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LaDonna Smith
LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams, Leland Davis, Michael Evans, Gunther Christmann, Anne Lebaron, Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Misha Feigin, Michael Evans, David Sait, Jack Wright, John Russell, Sergey Letov, Toshi Makihara, Andrew Dewar and many other of the world's major improvisers. As a performer, she has toured the US, Canada, Europe, including Russia and Siberia, Korea, India, China and Japan. Her music is documented on dozens of CD and LP recordings, including ''Say Daybew Records'' - of Fred Lane & the Debonaires. She produced concerts and festivals in Alabama and the Southeast, including the Birmingham Improv Festival and ''the improvisor'' ''festival''. She serves on the Board of Directors of I.S.I.M., the International Society of Improvised Music. In 1976, LaDonna Smith co-fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaDonna Smith
LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams, Leland Davis, Michael Evans, Gunther Christmann, Anne Lebaron, Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Misha Feigin, Michael Evans, David Sait, Jack Wright, John Russell, Sergey Letov, Toshi Makihara, Andrew Dewar and many other of the world's major improvisers. As a performer, she has toured the US, Canada, Europe, including Russia and Siberia, Korea, India, China and Japan. Her music is documented on dozens of CD and LP recordings, including ''Say Daybew Records'' - of Fred Lane & the Debonaires. She produced concerts and festivals in Alabama and the Southeast, including the Birmingham Improv Festival and ''the improvisor'' ''festival''. She serves on the Board of Directors of I.S.I.M., the International Society of Improvised Music. In 1976, LaDonna Smith co-fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Reed
Timothy Reed (born 1985) is an Australian triathlete. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, after defeating Sebastian Kienle Sebastian Kienle (born 6 July 1984) is a German long-distance triathlete. He is the winner of the 2014 Ironman World Championship, as well as the 2012 and 2013 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Athletic career Kienle was exposed to the sport of ... with two seconds in a close finish. Swam with Anna Wilcox at SFS pool. References External links * 1985 births Living people Australian male triathletes Australian male long-distance runners 21st-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Springer
Melissa Springer is an American photojournalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including ''Aperture'', ''Elle'', ''Forbes'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'', ''Southern Living'', ''The Village Voice'' and '' House & Garden''. Springer was one of the first photojournalists to document the AIDS epidemic with her series entitled "Michael." Springer was the inaugural artist for Agnes, a photography gallery specializing in social awareness in Birmingham, Alabama. This first show was ''"Julia Tutwiler Prison Series"'' and portrayed the struggles and class system of an Alabama prison for women. For these photos, Springer spent time in prison listening to the inmates' stories. This work was part of a CNNbr>interviewabout the Prison and was also featured in Elle' magazine. In "The South by Its Photographers" Springer's work was included with other Southern artists including Shelby Lee Adams and William Christenberry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Kermani
Elise or Elyse may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Elise, the unidentified person to whom Beethoven dedicated ''Für Elise'' * ''Elise'', a 1979 speculative fiction novel by Ken Grimwood * ''Élise ou la vraie vie'' (''Elise, or the Real Life''), a 1967 novel by the French writer Claire Etcherelli * '' Élise ou la vraie vie'' (''Elise, or Real Life''), a 1970 French drama film based on the novel of the same name * ''Elyse'' (film), a 2020 American drama film * "Elise", an episode of the British television programme ''Foyle's War'' People and fictional characters * Élise, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Élise, Elise, Elize, or Elyse * Christine Elise (born 1965), American actress * Kimberly Elise, (born 1967), American actress * Lily Elise (born 1991), American singer and songwriter * Elise Kuhn (born 2006), American singer and songwriter Transportation * Lotus Elise, a British sports car * Steam ship ''Élise'', the first steamboat to cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Williams
David Carlous Williams (November 2, 1927 – August 17, 2009) was an American professional baseball player and coach. During his Major League Baseball career, spent entirely with the New York Giants of the National League, the second baseman appeared in 517 games over six seasons (1949; 1951−1955), and was selected to the 1953 NL All-Star team. Williams was listed as tall and , and batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from Sunset High School in 1945. He is a Member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame. Playing career Williams' most productive major league season came in 1952, when he posted career-highs in home runs (13), runs (70), RBI (48) and extra-base hits (42), with a .254 batting average in 138 games. In 1953, he hit a career-best .297, which him earned a selection to the NL All-Star squad. In the 1953 Midsummer Classic, played July 14 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Williams took over from Red Schoendienst as the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunter Christmann
Gunter Christmann (23 April 1936 – 19 November 2013) was a German-born Australian painter. Born in Berlin, Christmann emigrated to Australia in 1959. Regarded as a painter's painter, Christmann has been making abstract and figurative paintings since the early 1960s and has exhibited frequently since 1965 throughout Australia and overseas. He has been labelled as one of the major Australian artists of his generation and 'one of Australia's best kept secrets' by art historian and curator Mary Eagle. Christmann rose to prominence with his inclusion in the landmark exhibition ''The Field'' at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1968. From his hard edged colourfield paintings of the 1960s he went on to produce the "sprinkle" paintings of the 1970s. Throughout his different phases Christmann has maintained a fascination with the world around him, feeding off contemporary life, with his more recent works incorporating a ‘'tag" graffiti style that is drawn across his paintings, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Watson (musician)
Paul "Watty" Watson (born March 16, 1952) is an American cornetist, guitarist, trumpet player, singer, composer, and songwriter living in Richmond, Virginia. He is best known for his work with The Orthotonics, FSK, Sparklehorse, and Patrick Phelan. He currently plays cornet, provides backing vocals, and writes for the Brooklyn-based band, And the Wiremen. Personal life Watson was born in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky. He now lives in Virginia. Selected discography *1979 – Idio Savant – ''Shakers in a Tantrum Landscape'' *1981 – Alchemical Rowdies – ''Trans-Idio'' *1982 – Ortho-tonics – ''Accessible As Gravity'' *1984 – 1/2 Japanese – ''Our Solar System'' *1984 – Orthotonics – ''Wake Up You Must Remember'' *1985 – Half Japanese – ''Sing No Evil'' *1986 – F.A.F.O.O.T. – ''FA3574'' *1989 – House Of Freaks – ''Tantilla +13'' *1990 – Half Japanese – ''We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love'' *1993 – FSK – ''The Sound Of Music'' *1995 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Finney
Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to the male name Daniel. It may refer to: People *Danny Altmann, British immunologist *Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer *Danny Baker (born 1957), English journalist, radio and TV presenter * Danny Barnes (other), several people *Danny Bonaduce (born 1959), American radio/television personality, comedian *Danny Brown (born 1981), American rapper *Danny Joe Brown (1951–2005), American singer, Molly Hatchet *Danny Burawa (born 1988), American baseball player *Danny Carey (born 1961), American drummer, Tool *Danny Clark (other), several people *Danny Collins (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh footballer *Danny Boy Collins (born 1967), English wrestler *Danny Coulombe (born 1989), American baseball player *Danny Cox (other), several people *Danny Denzongpa (born 1948), Indian actor *Danny DeVito (born 1944), Italian-American actor, comedian, producer and director *Danny Donnelly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippin Barnett
Pippin or Pepin may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Pippin'' (comics), a children's comic produced from 1966 to 1986 * ''Pippin'' (musical), a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz loosely based on the life of Pepin the Hunchback * Pippin Took, character from ''The Lord of the Rings'' * Pippin, dog from 1993 children’s TV show ''Come Outside'' People * Pepin of Landen (c. 580–640), nicknamed ''the Elder'', sometimes listed as a saint * Pepin of Herstal (c. 635–714), nicknamed ''the Middle'' * Pepin the Short or Pippin the Younger (c. 714–768), father of Charlemagne * Pepin the Hunchback (c. 769 – 811), first son of Charlemagne * Pepin of Italy (777–810), second son of Charlemagne, born Carloman and later named Pepin * Pepin I of Aquitaine (797–838), grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious * Pepin II of Aquitaine (823–864), son of Pepin I of Aquitaine * Pepin, Count of Vermandois (817–850), grandson of Pepin of Italy * Pippin (name), given name and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Centazzo
Andrea Centazzo (born 1948) is an Italian-born American composer, percussionist, multimedia artist and record label founder. Music career Centazzo was born in Udine, Italy. In the 1970s he played percussion in avant-garde jazz with John Zorn, Steve Lacy, and Don Cherry, and became "a leading figure in the European avant-garde". After 1986 he turned to video making and composed operas, film soundtracks and orchestral compositions. Since 1992, he has lived and worked in Los Angeles and has become a naturalized American citizen. He has also performed and recorded with Albert Mangelsdorff, Alvin Curran, Anthony Coleman, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Gianluigi Trovesi, Henry Kaiser, Sylvano Bussotti, Teo Jöergesmann, Tom Cora, and Toshinori Kondo. He has conducted his own compositions with the American Youth Symphony, the L.A. Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, and many ensembles. He has directed and staged his own opera compositions as well as theatrical plays by other U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne LeBaron
Alice Anne LeBaron (b. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, May 30, 1953) is a United States composer and harpist. Anne LeBaron holds a B.A. in music from the University of Alabama (1974), an M.A. in music from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1978), and a doctorate in music from Columbia University (1989), where she studied with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. As a Fulbright Scholar in 1980–81, she studied with Mauricio Kagel and György Ligeti . LeBaron has also studied Korean traditional music at The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts in Seoul (1983) . Although trained in piano from childhood, she took up the harp in college; in 1974 and 1976, she studied privately with Alice Chalifoux at the Salzedo Harp Colony. LeBaron served as composer-in-residence in Washington, DC, sponsored by Meet the Composer from 1993 until 1996 . She was assistant professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 2000. Beginning in 2001, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
