"Badiyi is iranian who lives/works in Germany. His daughter Parisa has carried on his family's musical tradition, following in her father's footsteps as a teacher and violinist specializing in Persian music. Badiyi dedicates the record to his wife. "
"Michael _Doc_ Benedict, Vibs; Patricia Julien, flute; David Gleason, piano; Mike Lawrence, bass; Pete Sweeney, drums/percussion; Brian Melick, percussion. I went to college with Doc @ the Crane School of Music/SUNY Potsdam. In addition to his career as a successful freelance jazz musician, recording artist and educator, Benedict leads the Gary McFarland Legacy Project. "
In an album of one minute-long songs, Tulsa native Byron Crenshaw officially releases his first work as “The Growth Eternal” with introspective sentiments on Black identity, love for the environment, social media anxieties, and more. The psychedelic jazz album “Bass Tone Paintings (BTP)” spans seventeen tracks spoken in four languages, recorded primarily with Byron’s bass guitar and vocoder. - Discogs
"Art of Time Ensemble, founded by Andrew Barashko, is a collective of Canadian-based classical, jazz and pop musicians, founded in 1998 by pianist/artistic director, Andrew Burashko.[1][2] It is a not-for-profit registered charity. Its stated mission is _To engage diverse audiences in powerful arts experiences through the performances, collaborative endeavours, and curatorial vision of its Artistic Director._ - wiki Ain't Got Long, the titular track on the album, is an original composition by Goldsmith for ensemble based on ground-breaking historic field recordings from the American South by the late Alan Lomax."
Released in 1991, this was the first album by the Taraf de Haïdouks. They had never performed outside their region before they were “discovered” by Stéphane Karo & Michel Winter, two young Belgian music fans who fell in love with their music during a trip to Romania in 1990
"Philippe le Chancelier, also known as _Philippus Cancellarius Parisiensis_ was a French theologian, Latin lyric poet, and possibly a composer as well. He was the illegitimate son of Philippe, Archdeacon of Paris, and was part of a family of powerful clerics. He was born and studied theology in Paris."
Israeli wife/husband duo active in the 1960s. One of their top hits was _Cinderella Rockefella_ . At the height of their success in Germany, the duo were banned on Israeli Radio for a few years due to Germany–Israel relations - wiki
Russell wrote this with Frank Sinatra in mind…hoping he'd record it. Aretha included it in her twentieth studio album…it topped the R&B charts when it was released.
"With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones is the 14th album by Bill Frisell to be released this label. It was features performances by Frisell, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Elvin Jones"
"Dream was originally used as music for the eponymous choreographed piece by his partner, Merce Cunningham, following the rhythmic structure of the dance and using a fixed gamut of tones. "
The Lost Words Blessing was written in Scottish Gaelic folkloric form by a group of European musicians – Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux, Kerry Andrew. The form is inspired by blessings in Scottish Gaelic, particularly from a beautiful collection of charms and incantations called Carmina Gadelica. It is offered both in hope and light, and in grief for the losses yet to come.
