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Vinnie Zummo
Vinnie Zummo is a New York City session guitarist. He has also worked as a producer, writer, arranger, and sound designer. Zummo worked with Joe Jackson for seven years. He played on six Jackson albums and three world tours. He has also worked with various other popular artists. Zummo was heard on the 1984 song "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" on Jackson’s album '' Body and Soul''. The song reached #15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States. Zummo has been a featured guitar soloist on numerous albums, including Art Garfunkel ('' Up 'til Now''), Shawn Colvin ('' Fat City''), Roger Daltrey (''Rocks in the Head''), Paul Carrack ('' Groove Approved''), Marti Jones (''Birthday Suit''), Dee Carstensen (''Regarding The Soul''), Nenad Bach (''Greatest Hits''), Dawn Avery (''True''), Jamie de Roy (''The Child In Me'' Vol. 1 & 2), Danny Wilensky (''And Then Some''), and Leslie Nuss (''Action Hero Superstar'') as well as the self produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica, or both. Techniques The guitarist may employ any of several methods for sounding the guitar, including finger picking, depending on the type of strings used (either nylon or steel), and including strumming with the fingers, or a guitar pick made of bone, horn, plastic, metal, felt, leather, or paper, and melodic flatpicking and finger-picking. The guitarist may also employ various methods for selecting notes and chords, including fingering, thumbing, the barre (a finger lying across many or all strings at a particular fret), and guitar slides, usually made of glass or metal. These left- and right-hand techniques may be intermixed in performance. Notable guitarists Rock, metal, ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marti Jones
Marti Jones is an American singer and visual artist known for her albums (solo and with husband Don Dixon) and her paintings. She sings, records, and performs as "Marti Jones" and exhibits visual art as "Marti Jones Dixon." Early life Marti Jones grew up in Uniontown, Ohio, United States near Akron, Ohio. She performed with her sisters in a folk music group and graduated from Kent State University in 1979 with a degree in studio art. While in school, she performed in solo, duo, and trio contexts. Career Color Me Gone Producer and songwriter Liam Sternberg gave Jones her first studio experience singing demos, and suggested she join Akron band Color Me Gone who needed a lead singer. The band recorded one EP for A&M Records in 1983. A&M Recordings Her first solo album, 1985's ''Unsophisticated Time'' (A&M Records), was produced by Don Dixon. Jones covered songs by The dB's, The Bongos, Elvis Costello, and Dixon. The album featured Anne Richmond Boston (vocals) and Mitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near You'', about local concerts and events. The Jazz Journalists Association voted ''All About Jazz'' Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007. Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world. Ricci was born in Philadelphia. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the ''All About Jazz'' website in 1995. The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Must Love Dogs
''Must Love Dogs'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film based on Claire Cook's 2002 novel of the same name. Starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, it is the second film directed and written by Gary David Goldberg and was produced on a budget of $30 million. The film focuses on a woman's struggle with divorce and meeting new people afterward. Production started on October 12, 2004, with a release date of July 29, 2005. Critical opinion was mostly negative but indicated that the actors were not to blame. ''Must Love Dogs'' took the fifth spot on its opening weekend and has grossed more than $58 million worldwide. The film was released on VHS and DVD on December 20, 2005. Plot Sarah Nolan, a 40-year-old divorced preschool teacher, is urged by her family to date. Showing her photos of potential men, Sarah is not interested in pursuing a relationship. Jake Anderson, another recent divorcé, is in a similar position; his friend Charlie wants to match him with Sherry. However, he pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weather Man
''The Weather Man'' is a 2005 American dark comedy-drama film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Steve Conrad, and starring Nicolas Cage in the lead role, Michael Caine and Hope Davis. It tells the story of a weatherman in the midst of a mid-life crisis. The film was released on October 28, 2005, and grossed $19 million worldwide. Plot A successful weatherman at a Chicago news program, David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is well paid but garners little respect from people in the area who throw fast food at him, David suspects, because they're resentful of how easy his high-paying job is. Dave also feels overshadowed by his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Spritzel (Michael Caine), who is disappointed in Dave's apparent inability to grow up and deal with his two children. The situation worsens when Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and given only a few months to live. As he becomes more and more depressed, Dave takes up archery, finding the activity a way to build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Man 3 (soundtrack)
''Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the film score for the Marvel Studios film, ''Iron Man 3'' by Brian Tyler, released on April 30, 2013. A separate soundtrack and concept album titled, ''Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture)'' by various artists was released on the same date by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music. ''Iron Man 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' Composer Brian Tyler acknowledged that the film's score needed to be darker and more melodic than Ramin Djawadi and John Debney's previous scores, citing the change in Tony Stark's life following the events of ''The Avengers'' as the catalyst. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Track listing All music is composed by Brian Tyler Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and record producer, best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 24-year career, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A&M Records
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK. Throughout its operations, A&M housed well-known acts such as Alpert himself, Squeeze, Gin Blossoms, Dishwalla, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, The Carpenters, Paul Williams, Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx (band), Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Extreme (band), Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, The Police, Jann Arden, CeCe Peniston, Shanice, Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, Duffy (singer), Duffy, Phil Ochs, Sheryl Crow, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Nazareth_(band), Nazareth. PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Avery
Dawn Avery (Mohawk name Ieriho:kwats) is a composer, cellist, vocalist and educator.Robinson, Dylan (2020). Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies', unpaginated. University of Minnesota Press. . Avery has worked with a range of musicians and is active in both language and cultural preservation as a musician and professor. Avery contributes to the preservation of musical culture by leading workshops and participating in traditional ceremonies. Described as part of a "dramatic increase" in American Indian art music in the 1990s, her own music spans from traditional Mohawk and classical music,Hirschfelder, Arlene B. and Molin, Paulette Fairbanks (2012). The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists', p.376. One of the "Thirteen Native Classical Musicians" list. Scarecrow Press. . including orchestral music, to non-art genres such as downtempo. She is number three on Hirschfelder and Molin's "Thirteen Native Classical Musicians" list. Career Active in in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Bach
Nenad N. Bach (born 1954) is a Croatian American recording artist, composer, performer, producer and peace activist. He has performed with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & The Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Garth Hudson & Rick Danko ( The Band), Vince Welnick ( Grateful Dead), John Malkovich, Ellen Burstyn, Martin Sheen and Michael York. Biography Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Bach graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Rijeka. His band Vrijeme i Zemlja was formed while he was in college and had two Number 1 albums in Europe (''Vrijeme i Zemlja I'' in 1980 and ''Greatest Hits'' in 1988). Bach moved to New York in 1984, and recorded his first US album, "Greatest Hits" in 1987 with the track "You Need a Love" receiving a music video which would be played on MTV. He performed the song "Can We Go Higher?", written as a call for peace during the war in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, at Woodstock '94 in the United States and in Modena, Italy at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Carstensen
Dee Carstensen is a New York City-based alternative music singer-songwriter and harpist. Career Carstensen's singing and songwriting talents were discovered by vibist Mike Mainieri, with whom she is married. Her debut album ''Beloved One'', released in 1993, included guitar work by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. Her second album, ''Regarding the Soul'' (1995), integrated her singing, songwriting and harp-playing. ''The Map'' (1998) was a collaboration with Mainieri. Their first child, Ruby Anna, was born on November 19, 2000. Dee also recorded a children's album, ''Can You Hear Lullaby'' (2001), which featured guest vocals Everett Bradley, Curtis King and Julie Dansky and instrumental work by her husband. Dee went back into the studio and recorded a solo album, ''Patch of Blue'', which was released in 2005. Unlike previous work, all eight songs were originals, except ''Fly Away'' whose music was co-written with her husband, who played vibraphone on the album. ''Patch of Blue'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groove Approved
''Groove Approved'' is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, then a member of the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 1989, on the Chrysalis label. While his previous album featured members of Mike + The Mechanics, for this album Carrack worked mainly with producer T-Bone Wolk. The album's only hit was "I Live by the Groove", which was co-written by Carrack and Eddie Schwartz, and which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Schwartz co-produced the track with Wolk and Carrack; the rest of the album was produced by Wolk and Carrack working as a duo. The song "Battlefield" was later covered by co-writer Nick Lowe under the title "I Live On A Battlefield". Carrack himself would use this longer title when he re-recorded the song in 2007 on his album ''Old, New, Borrowed And Blue'', and again on his 2010 album '' A Different Hat'' (backed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra). The song "I Live By the Groove" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
