"Prysock (1924-1997) was an American jazz and R&B singer best known for his live shows and his deep baritone, influenced by Billy Eckstine. Between 1960 and 1988, he released over 30 LPs. He also briefly had his own television show in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Prysock mainly played cabaret engagements; he gained his greatest fame during these years singing the jingle for the Lowenbrau television commercials. "
"Minevitch (1902-1955) born in Russia Boruch Minewitz, was a notable harmonica player, actor, and leader of his group The Harmonica Rascals. The Harmonica Rascals, an ensemble of approximately ten pieces, recorded for Brunswick Records in 1933, and later for Decca Records where Minevitch hired Richard Hayman as an arranger for the Rascals. (Hayman later worked as an arranger for MGM and the Boston Pops Orchestra.) n 1923, Minevitch sold the rights to his work on the chromatic harmonica to Hohner for one million dollars and the company subsequently made a successful _Borrah Minevitch_ line of harmonicas."
"Goldfraff is an English singer, songwriter and producer, born 13 May 1966 in Enfield, London, England. Tricky, aka Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, is another English musician and actor, born 27 January 1968 in Bristol. He began his career as an early collaborator of Massive Attack, before embarking on a solo career with his debut album and considered as a pioneer of trip hop music. - discogs"
"The song was originally released in 1953 by Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra. This rendition was the most successful of a number of recordings, including those by e.g. Frank Sinatra, The Platters, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles and Tom Johns. "
"Sam went to LA to go to college @ USC for jazz, and is now an established talent in the music scene there. Gendel plays Alto Saxophone & Electronics. He first caught my attention during the pandemic when he produced/released a set of improvised tunes with his girlfriend's 11 year old sister, Antonia Cyntrynowicz"
"Brooklyn based group formed in 2011. Jm Airis is Melati Malay, vocals; Adam Hurlburt, bass; Ryan Olson, (electric) drums; Evie Beach, drums; Kloke, electric gtr "
Music inspired by his upbringing and the influence of his father, obert McFerrin Sr.—an operatic baritone and the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City - allABOUTJAZZ.COM (SEE LINK)
"RIP, Queen Tina! Turner discovered Buddhism and began practicing this chant which, she said, helped her tap into and increase the innate strength that has helped her through tremendous hardships throughout her life. The tradition of chanting this text is to change your karmic destiny...to take destiny into your own hands and unlock your highest potential. It is considered very powerful, and the full track to Turners chanting is 2 hours long. "
"Seleshe is one of a number of African musicians Sosa collaborated with to make this record. He is described as _an extraordinary singer and musician from Ethiopia. He uses a complex vocal styling, sung in Amharic, his native language, and is a celebrated master of the krar, a traditional 5-string bowl-shaped lyre. = multiple sources"
"Esquivel was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films. He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of largely instrumental music that combines elements of lounge music and jazz with Latin flavors. Esquivel is sometimes called _The King of Space Age Pop_ and _The Busby Berkeley of Cocktail Music_, and is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky instrumental pop that became known (in retrospect) as _Space Age Bachelor Pad Music_. - wiki"
Minnis is a Dallas born poet. See link for more. I learned of her only recently via Somerville listener (and regular correspondent) Bob H. This recording is taken from a Zoom gathering posted Youtube…a group of about a dozen readers quoting, in succession, lines from one of her poems.
This tune, also known as also known as _Cootie's Concerto_ was written by Ellington in 1936 and considered one of his _mood pieces._ It was recorded here in three sessions with local musicians in Stockholm, January 20th., 22th., and 29th. 1951 . Eldridge (19111-1989) was a prominent trumpet soloist with the bands of Fletcher Henderson, Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw as well as featured in Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic events and a leader in his own name. Eldridge was given the nickname _Little Jazz_ by Leon _Chu_ Berry. On Wikipedia and the liner notes of i.a. Roy Eldridge - _Little Jazz_ Jazz the nickname was given by the saxophone player Otto Hardwicke (Otto James _Toby_ Hardwicke, 1904 – 1970) when they were together in The Elmer Snowden orchestra in the early Thirties. -- discogs See link for personnel
"Inaki Alberdi ius a Russian accordianist. Mena is a Spanish classical countertenor & alto vocalist, born in 1971. DePrez (1455-1521) is considered one of the greatest of Renaissance composers (we know of). Little is actually know of him, and some might considered any details in the realm of myth. According to WIKI, after restorations from 1997 to 1998, the name JOSQUIN was found as a graffito on the wall of the Sistine Chapel's cantoria (choir gallery).[57][62] It is one of almost four hundred names inscribed in the chapel, around a hundred of which can be identified with singers of the papal choir.[63] They date from the 15th to 18th centuries, and the JOSQUIN signature is in the style of the former.[64] There is some evidence suggesting the name refers to Josquin des Prez;"
"Lowe (1943-2003) was born in Memphis. As an adult he moved to San Francisco, where he met Ornette Coleman. Coleman suggested Lowe visit to New York City, which Lowe did, and he began playing with Sun Ra and then Alice Coltrane, with whom he recorded World Galaxy in 1971 (wiki) of which AllMusic's Thom Jurek said _This set may take some getting used to for some, but it's easily one of the strongest records Alice Coltrane ever released, and one of the finest moments in jazz from the early '70s__"
One World is the seventh studio album by Scottish guitarist and singer John Martyn (1948-2009). It combines Martyn's experimental tendencies with more pop-leaning material, with influences from the dub music of Lee _Scratch_ Perry, with whom Martyn worked during the trip to Jamaica and co-wrote the song _Big Muff_. The record features a relaxing, echoing sound with usage of Martyn's distinctive Echoplex guitar effects, while his lyrics discuss love, specific people and his disintegrating marriage (to Beverly). The music was recorded during July–September 1977 at Woolwich Green Farm in Theale, Berkshire. Some of the recording was achieved outdoors, with Island's mobile recording studio being used to operate a live feed across the farm's surrounding lake; microphones picked up the full ambience of the area, including natural reverb and surrounding geese and trains, (heard on this cut) helping contribute to the album's sweeping sound. When not working on the recording, Martyn and the musicians spent time relaxing on a rubber dinghy on the lake or sunbathing; a large supply of opium also fueled Martyn's drug habits during the stay at the farm. Brown felt that the opium generally helped keep Martyn's moods up during recording, with only occasional times when he would become drunk and difficult. - wikiThe record features a relaxing, echoing sound with usage of Martyn's distinctive Echoplex guitar effects, while his lyrics discuss love, specific people and his disintegrating marriage (to Beverly). The music was recorded during July
Alto Saxophone – Kazutoki _Kappo_ Umezu, Bass - William Parker; Drums - Rashid Shinan; Piano & Bass Clarinet - Yoriyuki Harada; Trumpet - Ahmed Abdullah. Described as a _a rare meeting between the NYC free jazz scene and the Japanese free music scene._ saxophonist Kazutoki Umezu and multi-instrumentalist Yoriyuki Harada. Both Umeza and Harada were post-war babies and immigrants to the city, Umezu from Sendai in the north and Harada from Shimane in the west. They first met as students in the clarinet department at the Kunitachi College of Music. began to play together in an improvised duo, with Umezu on clarinet and bass clarinet and Harada on piano. They also experimented with graphic scores and prepared piano. These experiments eventually led to the creation of a trio, with a high-school student called Tetsuya Morimura on drums, that they decided to name Seikatsu K_jy_ Iinkai (Lifestyle Improvement Committee) in joking reference to the Marxist discourse of the student radicals of the time's September 1974 Umezu travelled alone to New York, where he set about building connections with the loft jazz scene in the city. It was a fortuitous moment to arrive in New York. Rents were cheap in the Lower East Side, possibilities for squatting existed, so many musicians and artists had moved to the area. Umezu soon became known on the scene as Kappo and he started to make connections with some of the young musicians like David Murray, Arthur Blythe, and Oliver Lake. This album was recorded at Studio We, one of the popular venues of the time. Umezu says of this session _Of course, we recorded our performances in one take, with zero retakes as far as I remember. On all the tracks we recorded, we moved as one unit, sharp and fast. That was the nature of Lifestyle Improvement Committee, New York Branch. _Link to full review.
Time:
5:28
Artist:
Bobby McFerrin ["Peter Brown, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker"]
