"_Yusef Komunyakaa is a prize-winning American born in 1947 and given the name James William Brown. He was the eldest of five children of James William Brown, a carpenter, and his wife. He grew up in the small town of Bogalusa, Louisiana. As an adult, he reclaimed the name Komunyakaa, said to be his grandfather's African name. He said that his grandfather had reached the United States as a stowaway in a ship from Trinidad. He served in the US Army, serving one tour of duty in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. After a 10 marriage to Australian novelist Mandy Sayer, he had a relationship with India-born poet Reetika Vazirani. They had a son (Jehan) together. In 2003, Vazirani killed the two-year-old boy and committed suicide in 2003. Komunyakaa is now a professor in the Creative Writing Program at New York University. - wiki _"
"_Hugo Kant is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Quentin Le Roux, from Marseilles, France. He plays keyboards, flutes, bass, guitar, drums, flugelhorn, clarinet, and also sings on this cut. _"
"_This pop song from 1944 was written for the 1944 film Belle of the Yukon, where it was sung by Dinah Shore. CALME is a french jazzflutist born in 1985. She lives in Paris. _"
A pop star who turned his back to show business to become an independent artist, steered by the revolutionary ideas of his wife Jacqueline in 1960’s France; these are the outlines of Henri Salvador’s unusual musical career. It made him into a star then led him to entirely dissociate from the record industry, preferring to make music in his living room with his guitars. At 50, Salvador starts experimenting with synths and drum machine, multi-track recorders and altered voice collages. He takes up editing and mixing, and solitarily makes songs for young and old from his home in Paris’ Place Vendôme. The album spans the years 1970-75. He said of this work, "These are songs that will exist after I die.” (1969) - Highgate Continental website (see link)
Mary Robinson spoke this past week at Boston College in observation of Earth Day. Her commitment, since completing her term as Ireland's first woman president, and UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, is to "Climate Justice." She referenced in her remarks this session with Desmond Tutu. She was sitting by his side.
"_Companion was recorded in a special three-night series of shows in July, 1999 at Chicago's famed Green Mill jazz club -- an unusually short amount of time to produce a live album. Barber had a long-standing Monday night gig at the Green Mill (I had the deepest pleasure of going to hear her many times). The crowd reverently hushed to accompodate the recording engineer. Marc Johnson, bass; Wolfgang Muthspiel, guitar; Adam Nussbaum, percussion, with Barber singing and on the keyboard. _"
Jan Steele is a British composer. Came together w/John Cage on this little known project. It was the 5th release on Brian Eno's label. Bass [Guitar] - Steve Beresford Guitar - Fred Frith Guitar [Solo] - Stuart Jones Lyrics By [Text] - James Joyce Percussion - Phil Buckle Vibraphone - Kevin Edwards Voice - Janet Sherbourne
"_Milk and Honey was John Lennon and Yoko's projected follow-up to Double Fantasy, though Lennon's murder caused a temporary shelving of the project. It took Ono three years to be able to resume work to complete it._"
"_Hugo Kant is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Quentin Le Roux, from Marseilles, France. He plays keyboards, flutes, bass, guitar, drums, flugelhorn, clarinet, and also sings on this cut. _"
"_Scott was a Trinidad-born American jazz and classical pianist, singer, and actor and critically acclaimed performing artist -- an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation. She used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film. Scott would go on to become the first Black American (man or woman) to host her own nationally syndicated television show -- The Hazel Scott Show -- in 1950. _"
La Femme is a French psych-punk rock band[1] established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnée in 2010 in Biarritz. Several members joined later, including bass player Sam Lefevre, drummer Noé Delmas, and Lucas Nunez. Other members include Clara Luciani, Jane Peynot and Marilou Chollet - wiki
Hollis is best known as the front man for the group Talk Talk. This is his only solo studio album. _A Life (1895 - 1915)_ which has been referred to as _the album's epic centrepiece_ refers to Roland Leighton (1895–1915), a British soldier and poet who was the fiancé of Vera Brittain at the time of his death in World War I. Hollis has stated about the song, _That was someone born before the turn of the century…and dying within one year of the First World War at a young age. It was based on Vera Brittain's boyfriend. It's the expectation that must have been in existence at the turn of the century, the patriotism that must've existed at the start of the war and the disillusionment that must've come immediately afterwards. It's the very severe mood swings that fascinated me._ The song correspondingly contains a variety of styles, tempi, and instrumentations. - wiki See link for personnel
"_Companion was recorded in a special three-night series of shows in July, 1999 at Chicago's famed Green Mill jazz club -- an unusually short amount of time to produce a live album. Barber had a long-standing Monday night gig at the Green Mill (I had the deepest pleasure of going to hear her many times). The crowd reverently hushed to accommodate the recording engineer. Michael Arnopol, bass; Ruben Alvarez, percussion, with Barber singing and on the keyboard. _"
