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Tribute To George Adams
''Tribute to George Adams'' is an album by New York Unit, consisting of pianist John Hicks, drummer Tatsuya Nakamura, bassists Santi Debriano or Richard Davis, and a variety of tenor saxophonists, including George Adams himself. It was recorded in 1991 and 1992. Recording and music "Georgia on My Mind" was recorded at Music Inn in Tokyo on December 16, 1991; the musicians were George Adams (tenor sax), John Hicks (piano), Richard Davis (bass), and Tatsuya Nakamura (drums)."New York Unit Discography" jazzdisco.org. Retrieved July 16, 2017.New York Unit ''Tribute to George Adams'' (CD liner notes). Paddle Wheel Records. KICJ 156. The next session was at Sear Sound, New York City, on June 15, 1992, with |
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] |
Paddle Wheel Records
, commonly known as King Records, is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct ''Kingu'' magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957. Sub-labels Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative. Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King Record Co. You! Be Cool i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hicks (jazz Pianist)
John Josephus Hicks Jr. (December 21, 1941 – May 10, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader of more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300."Artist of the Month: John Hicks" . wicn.org. Retrieved November 20, 2016. After early experiences backing blues musicians, Hicks moved to New York in 1963. He was part of Art Blakey's band for two years, accompanied vocalist Betty Carter from 1965 to 1967, before joining Woody Herman's big band, where he stayed until 1970. Following these associations, Hicks expanded into free jazz, freer bands, including those of trumpeters Charles Tolliver and Lester Bowie. He rejoined Carter in 1975; the five-year stay brought him more attention and helped to launch his recording career as a leader. He continued to play and record extensively in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribute To Great Tenors
''St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors'' is an album by New York Unit, consisting of pianist John Hicks, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura. It was recorded in 1991. Recording and music "During the first half of the 1990s, the New York Unit (pianist John Hicks, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura) were actively recording, but usually with a different guest artist."Dryden, Ke"New York Unit – St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors" AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017. This album was recorded at Music Inn Studio, Tokyo, on June 25, 1991New York Unit "St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors" (CD liner notes). King Record Co. KICJ 68. (a discography suggests January 25, 1991). The trio played "songs either composed by or closely associated with each of the four honored musicians": John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, and Archie Shepp (the CD notes add Wayne Shorter to the list). Release ''St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors'' was released by Paddle W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends Old And New
''Friends Old and New'' is an album led by pianist John Hicks, recorded in 1992.John Hicks Catalog accessed December 6, 2017Lord, T. Clark Terry discography accessed December 6, 2017 Recording and release The album was recorded at BMG Studios in New York City on January 14, 1992. It was produced by ."Album Reviews" (August 8, 1992). ''Billboard''. p. 50. The musicians were pianist |
Tatsuya Nakamura
is a Japanese musician, drummer and actor. After performing with several prominent punk rock bands, Nakamura rose to fame as drummer of Blankey Jet City from 1987 to 2000. In 1996, he founded his solo project Losalios, where he performs every instrument. He is also a member of Friction, Mannish Boys with Kazuyoshi Saito, and Gokumontō Ikka. Biography Tatsuya Nakamura has been working as a drummer since he was a teenager, performing with various bands such as Oxydoll, Genbaku Onanies, The Stalin, The God, Masturbation, Nickey & The Warriors, and The Star Club. After coming up to Tokyo, he went wrong and hunted the leather jacket of motorcycle gangs around Kanto, and he competed with his fellows for the number. When Nakamura had time job at a record store, he found a kindred spirit in Kenichi Asai whom he met by chance at a disco. Then, Nakamura and Asai formed Blankey Jet City with Toshiyuki Terui in 1987. Nakamura started a design for his solo works "Love Shop Losalios" whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Debriano
Santi Wilson Debriano (born 1955 in Panama) is a jazz bassist. Debriano was raised in Brooklyn, having moved there with his family at age four. He studied composition at Union College in New York, then attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Wesleyan University. He worked with Archie Shepp in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then moved to Paris and played with Sam Rivers for three years. He returned to New York City and has since worked with Don Pullen, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Fortune, Billy Hart, Larry Coryell, Chucho Valdés, Hank Jones, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Freddie Hubbard, Kirk Lightsey, and Attila Zoller. Debriano has led several of his own units, including small groups in the late 1980s and Circlechant, a world music-influenced ensemble which has had among its members Helio Alves, Will Calhoun, and Abraham Burton. Debriano was also the music director for arts at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey, and was given an award for jazz education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davis (bassist)
Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist. Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy's ''Out to Lunch!'', Andrew Hill's '' Point of Departure'', and Van Morrison's ''Astral Weeks'', of which critic Greil Marcus wrote (in ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll''), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album." Music career Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Davis began his musical career with his brothers, singing bass in his family's vocal trio. He studied double bass in high school with his music theory teacher and band director, Walter Dyett. He was a member of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (then known as the Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago) and played in the orchestra's first performance at Chicago's Orchestra Hall on November 14, 1947. After high school, he studied double bass with Rudolf Fahsbender of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while attending VanderCook Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adams (musician)
George Rufus Adams (April 29, 1940 – November 14, 1992) was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen, featuring bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Dannie Richmond. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing. Biography George Adams was born in Covington, Georgia, on April 29, 1940. He first started playing piano at the age of eleven and switched to tenor saxophone in high school. Later on, he went study at the Clark College and got lessons on flute by Wayman Carver. As a teenager, George Adams frequently gained performance experience by playing with local R&B bands. In 1961, he accompanied singer Sam Cooke on a tour. At this point, Adams was based out of Cleveland where he spent a great deal of time studying and working with organ trios alongside pianist and organist, Bill Doggett. The two men played a form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Faulk
Dan Faulk (born 1969) is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. Biography Faulk was born in 1969. In 1992, he recorded ''Focusing In'' for Criss Cross Jazz."Dan Faulk Quartet – Focusing In" Criss Cross Jazz. Retrieved September 8, 2017. It was a quartet recording, with Barry Harris (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), and Carl Allen (drummer), Carl Allen (drums). Four years later, Faulk recorded another quartet album – ''Spirits in the Night'' – this time with Myron Walden (alto sax), Joe Martin (bassist), Joe Martin (bass), and Jorge Rossy (drums).Jurek, Tho "Dan Faulk – Spirits in the Night" AllMusic. Retrieved Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javon Jackson
Javon Anthony Jackson (born June 16, 1965) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator. He first became known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey's death in 1990. and went on to release 22 recordings as a bandleader and tour and record on over 150 CDs with jazz greats including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turrentine and Ben E. King. In his solo career, his music has been a mix of tradition and neo-jazz, mixing hard bop with soul and funk influences. Recognized for those diverse styles, he was tapped by producers Lea Reis, Bryant "Moe Doe" Johnson to play on Tupac Shakur's ''Keep Ya Head Up / Madukey Remix'' in 1993. In 1992, Javon played saxophonist Illinois Jacquet in Spike Lee's ''Malcolm X''. He is featured in the film playing the Lionel Hampton/Benny Goodman standard, "Flying Home". He became chair of the University of Hartford's Jackie McL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Setting Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part of London. The Ritz Hotel referred to is just outside Mayfair, adjacent to Green Park. The nightingale, a migrant songbird, is celebrated in literature and music for the beauty of its song. It favours rural habitats, and is unlikely to be heard in Central London. Composition The song was written in the-then small French fishing village of Le Lavandou—now a favourite resort for British holidaymakers and second-home owners—shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is typically sung in the key of D-flat major by male vocalists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. "When the Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is the title of a short story by Michael Arlen, published in 1923 as part of his collection ''These C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
