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Quentin Jackson
Quentin "Butter" JacksonFeather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' , US, 2007 (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976) was an American jazz trombonist. Career In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. The first documented use of the term ''mixed martial arts'' was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate. During the early 20th century, various interstylistic contests took place throughout Japan and in the countries of the Four Asian Tigers. In Brazil, there was the sport of Vale Tudo, in which The Gracie family was known to promote Vale Tudo matches as a way to promote their own Brazilian jiu-jitsu style. A precursor to modern MMA was the 1976 Ali vs. Inoki exhibition bout (which ended in a draw after 15 rounds), fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Jeanne Thompson (August 6, 1932 – April 13, 1986), better known as Dorothy Ashby, was an American jazz harpist, singer and composer. Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" and the "most accomplished modern jazz harpist," Ashby established the harp as an improvising jazz instrument, beyond earlier use as a novelty or background orchestral instrument, proving the harp could play bebop as adeptly as the instruments commonly associated with jazz, such as the saxophone or piano. Ashby had to overcome many obstacles during the pursuit of her career. As an African American female musician in a male dominated industry, she was at a disadvantage. In a 1983 interview with W. Royal Stokes for his book ''Living the Jazz Life,'' she remarked of her career, "It's been maybe a triple burden in that not a lot of women are becoming known as jazz players. There is also the connection with black women. The audiences I was trying to reach were not inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues In Orbit
''Blues in Orbit'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 18, 2010 The original liner notes by described this album as primarily a blues album (as most of the track titles indicate). The album was re-released on CD in 2004 with bonus tracks including alternate takes and tracks from earlier sessions. Reception The reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "''Blues in Orbit'' lacks the intellectual cachet of the suites and concept pieces that loomed ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport 1958
''Newport 1958'' is a 1958 album by Duke Ellington, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival of that year and later in the Columbia recording studio. It was released two years after ''Ellington at Newport'', the 1956 album that led to Ellington's career resurgence. The original album, ''Newport 1958'' and the French Columbia CD #COL 468436 2 are mostly studio re-recordings of numbers performed at Newport. There is also dubbed in applause and crowd noise from Newport. During this time, Duke was frequently re-recording pieces that were performed live in the studio to be included on "live" albums. This was because he felt the live performances were not up to his standards. Only the tracks, "Just Scratchin' the Surface" and "Prima Bara Dubla" are from Newport on the original album. The double CD is all the music performed at Newport on July 3, 1958. The third CD was issued by Mosaic Records and contains all of the original album, minus the dubbed in crowd noise and applause. It also con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Star Road Band
''All Star Road Band'' is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Sunset Ballroom in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label in 1983.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed August 14, 2017 The album was rereleased on CD under the title ''All Star Road Band Volume One''. Reception Commenting on the original release in '''', jazz critic John S. Wilson wrote: "It is a collection that brings Duke Ellington and his orchestra vividly ali ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington At Newport
''Ellington at Newport'' is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of llington'scareer... It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be." It is included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die'', which ranks it "one of the most famous... in jazz history". The original release was partly recreated in the studio after the Ellington Orchestra's festival appearance. Ellington released a follow-up album also recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival, ''Newport 1958'', two years later. In 2022, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Context Many big bands folded by the mid-1950s, but Ellington kept his band working, occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington '55
''Ellington '55'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953 and 1954 and released in 1955.A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 21, 2010 The album features the Ellington Orchestra's performances of popular compositions and was reissued on CD with two bonus tracks in 1999. Reception The review by Bruce Eder awarded the album 3 stars and stated: "The tunes represented on this album were precisely what the band was playing at its dance dates... and it was material like this that was keeping the band going, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington Is Forever Volume Two
''Ellington Is Forever Volume Two'' is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and released on the Fantasy Records label. accessed August 9, 2012 Originally released as a double album set in 1977 it was rereleased on CD in 1994. Reception awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Burrell's initial plan was to release a volume in tribute to Ellington once a year, but this record and the one that preceded it were the only two albums in this proposed series that were ever ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues - The Common Ground
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern (the blues scale and specific chord progressions) of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. Blues as a genre is also characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basie In Sweden
''Basie in Sweden'' (subtitled ''Recorded Live in Concert featuring Louis Bellson on Drums'') is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded at an amusement park in Sweden in 1962 and originally released on the Roulette label.Kitora, R.Count Basie Discography accessed November, 5, 2015 Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.AllMusic listing accessed November, 5, 2015 Track listing # "Little Pony" () - 2:25 # "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 7:00 # "" ( |
Back With Basie
''Back with Basie'' (subtitled ''More Hit Performances of the '60s'') is an album released by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in 1962 (with one from 1960) and originally released on the Roulette label.Kitora, R.Count Basie Discography accessed November 5, 2015 Reception AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed November 5, 2015 Track listing # "Peppermint Pipes" (Frank Wess) - 3:15 # "Thanks for the Ride" () - 3:40 # "The Elder" (Thad Jones) - 7:00 # "Summer Frost" (Wess) - 3:06 # " |
The Legend (Count Basie Album)
''The Legend'' (subtitled ''From the Pen of Benny Carter'') is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks composed by Benny Carter recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Roulette label.Kitora, R.Count Basie Discography accessed November 5, 2015 Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4½ out of 5 stars.Allmusic listing accessed November 5, 2015 Track listing ''All compositions by Benny Carter'' # "The Trot" - 3:09 # "Easy Money" - 5:19 # "Amoroso" - 3:47 # "Goin' On" - 4:24 # "The Swizzle" - 3:31 # "The Legend" - 4:35 # "Who's Blue?" - 4:30 # "Turnabout" - 3:56 *Recorded in New York City on October 30, 1961 (tracks 1, 4 & 6), November 1, 1961 (tracks 5 & 7) and November 2, 1961 (tracks 2, 3 & 8)Personnel * |
