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Long Peter Madsen
''Long Peter Madsen'' is the debut album by the American jazz group David Becker Tribune, released in 1986. Track listing Personnel * David Becker – guitar, keyboards * Jim Donica – double bass, bass guitar * Bruce Becker – drums, percussion References 1986 debut albums David Becker Tribune albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Becker Tribune
David Becker (born 20 October 1961) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. He is also a graduate of the Musicians Institute. Career David and his brother Bruce (drummer) formed the David Becker Tribune and toured Germany in 1984. After touring the colleges that same year, the band signed with MCA and released its debut album ''Long Peter Madsen'' in 1986. In 1988, Siberian Express (MCA), produced with Ken Caillat was released and reached No. 3 on '' R&R'' and the track "Anja" reached No. 1. This was followed in 1990 and 1991 by two albums, '' Third Time Around'' and ''In Motion''. In 2001, the band released one of the first DVD-Audio recordings, ''Germerica''. Some of the tracks were co-produced by drummer Mark Schulman. In 2004, ''Where's Henning'' reached No. 34 on the ''JazzWeek'' chart. A solo album, ''Euroland'', and a duo with jazz guitarist Joe Diorio, ''The Color of Sound'' (Acoustic Music), followed in 2005. ''Batavia'' was released worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. History The early years In 1937, the owner of Decca, E. R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the US company (keeping his US Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberian Express (album)
''Siberian Express'' is an album by American jazz group David Becker Tribune, released in 1988. Background ''Siberian Express'' reached No. 3 on the '' R&R'' charts. Track listing All writing by David Becker except where indicated # "Anja" # "Hilversum" # "Siberian Express" # "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) # "Red Mogambo" # "Dance of the Candy Cats" # "Taps" # "Waiting for Chet" # "Land of Floren" # "Reflections" Personnel * David Becker – acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizer * Jim Donica – double bass, bass guitar * Bruce Becker – drums, percussion Guests * Jimmy Johnson – bass * Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ... – drums * Brian Kilgore – percussion References 1988 albums David Becker Tribune albums {{1980s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Becker
David Becker (born 20 October 1961) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. He is also a graduate of the Musicians Institute. Career David and his brother Bruce (drummer) formed the David Becker Tribune and toured Germany in 1984. After touring the colleges that same year, the band signed with MCA and released its debut album '' Long Peter Madsen'' in 1986. In 1988, Siberian Express (MCA), produced with Ken Caillat was released and reached No. 3 on '' R&R'' and the track "Anja" reached No. 1. This was followed in 1990 and 1991 by two albums, '' Third Time Around'' and ''In Motion''. In 2001, the band released one of the first DVD-Audio recordings, ''Germerica''. Some of the tracks were co-produced by drummer Mark Schulman. In 2004, ''Where's Henning'' reached No. 34 on the '' JazzWeek'' chart. A solo album, ''Euroland'', and a duo with jazz guitarist Joe Diorio, ''The Color of Sound'' (Acoustic Music), followed in 2005. ''Batavia'' was released w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Wine And Roses (song)
"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name. The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work, as well as the 1963 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In 2004 it finished at #39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song's lyric is notable for consisting of just two complex sentences, each of which forms one of the song's two stanzas. Recordings The best-known recordings of the song were by Billy Eckstine in 1961 and Andy Williams in 1963, but several other recording artists have also recorded the song, including Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Dick and Dee Dee, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, Perry Como, Wes Montgomery (1963: ''Boss Guitar'') and Lenny Breau. Tony Bennett sang his interpretation on his prestigious ''The Movie Song Album'' (1966). Pat Boone. Ella Fitzgera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the ''Peter Gunn'' television series as well as the music for ''The Pink Panther'' film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and " Moon River" from '' Breakfast at Tiffany's''. ''The Music from Peter Gunn'' won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini also scored a No. 1 hit single during the rock era on the Hot 100: his arrangement and recording of the " Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet''" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Debut Albums
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
