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Oscar Peterson Plays The Irving Berlin Songbook
''Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook'' is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson of the music of Irving Berlin. ''Billboard'' magazine chose the album as one of its Special Merit Spotlights in their January 18, 1960 issue. ''Billboard'' described the album as "inventive and listenable thruout". Reception Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that due to Peterson and his trio recording nine albums in a month, " ... not much planning went into the individual songs" and that the subsequent interpretations were "fairly melodic and safe, if swinging. Nothing unexpected occurs, but the music is reasonably pleasing, if lacking in emotional depth". Yanow also noted that the album contained "one of the happier versions ... yet recorded" of Berlin's "Supper Time", a song about a lynching. Track listing # "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – 2:37 # "Supper Time" – 3:11 # "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" – 2:01 # "Change Partners" – 2:25 # "The Song I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". Biography Early years Peterson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to immigrants from the West Indies (Saint Kitts and Nevis and the British Virgin Islands); His mother, Kathleen, was a domestic worker and his father, Daniel, worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railway and was an amateur musician who taught himself to play the organ, trumpet and piano. Peterson grew up in the neighbourh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Deep Is The Ocean
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1959 Albums
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Drum Kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player ( drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks, one in each hand, and uses their feet to operate a foot-controlled hi-hat and bass drum pedal. A standard kit may contain: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by a foot-operated pedal * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms and/or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be manipulated by a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the drum set, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Thigpen
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Thigpen was raised in Los Angeles, California, and attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon and Chico Hamilton also attended. After majoring in sociology at Los Angeles City College, Thigpen returned to East St. Louis for one year to pursue music while living with his father who had been playing with Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy. His father, Ben Thigpen, was a drummer who played with Andy Kirk for sixteen years during the 1930s and 1940s. Thigpen first worked professionally in New York City with the Cootie Williams orchestra from 1951 to 1952 at the Savoy Ballroom. During this time he played with musicians such as Dinah Washington, Gil Mellé, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar in structure to the cello, it has four, although occasionally five, strings. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, viola, and cello, ''The Orchestra: A User's Manual'' , Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra as well as the concert band, and is featured in Double bass concerto, concertos, solo, and chamber music in European classical music, Western classical music.Alfred Planyavsky [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Brown (musician)
Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz Quartet. Biography Early life Ray Brown was born October 13, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and took piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one. With a vacancy in the high school jazz orchestra, he took up the upright bass. Career A major early influence on Brown's bass playing was Jimmy Blanton, the bassist in the Duke Ellington band. As a young man Brown became increasingly well known in the Pittsburgh jazz scene, with his first experiences playing in bands with the Jimmy Hinsley Sextet and the Snookum Russell band. After graduating high school, having heard stories about the burgeoning jazz scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember (Irving Berlin Song)
"Remember" is a popular song about nostalgia by Irving Berlin, published in 1925. The song is a popular standard, recorded by numerous artists. In the lyric, Berlin uses an interesting poetic technique by extending the sound of the word "forgot" into "forget me not" then placing the original word (forgot) and the base form of its opposite (remember) at the end of the next two lines: Remember we found a lonely spot, And after I learned to care a lot, You promised that you'd ''forget'' ''me'' ''not'', But you ''forgot'' To remember. Film appearances *Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) - performed by Alice Faye *Moontide (1942) - instrumental * So This Is Love (1953) - sung by Kathryn Grayson *There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - sung by the cast and later by Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey *Isn't It Shocking? (1973) Unknown vocalist, orchestrated by David Shire. Recorded versions *Betty Carter *The Ray Conniff Singers (Young at Heart LP) *Bing Crosby included the song in a med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film ''Top Hat'', where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. The song title refers to the formal wear required on a party invitation: top hat, white tie, and a tailcoat. Popular recordings in 1935 were by Fred Astaire and by Ray Noble and his Orchestra (vocal by Al Bowlly and The Freshmen). Other notable recordings *The Boswell Sisters recorded the song on October 8, 1935 for Decca Records. *Carroll Gibbons with the Savoy Orpheans (1935) *Fred Astaire included the song in the album ''The Astaire Story'' (1952) *Mel Tormé included the song in the album ''Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire'' (1956) *Louis Armstrong - for his album ''Louis Under the Stars'' (1958) *Ella Fitzgerald – ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook'' (1958) *Fred Astaire recorded the song again in 1975 and it can be found on the album ''The Complete London Sessions''. *Tony Bennett - '' Steppin' Out'' (1993) *Cherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isn't This A Lovely Day?
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film ''Top Hat'', where it was introduced by Fred Astaire in the scene where his and Ginger Rogers' characters are caught in a gazebo during a rainstorm. The lyric is an example of a song which turns a bad situation into a love song, a common style for Irving Berlin, as in I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm and Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee. Notable recordings *Fred Astaire recorded the song on three occasions. His 1935 version was assessed as reaching the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day. In 1953, he included the song in his album ''The Astaire Story''. His final recording was in 1975 and the song was included in the album ''The Golden Age Of Fred Astaire''. *Tony Bennett - ''Bennett/Berlin'' (1987) *Petula Clark - (1961) *Bing Crosby on the 1965 album Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook'' (1958) *Ella Fitzgerald and Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Laughing At Me
"You're Laughing at Me" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1937 film '' On the Avenue'', where it was introduced by Dick Powell. Popular versions in 1937 were by Fats Waller and by Wayne King. Notable recordings *Mildred Bailey recorded the song on January 19, 1937 for Vocalion (No. 3456). *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book'' is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. It was part of the popu ...'' (1958) References Songs written by Irving Berlin Ella Fitzgerald songs Mildred Bailey songs 1937 songs {{Pop-standard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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