more interested in guitar. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R&B songs on the radio and on his grandfather's jazz records. He cites as influences Oscar Peterson's albums with Ray Brown and Wes Montgomery's with Ron Carter. For the development of rhythm, he points to the time he has spent with Danilo Pérez, a pianist from Panama. In the late 1970s he studied acoustic bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University. He began his professional career when he moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and made connections with Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, and Tom Scott. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s he was a member of three Chick Corea groups: the Elektric Band, the Akoustic Band, and the quartet. As a leader he formed a trio with Joey Calderazzo and Peter Erskine, and a quartet with Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is the internet's first commercial crowdfunding website.Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign It also operates as a record label and business model for artists which enables them to fund their projects by allowing the general public to directly finance, watch the creative process, and in most cases gain access to extra material from an artist. According to Bloomberg News, the company's chief executive officer, Brian Camelio, founded ArtistShare in 2000 with the idea that fans would finance production costs for albums sold only on the Internet and Artists also would enjoy much more favourable contract terms. ArtistShare was described in 2005 as a "completely new business model for creative artists" which "benefits both the artist and the fans by financing new and original artistic projects while building a strong and loyal fan base". History A United States-based company, ArtistShare (2001) is documented as being the first crowdfundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Graham
Alyssa Graham (born Alyssa Hope Altschul) is an American singer-songwriter. In 2005, she launched her solo music career with the release of the album, ''What Love Is'', which was heralded by ''All About Jazz'' as one of the Best New Recordings of 2005. Music career Born and raised in a small town outside of New York City, Graham is the daughter of Jewish-American parents Susan and Fredric Altschul who were greatly influenced by the New York City art scene and the 1960s music revolution. She is the sister of American fiction writer and political commentator, Andrew Foster Altschul. Her grandfather was an Emmy-nominated actor and radio personality during the Golden Age of Radio, most famous for his work on ''Gangbusters'', ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'', and ''Mystery Theater''. In the 1990s, Graham got her start in music when she and longtime boyfriend and songwriter, Doug Graham, co-founded an psychedelic rock band called Blindman's Holiday while she was a student at Ithaca Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
