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Dick Nash
Richard Taylor Nash (born January 26, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist most associated with the swing and big band genres. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this after his parents died, and he was sent to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children in Vermont. At Kurn Hattin Homes, the first instruments he studied were the trumpet and bugle. His first professional work came in 1947 with bands like that of Tex Beneke. He served in the California National Guard from 1950 to 1952 and played for a band. After his discharge from the military, he went back to Boston, where he attended Berklee College of Music. He then joined Billy May's band. Later he became a first-call studio musician in Los Angeles, California. He was composer, conductor Henry Mancini's favorite trombonist, and was featured soloist on several Mancini soundtracks, beginning with '' Mr. Lucky'' and ''Peter Gunn''. Nash's trombone is featured on the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing (genre)
Swing or swinging may refer to: Apparatus * Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth * Pendulum, an object that swings * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus * Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse * Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Swing'' (1938 film), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux * ''Swing'' (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead * ''Swing'' (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif * ''Swing'' (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui * ''Swing'' (2010 film), a Hindi short film * ''Swing'' (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer Music Styles * Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz * Swing music, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s Groups and labels * Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band * Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Wine And Roses (film)
''Days of Wine and Roses'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 '' Playhouse 90'' teleplay of the same name. The film was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems. An Academy Award went to the film's theme music, composed by Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film received four other Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress. In 2018, ''Days of Wine and Roses'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot San Francisco public relations executive Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) meets secretary Kirsten Arnesen ( Lee Remick). Considering her to be brash and disrespectful at fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestrations. He is a five-time Grammy Award winner, and has been nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards. Schifrin's best known compositions include the " Theme from ''Mission: Impossible''", and the scores to '' Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), '' Bullitt'' (1968), ''THX 1138'' (1971), ''Enter the Dragon'' (1973), ''The Four Musketeers'' (1974), '' Voyage of the Damned'' (1976), ''The Amityville Horror'' (1979), and the ''Rush Hour'' trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin is also noted for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the ''Dirty Harry'' series of films. He also composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004. In 2019, he received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (U
Thriller may refer to: * Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television ** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre Comics * ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics in the US * '' Thriller Comics'', later known as ''Thriller Comics Library'' and ''Thriller Picture Library'', a series of comics published by Amalgamated Press/Fleetway in the UK from 1951 to 1963 * ''Boris Karloff Thriller'', a comic published by Gold Key Comics in 1962 Films * ''Thriller – A Cruel Picture'', a 1973 film by Bo Arne Vibenius * '' The Thriller'', a 2010 Indian film * ''Thriller'' (2018 film), a slasher horror film starring Mykelti Williamson and RZA * ''Thriller'', a 1979 film by Sally Potter Music * ''Thriller'' (album), a 1982 album by Michael Jackson ** "Thriller" (song), a song by Michael Jackson ** '' Thriller 25'', a 2008 special 25th anniversary edition of the Jackson album ** ''Michael Jackson's Thriller'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos
''10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos'' is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1960 and first released on the Mercury label as part of its audiophile Perfect Presence Sound Series. Reception The AllMusic review by noted: Track listing # "Marie" (Irving Berlin) - 2:10 # " Moonglow/'Theme from Picnic" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange/ George Duning, Steve Allen) - 2:38 # " Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) - 1:40 # "Like Love" (André Previn, Dory Langdon) - 2:32 # " Willow Weep for Me" ( Ann Ronnell) - 3:14 # "Intermission Riff" ( Ray Wetzel) - 4:02 # " Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin) - 3:12 # " Angel Eyes" ( Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) - 3:44 # "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:12 # "It's a Most Unusual Day" ( Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) - 2:08 # "Basin Street East" (McHugh, Rugolo) - 2:10 # "Ten Trombones Like" (Rugolo) - 3:17 *Recorded at United Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugolo Plays Kenton
''Rugolo Plays Kenton'' (subtitled ''The Pete Rugolo Orchestra Plays Compositions Introduced by Stan Kenton'') is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances of tunes associated with Stan Kenton recorded in 1958 and first released on the Mercury label.Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy 36100 series accessed October 6, 2016 accessed October 6, 2016 Reception The review by S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Rugolo
Pietro "Pete" Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American jazz composer, arranger and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Santa Rosa, California. He began his career in music playing the baritone horn, like his father, but he quickly branched out into other instruments, notably the French horn and the piano. He received a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State College and then went on to study composition with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California and earn his master's degree. After he graduated, he was hired as an arranger and composer by guitarist and bandleader Johnny Richards. He spent World War II playing with altoist Paul Desmond in an Army band. After the war, Rugolo worked for Stan Kenton. He and songwriter Joe Greene collaborated on songs that made Kenton's band one of America's most popular. While Rugolo continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gunn (album)
''Peter Gunn'' is an album by saxophonist/conductor Ted Nash, led by Nash and arranged and produced by Maxwell Davis that was recorded in 1959 and released on the Crown label.Callahan, M., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Neely, TCrown Album Discography, Part 2: CLP-5101/CST-133 to CLP-5199/CST-219 (1959-1961)accessed May 28, 2020 The album is not Henry Mancini's popular score of the TV series Peter Gunn, which featured Nash playing "Dreamsville" on the original soundtrack, but a reinterpretation of the compositions issued to take advantage of the popularity of the series and theme.Manning, JMancini’s Peter Gunn Score Launched Dozens Of Careers accessed May 28, 2020 Reception The AllMusic review by Stephan Cook noted it: "features some of the best Los Angeles session players of the time ... with brass-heavy, crime jazz tunes like "Fallout!" ... The bulk of the material, though, is in a cool, West Coast jazz vein ... Also included are the kind of sleepy-eyed lounge cuts Mancini excell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blues And The Beat
''The Blues and the Beat'' is an album by Henry Mancini that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance in 1961. Track listing Personnel * Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy, John Halliburton, Karl De Karske – trombone * Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, Graham Young, Pete Candoli – trumpet * George Price, Herman Lebow, John Graas, Richard Perissi, Sinclair Lott, Vincent DeRosa – French horn * Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee, Ronnie Lang, Ted Nash, Wilbur Schwartz – woodwinds * Larry Bunker – vibraphone * Victor Feldman – vibraphone, marimba * Johnny Williams – piano * Roland Bundock – bass * Bob Bain – guitar * Jack Sperling Jack Sperling (August 17, 1922 – February 26, 2004) was an American jazz drummer who performed as a sideman in big bands and as a studio musician for pop and jazz acts, movies, and television. Career In 1941 he played with trumpeter Bunny Be ... – drums Production * Dick Peirce – producer * Al Schmitt – engineer * He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music From Peter Gunn
''The Music from Peter Gunn'' is a soundtrack album to the TV series ''Peter Gunn'', composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, and released in 1959 on RCA Victor. It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. The album was followed by ''More Music from Peter Gunn'', also released on RCA Victor in 1959. The opening theme music is notable for its combination of jazz orchestration with a straightforward rock 'n roll beat. In his autobiography ''Did They Mention the Music?'' Mancini stated: The ''Peter Gunn'' title theme actually derives more from rock and roll than from jazz. I used guitar and piano in unison, playing what is known in music as an ostinato, which means obstinate. It was sustained throughout the piece, giving it a sinister effect, with some frightened saxophone sounds and some shouting brass. The piece has one chord throughout and a super-simple top line. ''The Music from Peter Gunn'' was selected by the Library of Congress as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roots (1977 Miniseries)
''Roots'' is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family''. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977. ''Roots'' received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which holds the record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the second-most-watched overall series finale in U.S. television history. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million. A sequel, '' Roots: The Next Generations'', first aired in 1979, and a second sequel, '' Roots: The Gift'', a Christmas television film, starring Burton and Louis Gossett Jr., first aired in 1988. A related film, ''Alex Haley's Queen'', is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, who was Alex Haley's paternal grandmother. In 2016, a remake of the original miniseries, with the same name, was commissioned by the History ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film '' Banning''. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film '' In Cold Blood'', making him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
