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Luis Perdomo (pianist)
Luis Perdomo (born February 19, 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Career His style is influenced by Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Paul Bley and Herbie Hancock. From the age of 12, was playing on Venezuelan TV and radio stations. His first teacher was the Austrian-born jazz pianist Gerry Weil. "The biggest lesson I received from Gerry Weil in Venezuela was to keep my mind open to all types of music" he says. He eventually realized that he would have to travel to New York City to fulfill his musical destiny. "Being in a more competitive and challenging environment was a big change that I welcomed". Bio He obtained a Bachelor of Music Degree at the Manhattan School of Music, where he was a student of Harold Danko and classical pianist Martha Pestalozzi, and later on graduated with a Master Degree from Queens College in New York City, where he studied with the legendary pianist Sir Roland Hanna. Luis also cites Jaki Byard as one of his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Byard
John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz. Byard played with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and was a member of bands led by bassist Charles Mingus for several years, including on several studio and concert recordings. The first of his recordings as a leader was in 1960, but, despite being praised by critics, his albums and performances did not gain him much wider attention. In his 60-year career, Byard recorded at least 35 albums as leader, and more than 50 as a sideman. Byard's influence on the music comes from his combining of musical styles during performance, and his parallel career in teaching. From 1969 Byard was heavily involved in jazz education: he began teachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Jazz Composers
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List Of Venezuelan Americans
This is a list of notable Venezuelan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Venezuelan Americans or must have references showing they are Venezuelan Americans and are notable. List Architects and builders * Maria Cristina Anzola – Venezuelan architect. Currently serves as a Director of New York City Ballet, Inc. * Anita Berrizbeitia – Venezuelan landscape theorist, teacher, and author. Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design * Carlos Brillembourg – Venezuelan architect based in New York, founder of Carlos Brillembourg Architects * Monica Ponce de Leon – architect with offices in Ann Arbor, New York and Boston. Dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University. First Hispanic architect to receive the National Design Award in Architecture * Carolina Izsak – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg August
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Ben Wolfe
Benjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall. He is currently on the teaching faculty at The Juilliard School Jazz Division. Career Wolfe was born in Baltimore and raised in Portland, Oregon. He was a member of his high school band, playing tuba and trombone, and a member of pop music groups in which he played bass guitar. In college he started playing double bass, with some lessons from Ray Brown. In the mid-1980s he went to New York City, where he played with Junior Cook, Dakota Staton, and Duke Jordan. He formed a duo with Harry Connick Jr. in 1988 and became a member of Connick's big band. In the early 1990s he toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis's septet and then became part of Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in 1995. He has also played with Wynton's brother, Branford Marsalis, in addition to Frank Kimbrough, Marcus Roberts, and Mary Stallings. In 1997 he went on tour with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon is a Filipino-American saxophonist, composer, and founder of Irabbagast Records. Winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition and one of '' Time Outs "25 essential New York City jazz icons", Irabagon is known for the breadth of his work on a jazz continuum ranging "from postbop to free improvisation, avant country to doom metal". His "extraordinary eclecticism" has led to performances with such diverse artists as Wynton Marsalis, Lou Reed, Evan Parker, Billy Joel, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Bertha Hope, Herbie Hancock, Conor Oberst, Christian McBride, Mike Pride, Kenny Barron, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Bill Laswell, Peter Evans, Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock, Ava Mendoza, Mick Barr, and Tom Rainey. Irabagon's many projects as bandleader include a quartet with Luis Perdomo, Yasushi Nakamura, and Rudy Royston, as well as a trio with Mark Helias and Barry Altschul. He is also a member of the Mary Halvorson Quintet, Septet, and Octet; the Dave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Turre
Stephen Johnson Turre (born September 12, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using Conch (instrument), seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For years, Turre has been active in jazz, rock, and Latin jazz – in live venues, recording studios, television, and Filmmaking, cinema production. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader, and appeared on many more as a contributor or sideman. As a studio musician, Turre is among the most prolific living jazz trombonists in the world. He has been a member of the Saturday Night Live Band since 1985. Family and early life Turre is one of five children born to James Boles Turre (1921–1997) and Carmen Marie ''(née'' Johnson). His father was of Northern Italian ancestry and his mother was of Mexican ancestry. His grandfather Ernest Turre was a founder of the San Francisco 49ers with Tony Morabito. His four siblings are Michael James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He has performed and recorded with several ensembles: Air, Aggregation Orb, Make a Move, the seven-piece Henry Threadgill Sextett, the twenty-piece Society Situation Dance Band, Very Very Circus, X-75, and Zooid. He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album ''In for a Penny, In for a Pound'', which premiered at Roulette Intermedium on December 4, 2014 Career Threadgill performed as a percussionist in his high-school marching band before taking up baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, and flute. He studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, majoring in piano, flute, and composition. He studied piano with Gail Quillman and composition with Stella Roberts. He was an original member of the Experimental Band,a precu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Flux (Ravi Coltrane Album)
''In Flux'' is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2005. It sold around 3,700 copies in its first year of release. The album title alluded to Coltrane's growth as a musician. "Away" was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" category. Coltrane supported ''In Flux'' with a North American tour. Production The album was produced by Coltrane. "United" is a version of the Wayne Shorter song. "Dear Alice", dedicated to Coltrane's mother, was written in 1986 while Coltrane was in college. Luis Perdomo played piano on ''In Flux''. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote that Coltrane is "fascinated on one hand by miniatures and on the other by the idea of longer songs that sound like collective improvisation from start to finish." ''The Village Voice'' stated that "the album's ballads—'Leaving Avignon' and 'Dear Alice' especially—have an air of mystery to them and are all the more lovely for not always behaving like ballad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blending Times
''Blending Times'' is Ravi Coltrane's fifth album as a band leader, and second for Savoy Records. Five of the tracks on this album are group improvisations "conceived and directed by Ravi Coltrane" that don't follow a standard time signature or preset measures lengths, reminiscent of free jazz popularized by Ornette Coleman. The album's final track, "For Turiya", is a eulogy for Alice Coltrane, Ravi's mother, the wife of John Coltrane and a musician in her own right, who died during the album's recording. Blending Times reached 36 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart, his second time making the chart. Track listing All compositions by Ravi Coltrane, except where noted #"Shine" ( Luis Perdomo) – 5:49 #"First Circuit" – 3:45 #"A Still Life" – 6:17 #"Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 7:48 #"Amalgams" – 4:18 #"Narcined" – 4:49 #"One Wheeler Will" (Ralph Alessi) – 7:31 #"The Last Circuit" – 4:18 #"Before With After" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Fiction
''Spirit Fiction'' is a sixth solo album by jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, released on July 19, 2012. His solo on the track "Cross Roads" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for the 2013 ceremony. Track listing All compositions by Ravi Coltrane, except where noted #"Roads Cross" (Ravi Coltrane, Drew Gress, Luis Perdomo, and E. J. Strickland) – 5:04 #"Klepto" (Ralph Alessi) – 7:30 #"Spirit Fiction" (Coltrane, Gress, Perdomo, and Strickland) – 2:28 #"The Change, My Girl" – 6:46 #"Who Wants Ice Cream" (Alessi) – 6:32 #"Spring & Hudson" – 2:21 #"Cross Roads" (Coltrane, Gress, Perdomo, and Strickland) – 4:03 #"Yellow Cat" (Alessi) – 6:50 #"Check Out Time" (Ornette Coleman) – 7:26 #"Fantasm" (Paul Motian) – 4:11 #"Marilyn & Tammy" – 5:42 Personnel Musicians *Ravi Coltrane – mixing, production, soprano and tenor saxophone *Ralph Alessi – trumpet (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9) *Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
