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David Benoit (musician)
David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. He is also music director for the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony (previously known as the Asia America Symphony Orchestra) and the Asia America Youth Orchestra. Furthermore, crediting Vince Guaraldi as an inspiration, Benoit has participated both as performer and music director for the later animated adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip, such as the feature film, '' The Peanuts Movie'', restoring Guaraldi's musical signature to the franchise. Early life David Bryan Benoit was born in Bakersfield, California, on August 18, 1953. He studied piano at age 13 with Marya Cressy Wright and continued his training with Abraham Fraser, who was the pianist for Arturo Toscanini. He attended Mira Costa High School. He focused on theory and composition a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of the 2020 census was 403,455, making it the 48th-most populous city in the United States of America and the 9th-most populous city in California. The Bakersfield–Delano Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kern County, had a 2020 census population of 909,235, making it the 62nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The more built-up portion of the metro area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield, Oildale, and Rosedale, has a population of 523,994. Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production. Kern County is the most productive oil-producing county in California and the fourth-most productive agricultural county (by v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiichiro Ohyama
is a Japanese conductor and violist. Biography He has a long-established reputation as a remarkable conductor and one of the nation’s most renowned violists. In addition to his post as Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, he is also the Principal Chief Conductor of Kyushu Symphony Orchestra in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Ohyama has long been in demand as a violist and has performed throughout the United States and abroad as recitalist and chamber musician at festivals including Casals Festival, Kuhumo International Festival (Finland), Johannesen International Music Festival (Canada), Okinawa Moon Beach Music Festival ( Japan), Brescia and Bergamo Festivals (Italy), Chamber Music Northwest, Sarasota Music Festival and Caramor Chamber Music Festival. He has collaborated with many of the soloist around the world, including Lynn Harrell, Gidon Kremer, Radu Lupu, Lynnette Seah, Isaac Stern, and Alexander Souptel. In 1974, he won the Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter To Evan (David Benoit Album)
''Letter to Evan'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit (musician), David Benoit released in 1992, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards Jazz chart. Track listing Personnel * David Benoit (musician), David Benoit – acoustic piano (1-11), arrangements and conductor (1-11) * Peter Sprague – guitar (2, 10) * Larry Carlton – guitar (3, 4, 9, 11) * Dori Caymmi – guitar (8) * John Patitucci – bass (1, 2, 4, 6) * Steve Bailey – bass (3, 5, 8, 11) * Charnett Moffett – bass (7) * Dave Enos – bass (10) * Peter Erskine – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 10) * Terri Lyne Carrington – drums (3, 8, 10), surdo (3, 8, 10), tambourine (3, 8, 10) * Al Foster – drums (7) * Luis Conte – percussion (5, 8) * Michael Fisher – percussion (8), pandeiro (8), whistle (8) * Jim Walker (flautist), Jim Walker – flute (3) * James Thatcher (musician), James Thatcher – French horn (5) * Steve Erdody – cello (3) * Larry Corbett – ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, he was classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, in New York City, where he majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma. In 1955, he moved to New York City, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell (composer), George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis's sextet, which in 1959, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded ''Kind of Blue'', the best-selling jazz album ever. In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows (David Benoit Album)
''Shadows'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1991, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #2 on '' Billboards Contemporary Jazz chart. Track listing All tracks composed by David Benoit and Marcel East; except where indicated #"Overture" - 1:31 #"Over the Edge" - 5:37 #"Have You Forgotten (Interlude)" (David Benoit) - 1:07 #"Shadows" - 7:05 #"Saudade" (David Benoit) - 3:46 #"Moments" (David Benoit, Marcel East, Valerie Pinkston) - 4:48 #"Already There" (David Benoit) - 3:39 #"Still Standing" (David Benoit, Marcel East, Nathan East) - 5:11 #"Castles" - 4:24 #"Have You Forgotten" (David Benoit) - 4:19 #"Reprise" - 1:38 Personnel * David Benoit – synthesizers (1, 2, 4-7, 9), arrangements (1), orchestration and conductor (1), Yamaha MIDI grand piano (2, 4-10), horn arrangements (2, 8), rhythm arrangements (2, 8), guitar (3), string arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 7, 8, 10), electric piano (6), acoustic piano (11) * Marcel East – arrangement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting For Spring
''Waiting for Spring'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989 and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart. Track listing All tracks written by David Benoit except as noted. Personnel * David Benoit – grand piano * Emily Remler – guitar (1-11) * Robert Benoit – guitar (12) * Luther Hughes – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-12) * John Patitucci – bass (3, 6) * Peter Erskine – drums Production * David Benoit – producer * Jeffrey Weber – producer * Dave Grusin – executive producer * Larry Rosen – executive producer * Allen Sides – engineer, mixing * Steve Holroyd – assistant engineer * Mike Ross – assistant engineer * Michael Landy – digital editing at The Review Room (New York City, New York). * Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom At Midnight (album)
''Freedom at Midnight'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1987, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #5 on '' Billboards Contemporary Jazz chart. Track listing All tracks written by David Benoit; except as noted. #"Freedom at Midnight" (David Benoit, Nathan East) - 4:14 #"Along the Milky Way" - 4:08 #"Kei's Song" - 4:39 #"The Man With The Panama Hat" - 4:18 #"Pieces Of Time" - 3:16 #"Morning Sojourn" - 4:22 #"Tropical Breeze" - 4:43 #"Passion Walk" - 5:13 #"Del Sasser" (Sam Jones, Donald Wolf) - 6:03 #"The Last Goodbye" - 5:52 Personnel * David Benoit – arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 3-6, 9), Kawai MIDI grand piano (2, 7, 8), acoustic piano solo (10) * Randy Kerber – synthesizers (1-4, 6, 7, 8) * Dann Huff – guitar (1, 2, 4, 8) * Russ Freeman – guitar (5, 6, 7) * Osamu Kitajima – koto (2) * Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 2, 4, 8) * Bob Feldman – bass (3, 5, 6, 7) * John Pattitucci – acoustic bass (9), upright bass (9) * Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri after she witnessed a murder in the city. In 1953, at age 15, Stevens relocated with her father to Los Angeles, California. She began her career in 1957, making her feature film debut in '' Young and Dangerous'', before releasing her debut album, ''Concetta'', the following year. She subsequently had a supporting role in the musical comedy ''Rock-A-Bye Baby'' (1958) opposite Jerry Lewis, followed by the drama film ''The Party Crashers'' (also 1958) opposite Frances Farmer. Stevens gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of "Cricket" Blake on the network television series '' Hawaiian Eye'', beginning in 1959. She garnered concurrent musical success when her single " Sixteen Reasons" became a radio hit, peaking at n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret. She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963), '' Viva Las Vegas'' (1964), ''The Cincinnati Kid'' (1965), ''Carnal Knowledge'' (1971), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), ''Tommy'' (1975), '' Magic'' (1978), '' The Villain'' (1979), '' The Return of the Soldier'' (1982), ''52 Pick-Up'' (1986), '' Newsies'' (1992), '' Grumpy Old Men'' (1993), ''Grumpier Old Men'' (1995), '' Any Given Sunday'' (1999), ''Taxi'' (2004), ''The Break-Up'' (2006) and ''Going in Style'' (2017). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy for her guest appearance on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Her singing and acting careers span six decades, starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
