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Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1942 – April 13, 2016)Peter Keepnews, "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73" '''', June 2, 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016 was an American flutist. Biography Steig was born in Manhattan, the son of '' New Yorker'' cartoonist[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrek Forever After
''Shrek Forever After'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''Shrek!'' by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The sequel to ''Shrek the Third'' (2007) and the fourth film in the ''Shrek'' film franchise, it was directed by Mike Mitchell from a screenplay written by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke. It stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese reprising their voice roles from the previous films, with Walt Dohrn, Jane Lynch, Jon Hamm, Craig Robinson, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Kathy Griffin, and Kristen Schaal joining the cast. The plot follows Shrek who, struggling with the responsibilities and stress of being a domesticated family man, signs a contract from Rumpelstiltskin to temporarily revert to his previous lifestyle, unknowing of the damaging consequences. ''Shrek Forever After'' premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayfaring Stranger (Jeremy Steig Album)
''Wayfaring Stranger'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Blue Note label in 1971.Blue Note Records Catalog: 4300 series accessed April 17, 2018 accessed April 20, 2018 Reception 's Thom Jurek said: "the group improvisation is at a premium, they move East, West, and even toward Latin ... They are anything but difficult to listen to, however; in fact, they’re both gorgeous and reflect how wide-ranging Steig’s (and by turn Gomez’s) vision was for the time".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legwork (album)
''Legwork'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Solid State label in 1970.Jazzlists: Solid State 18000 series LP discography accessed April 18, 2018 accessed April 20, 2018 Reception 's Wilson McCloy said: "''Legwork'' has long been a "rare-groove" collectors' favorite, and for good reason. The versatile Eddie Gomez lays down funky and compelling grooves throughout on acoustic bass while not hesitating to swing when necessary, walking his basslines over Don Alias' sometimes sparse yet authori ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solid State Records (jazz Label)
Solid State Records was a jazz record label formed in 1966 by producers Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone, with arranger Manny Albam. The label released original recordings in the mid to late 1960s by Joe Williams, Chick Corea, Jimmy McGriff, Dizzy Gillespie, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and many others before its jazz artists were consolidated under United Artists' Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical co ... label. Discography Albums References External links * {{Authority control American record labels Jazz record labels American jazz record labels Record labels established in 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Jeremy Steig
''This Is Jeremy Steig'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Solid State label in 1969.Jazzlists: Solid State 18000 series LP discography accessed April 18, 2018 The album features three compositions by folksinger whom Steig had accompanied in 1966.Keepnews, P Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73 '' |
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, he was classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, in New York City, where he majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma. In 1955, he moved to New York City, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis's sextet, which in 1959, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded '' Kind of Blue'', the best-selling jazz album ever. In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and Oscar Peterson, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier label, Clef Records, founded in 1946; Norgran Records, founded in 1953; and material which was previously licensed to Mercury Records. Verve also served as the original home of rock acts such as The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The restructured Verve Records is now part of the Verve Label Group (VLG), a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. This company is also home to historic imprints including Verve Forecast, Impulse! and Decca Records. History Norman Granz created Verve to produce new recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, whom he managed; the first album the label released was ''Ella Fitzge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's New (Bill Evans Album)
''What's New'' is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with flautist Jeremy Steig which was released in 1969 on the Verve Records, Verve label. accessed April 20, 2018 Reception Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "this is a quartet set with guest flutist Jeremy Steig, whose playing recalls Herbie Mann's recording (''Nirvana (Herbie Mann and the Bill Evans Trio album), Nirvana'') with Evans back in the early '60s. Both flutists were always open to the influences of pop and rock, although in both of their collaborations with Evans, the music is very much on the pianist's turf".Track listing # "Straight, No Chaser (composition), Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:40 # "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?), Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis (songwriter), Jimmy Davis, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael Bublé, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young, Deftones, Mastodon (band), Mastodon, Lindsey Buckingham, Josh Groban, Disturbed (band), Disturbed, Idina Menzel, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, Green Day, Dwight Yoakam, and Never Shout Never. Company history Beginnings Reprise Records was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. Soon thereafter, he garnered the nickname "The Chairman of the Board". Because of dissatisfaction with Capitol Records, and after trying to buy Norman Granz's Verve Records, the first album Sinatra released on Reprise was ''Ring-a-Ding-Ding!'' As CEO of Reprise, Sinatra recruited several artists for the fledgling label, such as fellow Rat Pack members Dean Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy & The Satyrs
''Jeremy & The Satyrs'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Reprise label in 1968.Both Sides Now: Reprise Album Discography, Part 3: R/RS-6200 to RS-6399 (1966-1970) accessed April 18, 2018 Steig initially formed the group to back folksinger in 1966. accessed April 20, 2018 Reception ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Zeitlin
Denny Zeitlin (born April 10, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. Since 1963, he has recorded more than 100 compositions and was a first-place winner in the ''DownBeat'' International Jazz Critics' Poll in 1965 and 1974. He composed the soundtrack for the 1978 science-fiction horror film ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Early life Zeitlin was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. He began improvising on the piano at the age of two. His father was a radiologist who played piano by ear. His mother was a speech pathologist and his first piano teacher. He began formal study in classical music at the age of six, switching to jazz in the eighth grade. In high school, he played professionally in and around Chicago, and by college at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, was playing with Ira Sullivan, Johnny Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Joe Farrell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
