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Joe Thomas (flautist)
Joseph Samuel Thomas (May 31, 1933 - July 26, 2017) was an American jazz flutist and occasional saxophonist.Eugene ChadbourneAllmusic: Joe Thomas - Artist Biography accessed April 16, 2018. Biography As a child, Thomas learned to play alto and soprano saxophone, trombone, flute and piano, and also taught himself how to write music. Encouraged by his older brother, he began performing in clubs from the age of fifteen and was noticed by James Moody. After enlisting in the United States Army he received a Purple Heart during combat in the Korean War he returned to the US and performed with Specks Williams and joined Rhoda Scott's Trio in the early 1960s. accessed April 16, 2018 Thomas recorded with organist |
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city had a population of 311,549 as of the , and was calculated at 307,220 by the Population Estimates Program for 2021, making it [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Of Cookin'
''Joy of Cookin is an album by American jazz flautist Joe Thomas recorded in 1972 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series accessed April 17, 2018 accessed April 17, 2018 Reception 's Jason Ankeny said: "While not reaching the same heights of Joe Thomas' previous ''Ebony Godfather'' LP, the aptly titled ''Joy of Cookin boasts a comparable deep-fried funk flavor, fusing the style and sensibility of blaxploitation-era soundtracks with the formal ingenuity of jazz. Horace Ot ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicians From New Jersey
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American Jazz Flautists
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2017 Deaths
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1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Tex
Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of funk, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues. His career started after he was signed to King Records in 1955 following four wins at the Apollo Theater. Between 1955 and 1964, he struggled to find hits, and by the time he finally recorded his first hit, "Hold What You've Got" in 1964, he had recorded 30 previous singles that were deemed failures on the charts. He went on to have four million-selling hits, "Hold What You've Got" (1965), " Skinny Legs and All" (1967), " I Gotcha" (1972), and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" (1977). Joe Tex was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame six times, most recently in 2017. Early life Joe Tex was born Joseph Arrington, Jr. in Rogers, Texas, in Bell County to Joseph Arring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Soul
''Natural Soul'' (subtitled ''Natural Woman'') is an album by American saxophonist Buddy Terry recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records catalog: 7500 series accessed October 1, 2015 Reception The site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listingaccessed October 1, 2015 Track listing All compositions by Buddy Terry except as noted # "[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Terry
Edlin "Buddy" Terry (January 30, 1941 - November 29, 2019) was an American jazz musician and alto/tenor sax player. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. In the 1960s and 1970s Terry made albums for Prestige Records and Mainstream Records. He played with the group Swingadelic from 2000 to 2010. He died on November 29, 2019 at the age of 78 from a stroke. Discography *'' Electric Soul!'' (Prestige, 1967) *'' Natural Soul (Natural Woman)'' (Prestige, 1968) *''Awareness'' (Mainstream, 1971) *'' Pure Dynamite'' (Mainstream, 1972) *''Lean on Him'' (Mainstream, 1973) With others With Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers *''Child's Dance'' (Prestige, 1972) With Billy Hawks *''Heavy Soul!'' (Prestige, 1968) With Groove Holmes *'' I'm in the Mood for Love'' (Flying Dutchman, 1976) With Harold Mabern *'' A Few Miles from Memphis'' (Prestige, 1968) With Joe Morello *''Another Step Forward'' (Ovation, 1969) With Alphonse Mouzon *'' The Essence of Mystery'' (Blue Note, 1973) With Freddie Roach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mean Machine (album)
''The Mean Machine'' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1976 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series accessed April 16, 2018 accessed April 16, 2018 Reception 's Jason Ankeny said: "Ironically enough, ''Mean Machine'' captures Jimmy McGriff at his sweetest. Employing electric piano as much as his signature organ, its grooves are disappointingly tepid, favoring a CTI-inspired smooth jazz approach at odds with McGriff's essential funkiness. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stump Juice
''Stump Juice'' is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1975 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series accessed April 9, 2018 accessed April 9, 2018 Reception 's Jason Ankeny said: "'Unlike the majority of Groove Merchant dates from the mid-'70s, ''Stump Juice'' forgoes warhorse pop and soul covers in favor of original tunes – these tabulas rasa are the ideal canvas for Lester's bare-essentials production and McGriff's sinuous grooves, eschewi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed Folk music, folk, funk, Soul music, soul, Hip hop music, hip hop, Electronic music, electronic, alternative rock, Country music, country, and Psychedelic music, psychedelia. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Beck grew towards hip-hop and folk in his teens and began to perform locally at coffeehouses and clubs. He moved to New York City in 1989 and became involved in the city's anti-folk movement. Returning to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he cut his breakthrough single "Loser (Beck song), Loser", which became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
