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Happy Centennial Birthday, Carmen McRae!
Grace Notes Music - The Singers Center has a Centennial gift for you. A new recording “The Beginning of Love” This is an Exceptional and Rare release of Carmen McRae (Singing and playing piano from live performances when she was in Holland) On this CD portrait, Carmen McRae performs in her purest and happiest way, as a singer and as a pianist which she was originally.
#CarmenMcRae #JazzMaster
Celebrating Birthday of Vocalist ASTRUD GILBERTO
The Story Behind "The Girl From Ipanema"
Astrud Gilberto was just the wife of singing star João Gilberto when she entered a NYC studio in March 1963. João and Jobim were making a record with tenor saxman Stan Getz. The idea of cutting a verse on “Ipanema” in English came up, and Astrud was the only one of the Brazilians who spoke more than phrasebook English. Astrud’s child-like vocal, devoid of
vibrato and singerly mannerisms, was the perfect foil for her husband’s soft bumblebee voice. Jobim tinkled piano. Getz blew a creamy smooth tenor. Four minutes of magic went to tape.
"The Girl from Ipanema" Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz
"The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema") written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes and in English by Norma...
"The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema") written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinicius de Moraes and in English by Norma...
celebrating the Birthday of Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea
You're Everything http://youtu.be/rbynfCYDfuI
Light as a Feather (1972) is the second studio album of fusion band Return to Forever, led by keyboardist Chick Corea, under the Polydor label. Chick Corea Fender Rhodes, Electric Piano. Stanley Clarke Acoustic Bass. Joe Farrell Saxophone, Flute. Flora Purim Vocals, Percussion. Airto Moreira Drums. http://youtu.be/rbynfCYDfuI
Light as a Feather (1972) is the second studio album of fusion band Return to Forever, led by keyboardist Chick Corea, under the Polydor label. Chick Corea F...
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Music Participation Is Linked to Teens' Academic Achievement
Music students have higher academic exam scores than their non-musical peers.
Sadly the Senate "leader" Mitch will just put it on the bottom of all the other good bills the House have passed
U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to eliminate the arts funding organization for three years.
a new recording of Carmen McRea Live in Holland will be released soon - very unique, it's mostly Carmen playing piano and singing
Produced by Grace Notes Music - more info soon
WOW. I've been listening to the Carmen McRae recording we (me & an international team) have created - it is freaking great. Live recording of Carmen on Piano on all the tunes. Out soon - stay tuned
Happy Birthday to the great songwriter Billy Strayhorn
(11/29/1915 born in Dayton, Ohio) Duke Ellington's collaborator. Here's one of his masterpieces http://youtu.be/K7bGtR_ETJE
IN PERSON! The one and only BILLY STRAYHORN himself sings and plays his own masterpiece "Lush Life" - live performance 1964 Enjoy this and other gems by Bill...
Bird 100 Celebrations For Jazz Legend Charlie Parker’s 2020 Centennial - https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/jazz-legend-charlie-parker-bird-100-centennial/
Bird 100, an extensive celebration of jazz titan Charlie Parker's centennial in 2020, will start with a special release for Record Store Day's Black Friday.
Happy Birthday, Kurt Elling see below for more from Jazz R Us
Happy birthday to jazz vocalist, composer, lyricist and vocalese performer Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967). Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling first became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. Growing up, Elling sang in choirs and played various musical instruments, but was not exposed to jazz until he attended Gustavus Adolphus College. Elling enrolled in graduate school at the University of Chicago Divinity School, but left school one credit short of a master's degree to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist.
Elling began to perform around Chicago, scat singing and improvising his own lyrics. He recorded a demo in the early 1990s and was signed by Blue Note Records, releasing a total of six albums with the label. He has been nominated for ten Grammy Awards, winning Best Vocal Jazz Album for Dedicated to You (2009) on the Concord Jazz label. Elling often leads the Down Beat critics poll, and he was awarded the Prix Billie Holiday from the Académie du Jazz. Since 1995, Elling has collaborated with pianist, composer, and arranger Laurence Hobgood, leading a quartet that regularly tours the world.
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There’s a new sizzling hot jazz venue in New York City: Café Bohemia, downstairs at the Barrow Street Alehouse, offering live music six times a week.
another miracle - Sheila Jordan
"'If You Could See Me Now' is another miracle. [Sheila] Jordan adopts a daringly slow tempo and delivers the gorgeous melody and anguished lyrics in a confessional whisper. The rainbowlike substitute harmonies the band plays were devised by pianist Bill Evans. He wrote them out for Jordan on a cocktail napkin at a club."—from Mark Stryker's book "Jazz from Detroit" https://jazzfromdetroit.com/
Stream the playlist “Jazz from Detroit: Blue Note Edition” that Stryker curated for us to celebrate the enduring synergy between the city and the label: https://bluenote.lnk.to/JazzFromDetroit
If you don't know Cleo Laine - you're missing out.
Happy birthday to English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range, Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE (born October 28, 1927). Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a "G above high C", giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves.
Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer Sir John Dankworth.
The Carmen McRae in the Netherlands recording project is close to being ready for you to enjoy :)
How Ella Fitzgerald's Glass-Shattering Memorex Campaign Revitalized Her Career https://n.pr/2YrPBEq The great Ella
In the 1970s, Fitzgerald became the face (and glass-shattering voice) of Memorex tapes. It fueled a career revival that extended her relevance and positioned her to pass the torch to a new generation.
A little musician humor (THX Cynthia Daniels for the chuckle.
Great Day in Harlem (Aug 12,1958 on E.126th St): I have this Pix in my Living room :) If you go to the story and click on a musician it not only tells you who it is but gives a little sample of their work
http://interactive.nydailynews.com/…/story-behin…/index.html Never forget the history of this great American music- Jazz
One of the 2 (of 3) women are tagged as McPrtland. I don't believe the Black woman to her right is tagged correctly. and there is another women to the left - Mary Lou williams. Only 3 women - well it was in 1956 - and all the cats and kitties didn't show for the Pix. The other female is Maxine Sullivan
Kane, a freelance photographer was on assignment for Esquire magazine, and he took the picture at around 10 a.m. on 12 August 1958 at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenue in Harlem. Esquire published the photo in its January 1959 issue.
The astounding moment in which 57 jazz greats helped photographer Art Kane make history outside a brownstone on E. 126th St.
Happy Birthday to Louis "Pops" Armstrong 118 yrs young music, August 4 or July 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971 Ella & Louis - Cheek to Cheek http://youtu.be/GeisCvjwBMo
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong performing Cheek to Cheek © Copyright UMG Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss) by Robert Doisneau
It's amazing how strongly music and musicians can touch the lives of others!! All musicians know this for a fact - music changes lives!! (y)
It's amazing how strongly music and musicians can touch the lives of others!! All musicians know this for a fact - music changes lives!! (y)
a little late night musician humor. :)
Lunchtime Laugh!
#smokymtnchristian
Happy Birthday to Carlos Santana who is 72 today (2019) Here's a piece of Carlos Santana’s iconic performance at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival when he was 22. http://youtu.be/nPauXWjY4T8
Santana - Evil Ways (Album 1969) Live from Woodstock Music Festival 1969, New York USA
Happy Bastille Day - Visit a French restaurant today - Party time ( at least in NYC) Cheers!
A French tv special with the 2 masters . Enjoy it
Happy Birthday Mr. Billy Eckstine Singer and bandleader William Clarence Billy Eckstine was born on July 8, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eckstine formed his own big band in 1944, in which future jazz innovators like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie would hone their craft.
Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music.
An important cultural figure, Eckstine was one of the first black male singers to specialize in romantic ballads rather than simply blues and novelty songs. Enjoy Billy ECKSTINE & His Orchestra " Rhythm In A Riff " http://youtu.be/LRUKHWJyrbs
RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR BILLY ECKSTINE & HIS ORCHESTRA ! William Clarence Billy Eckstine (July 8, 1914 March 8, 1993) was an American singer of ballads ...
The amazing Viola Smith. Doing music that you love keeps you young
Cool story, right?
Music inspires Creativity everywhere :)
Happy birthday ERROLL GARNER, June 15,1921 or 1923 - January 2, 1977. His most favorite composition sung by most every singer :) Erroll Garner plays "Misty" http://youtu.be/P_tAU3GM9XI
in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium
Erroll Garner trio plays Misty in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium.
Yo-Yo Ma speaks the truth
"Connecting art to social justice: 'We have a bigger purpose,' he said. 'It’s never art for art’s sake, because even if I do it for myself in my head, I have an ideal. I’m actually trying to take something — a construct, a concept, a theory — and then I want to make it visible, I want to make it audible, I want to make it tactile. I want to make it felt.'"
https://buff.ly/2XaVEbH #artsandsocialjustice #artsinspire #arts #artsed #music
"For when Sheila Jordan is at work, no one can predict exactly what will happen, including the singer herself. The siren of a passing ambulance, the ka-ching of a cash register or any other random burst of decibels could become fodder for her next vocal flight, as has happened often in her Green Mill shows." Dear Sheila Jordan keep flying high with Bird
Howard Reich speaks with superb jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who's still touring the world at age 90 and swings into the Green Mill Jazz Club this weekend.
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2019, we have some exciting projects underway
Happy Birthday to the amazingly Creative & Unique Singer, Betty Carter I used to go see her at all her NYC gigs. Even got to talk with her - she is amazingly unique and creative. Betty Carter and Sheila Jordan are the epitome of fearless Jazz vocalists http://youtu.be/oD36b5lq_Vg
The incredible Betty Carter Live at The Hamburg Jazz Festival, October 1993 with Geri Allen on piano, Dave Holland on Bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums.
Big happy Birthday (5/15) shout out to a terrific Bassist, Chip Jackson
Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Invitation · Grace Testani Something's Coming ℗ 1996 Grace Notes Enterprises Released on: 1996-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.
the album that Singers also need to study.
thanks Awilda Rivera
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus all cut timeless classics, each pointing the form in a different direction.
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