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Karen Mantler
Karen Mantler (born 25 April 1966, in New York City, New York (state), New York, United States) is an American jazz pianist, singer, and composer. She is the daughter of Carla Bley and Michael Mantler. Career Her musical debut consisted of contributing vocals on Carla Bley's album ''Escalator Over the Hill'' (1971) at the age of four, followed by appearing on Bley's ''Tropic Appetites'' (1974). She then continued performing and recording on glockenspiel, organ and chromatic harmonica in many of Carla Bley's ensembles and projects from 1977 on to the present. She studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a scholarship from 1985-87. She moved back to New York City in 1987 where she formed her own ensemble to record her first two albums for the XtraWATT record label (distributed by ECM Records), ''My Cat Arnold'' (1989) and ''Karen Mantler and Her Cat Arnold Get the Flu'' (1990). The band toured Europe several times and also appeared at venues in New York, on Dave Sanborn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Whitehead
Lena Annie Whitehead (born 16 July 1955 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English jazz trombone player. Career Whitehead learned the trombone in high school and participated in rock and jazz bands. When she was 16, she left school to become a member of a female big band led by Ivy Benson. She played with the band for two years before moving to Jersey. Unhappy with the life of a musician, she quit music for almost six years. She returned in 1979 and started a ska band. She took an interest in jazz again after moving to London two years later and performing in pubs. In the 1980s, she toured with Brotherhood of Breath, a big band led by South African pianist Chris McGregor. During her career, she has worked with ...And the Native Hipsters, Blur, Carla Bley, Charlie Watts Orchestra, Fun Boy Three, Jah Wobble, Jamiroquai, John Stevens, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Smiley Culture, Spice Girls, and Working Week. She was a member of The Zappatistas, a Frank Zappa tribute band led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly Seeing All This
''Folly Seeing All This'' is a 1993 album by Michael Mantler. Reception The AllMusic review by Peter Nappi stated: "At once melodic and challenging, ''Folly Seeing All This'' is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable".Nappi, PAllMusic Reviewaccessed November 8, 2011 Track listing LP release Side A # Folly Seeing All This - 28:44 Side B # News - 11:31 # What Is the Word - 4:37 CD Release # Folly Seeing All This - 28:44 # News - 11:31 # What Is the Word - 4:37 Personnel :Michael Mantler - Trumpet :Rick Fenn - Electric guitar (Listed in the liner notes only as guitar) :Wolfgang Puschnig - Alto flute : Karen Mantler - Piano, vocals on "What is the Word" :Dave Adams - Vibraphone, chimes : Samuel Beckett - words to "What is the Word" :Jack Bruce - Vocals on "What is the Word" The Balanescu string quartet : Alexander Balanescu - Violin : Clare Connors - Violin :Bill Hawkes - Viola :Jane Fenton - Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appearing Nightly
''Appearing Nightly'' is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded in Paris in 2006 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2008. Track listing All compositions by Carla Bley. # "Greasy Gravy" - 8:50 # "Awful Coffee" - 6:11 # "Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid: 40 On-20 Off/Second Round/What Would You Like to Hear/Last Call" - 25:23 # "Someone to Watch" - 5:56 # " I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You" (Ray Noble) - 7:38 *Recorded live at New Morning in Paris on July 17 & 18, 2006. Personnel * Carla Bley - piano * Earl Gardner, Lew Soloff, Florian Esch - trumpet * Beppe Calamosca, Gary Valente, Gigi Grata - trombone * Richard Henry - bass trombone * Roger Jannotta - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute * Wolfgang Puschnig - alto saxophone, flute *Andy Sheppard, - tenor saxophone * Julian Argüelles - baritone saxophone * Karen Mantler - organ *Steve Swallow - bass guitar *Billy Drummond Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond Jr. (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For America (album)
''Looking for America'' is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2003.Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010 Reception The review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "''Looking for America'' is a fun, innovative, and indefatigable album by one of the true geniuses in modern jazz".Jurek, T. accessed August 12, 2010 The '' |
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes To Church
''The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church'' is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in Perugia, Italy as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1996.Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010 Reception The review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "''The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church'' is a perfect showcase for the forward-thinking compositions and arrangements of Carla Bley... Not quite as experimental as her earlier compositions, this album manages, regardless to be among her best work in the '90s".Proefrock, S. |
Big Band Theory
''Big Band Theory'' is an album by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1993.Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010 Reception The review by Scott Yanow stated that "overall this set (which is enjoyable enough) is less memorable than one would expect from Carla Bley".Yanow, S. accessed August 9, 2010 '' |
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
''The Very Big Carla Bley Band'' is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the ECM (record label), Watt/ECM label in 1991.Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010 accessed August 25, 2016 Reception The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album stars and stated "The result is a fairly solid, if slightly bland, date that may cause the listener to pine for her earlier "excesses"... in the end, Bley's themes and structures tend more toward the competent than the stirring or memorable, leaving one desirous of the richer fare that she has served in the past".Olew ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleur Carnivore
''Fleur Carnivore'' is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1988 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1989.Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010 accessed August 25, 2016 Reception The album is recognised as one of Bley's finest. The review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars and stated, "On ''Fleur Carnivore'', pianist Carla Bley deftly integrates her beautiful melodies into five complex, yet effortless sounding pieces... ' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musique Mecanique
''Musique Mecanique'' is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM (record label), Watt/ECM label in 1979.Carla Bley discography accessed August 3, 2010 accessed August 25, 2016 Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Carla Bley's tentet performs some of her most colorful themes on this often-humorous and generally stimulating set".Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed August 3, 2010 ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album 3 stars. Robert Christgau commented, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kato Hideki
Kato Hideki (born 1962 in Nagoya, Japan; 加藤英樹, family name Kato) is a Japanese musician and composer. He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s, collaborating with Japanese experimental musicians such as Otomo Yoshihide, Tatsuya Yoshida, Makigami Koichi, and Yamatsuka Eye. He led his own bands, Player Piano and Bass Army. He was a member of the original Ground Zero with Otomo and Uemura Masahiro. In 1992 Kato moved to New York City where he still resides. Since relocating to New York, Kato has recorded and performed with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Christian Marclay, Calvin Weston, Eyvind Kang, Billy Martin (percussionist), Nicolas Collins, Zeena Parkins, Charlie Burnham, Karen Mantler, John King, Michael Schumacher, Chris Cochrane, Brian Chase and many others. His collaborations include Dying Ground, Billy Martin's Socket, Phase III, Italian DOC Remix, and the Crescent Moon Trio. He has an electronic duo with James Fei. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Willner
Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, European classical music, classical, rock and roll, rock, Tin Pan Alley). He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by the virus. Early life Willner was born in Philadelphia in 1956. His father and uncle were Holocaust survivors. Willner moved to New York City in 1974 to attend New York University, but did not graduate. Career In the late 1970s, Willner worked under record producer Joel Dorn, credited as associate producer on Leon Redbone's albums ''Double Time (Leon Redbone album), Double Time'' and ''Champagne Charlie (album), Champagne Charlie'', and The Neville Brothers' ''Fiyo on the Bayou''. Willner became the sketch music producer of ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1980, where he chose the music to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
