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The Orchard (Lizz Wright Album)
''The Orchard'' is an album by singer Lizz Wright that was released in 2008. Track listing # "Coming Home" # "My Heart" # "I Idolize You" (Ike Turner) # "Hey Mann" # "Another Angel" # "When I Fall" # "Leave Me Standing Alone" # "Speak Your Heart" # "This Is" # "Song for Mia" # "Thank You" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) # "Strange" ( el Tillis red Burch Personnel * Lizz Wright – vocals * Glenn Patscha – keyboards, background vocals * Patrick Warren – keyboards * Kenny Banks – piano * Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar, mandolin * Oren Bloedow – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass * Chris Bruce – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass * Joey Burns – acoustic guitar, cello, bass, quarto, baritone guitar * Toshi Reagon – acoustic guitar, background vocals * John Convertino – drums, percussion, vibraphone * Larry Eagle – drums, percussion * Ben Perowsky Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verve Forecast
Verve Forecast is a record label formed as a division of Verve Records to concentrate on pop, rock, and folk music. Founding Jerry Schoenbaum of Verve and Moe Asch of Folkways created Verve Folkways in 1964 to take advantage of the popularity of folk music. To broaden the label's appeal, the named was changed from Verve Folkways to Verve Forecast in 1967. Schoenbaum was president of the label. History Schoenbaum left in 1969, and Verve Forecast was closed by its parent company, MGM, in 1970. After PolyGram bought MGM, the Verve Forecast catalog was incorporated into Polydor. The label was revived in the 1990s for smooth jazz releases by Chris Botti, Jeff Lorber, and Will Downing. When PolyGram merged with Universal, the imprint was deactivated and its roster was transferred to GRP. In 2004, Verve Forecast was revived again to replace Blue Thumb to handle acts outside of jazz. Roster Verve Forecast signed pop, rock, folk, and blues musicians such as The Blues Project, Caravan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Campbell (musician)
Larry Campbell (born February 21, 1955) is an American multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments (including guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, and violin) in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock. He is perhaps best known for his time as part of Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour band from 1997 to 2004. Campbell also has extensive experience as a studio musician. Over the past years, he has recorded with such artists as Levon Helm, Judy Collins, Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, Linda Thompson, Sheryl Crow, Chris Castle, Paul Simon, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, Eric Andersen, Buddy and Julie Miller, Kinky Friedman, Little Feat, Hot Tuna, Cyndi Lauper, k.d. lang, Anastasia Barzee, Rosanne Cash and Ayọ, among others. Biography During the 1970s and 1980s, Campbell performed regularly on New York City's burgeoning country music scene, at well-known venues such as Greenwich Village's legendary Lone Star Cafe, City Limits, The Rodeo Bar, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Russell (singer)
Catherine Russell (born 1956) is an American jazz and blues singer. She is best known for her 2016 album ''Harlem on My Mind''. Biography Early life Her father was Luis Russell, a Panamanian-born "pianist and leader of one of the most impressive big bands on the early New York jazz scene after leading a group in New Orleans and moving to Chicago, where he worked with King Oliver, who gave Louis Armstrong his first big break." He later became Louis Armstrong's long-time musical director. Her mother, Carline Ray, held degrees from both Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music and performed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm during World War II. She later performed "with Doc Cheatham and Wynton Marsalis, among others." Russell's interest in music began as a child. As a young girl, she was "steeped in early jazz—from '20s and '30s recordings by her father's orchestras to '40s and '50s R&B." She was also enamored with country music—including the early George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown. Perowsky leads the Ben Perowsky Trio, Moodswing Orchestra and Upstream Trio with Chris Speed and John Medeski. He is a founding member of the electric jazz group Lost Tribe. A prolific sideman, Perowsky has performed with Roy Ayers, John Scofield, The Lounge Lizards, Joan As Police Woman, Elysian Fields, Darryl Jenifer, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Walter Becker, Steven Bernstein., and John Zorn. Early life and education Ben Perowsky was born and raised in NYC to jazz musician Frank Perowsky and modern dancer Ginger Perowsky. His main drum teacher was his father’s Juilliard School classmate, friend and neighbor Bobby Thomas. Ben graduated from The High School of Music and Art in Harlem in 1984 where he played in the jazz band under the direction of Justin DiCiccio. Ben perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Convertino
Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona-based Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP ''In the Reins'', recorded with Iron & Wine, reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, and tejano mixed with country, jazz, and post-rock. The band is named for the border town of Calexico, California, and has been described by some as "desert noir". History Formation Calexico had its origins in 1990 when Joey Burns, who was studying music at the University of California, Irvine, met up with John Convertino, who was playing drums with Howe Gelb in Giant Sand. Burns joined them, after first playing upright bass on a European tour. Giant Sand moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1994. Burns and Convertino formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshi Reagon
Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk, as well as a composer, curator, and producer. Early life Born January 27, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia, Reagon grew up in Washington, D.C. She was raised by musician parents active in the civil rights movement. Her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, founded the all-woman a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973, which had a profound influence on her. Her father, Cordell Hull Reagon, was a leader of the civil rights movement in Albany (Georgia) and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Her parents were also part of the civil rights musical group The Freedom Singers. Reagon lists 1970's rock & roll bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Kiss, as well as classic Blues musicians such as Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, and Big Bill Broonzy as additional musical influences. Career Bands and performances Reagon began performing at age 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Burns
Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona-based Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP ''In the Reins'', recorded with Iron & Wine, reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, and tejano mixed with country, jazz, and post-rock. The band is named for the border town of Calexico, California, and has been described by some as "desert noir". History Formation Calexico had its origins in 1990 when Joey Burns, who was studying music at the University of California, Irvine, met up with John Convertino, who was playing drums with Howe Gelb in Giant Sand. Burns joined them, after first playing upright bass on a European tour. Giant Sand moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1994. Burns and Convertino formed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oren Bloedow
Oren Bloedow (born July 3, 1965) is an American singer, guitarist and bassist. He founded the band Elysian Fields in 1995 with Jennifer Charles. His father, Jerry Bloedow, was a playwright, poet, and film editor whose theater, the Hardware Poet's Playhouse, participated in the New York avant-garde scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Bloedow's first musical affiliations were with Phillip Johnston, Bobby Previte, and Wayne Horvitz, all of whom worked with him in Bobby Radcliff's blues band in the 1980s. With Radcliff, Bloedow backed up Dr. John, Otis Rush, Johnny Copeland and Paul Butterfield. Another close collaboration was with guitarist Ron Anderson of The Molecules. In 1985 a friend of Anderson's introduced Bloedow to 101 Crustaceans, whose leader, Ed Pastorini, is Bloedow's oldest continuing musical associate and was a member of Elysian Fields. Bloedow names Pastorini as his favorite musician. He attended New England Conservatory in 1987–88, studying with Ran Blake a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Warren
Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series ''True Detective'' for which he composed and performed his original music for which he was awarded an Emmy. He composed the theme song and the original score to the Showtime original series ''The Chi''. As a recording artist, he has worked with Michael Penn, Fiona Apple, The Wallflowers, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Stevie Nicks, and Liz Phair. As a touring musician, he has toured with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Lana Del Rey. He is globally known as an expert Chamberlin artist. Chamberlin Warren is an accomplished pianist and keyboardist, who has performed on Grammy Award-winning records and Emmy Award-winning television series, as well as dozens of feature films including '' Pleasantville'' and ''Across the Universe''. Warren is also among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreaming Wide Awake
''Dreaming Wide Awake'' is the second album by singer and composer Lizz Wright, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz chart. The song 'Hit the Ground' featured in an episode of ''House MD'', season 3 episode 14 – "Insensitive". Track listing #"A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 3:51 #"Stop" (Joe Henry) – 3:32 #"Hit the Ground" (Lizz Wright, Jesse Harris, Toshi Reagon) – 3:31 #"When I Close My Eyes" ( Marc Anthony Thompson, Dougie Bowne, Yuka Honda) – 3:16 #"I'm Confessin'" (Doc Daugherty, Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 2:58 #" Old Man" (Neil Young) – 3:40 #"Wake Up, Little Sparrow" (Ella Jenkins) – 3:00 #"Chasing Strange" (Marc Anthony Thompson) – 3:48 #" Get Together" (Chester Powers) – 4:42 #"Trouble" (Lizz Wright, Carlos Henderson) – 5:12 #"Dreaming Wide Awake" (Lizz Wright) – 3:44 #"Without You" (Jesse Harris) – 4:05 ;Bonus track #"Narrow Daylight" (Diana Krall, El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following the death of John Bonham, the band's drummer. Plant was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. He developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to those of contemporaries such as Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey of the Who, Jim Morrison of the Doors, and Freddie Mercury of Queen. After Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant continued to perform and record continuously on a variety of solo and group projects. His first well known post-Led Zeppelin project was The Honeydrippers, alongside former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, among others. In 1988, he released the solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar tones. It is also characterized by his folk and eastern-influenced acoustic work. He is also noted for occasionally playing his guitar with a cello bow to create a droning sound texture to the music. Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and, by the mid-1960s, alongside Big Jim Sullivan, was one of the most sought-after session guitarists in Britain. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. When the Yardbirds broke up, he founded Led Zeppelin, which was active from 1968 to 1980. Following the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, he participated in a number of musical groups throughout the 1980s and 1990s, more specifically X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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