"Bernstein was an important teacher to Alsop, one of the most gifted conductors of our time. This clip is taken from when they first met, 2 years before Bernstein died, when Alsop was a fellow at the Tanglewood Summer Institute. She's on the podium and he's standing behind her, interrupting as she goes. She tells a story of this same period, when he sat in the auditorium listening, quiet. Afterwards, she went out to him to see if everything was ok. She rocounts...he said he was lost in thought..._when I close my eyes, I can't tell that its a woman conducting_"
"This extesnive gathering of field recordings by Alain Danielou for the International Music Council (UNESCO) between 1950 and 1955, was first published in 1966. It showcases some of the most prominent Indan musicians of the time. In this recording, we hear a Sarangi -- a bowed, short-necked string instrument -- accompanied by a tabla, paired hand drums not unlike bongos. See link for more detail on the extensive collection this tune is taken from. "
"Singapore born cellist of Belgian origin, traveler, inventing her own style of performance with her cello, singing, slapping, and above-all, rocking the music out of her body. "
"Little info available on Vasileiathou. Robert Crumb, an avid collector of rare 78s, created a compilation in 2003 called Hot Women and included her singing this song. Accompanying Vasileiathou () on guitar is Stelios Perpiniadis (1899-1977), better known as Stellakis, was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the rebetiko style. "
From Wiki - In the book Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy, Hendrix commentators Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek propose that _1983…_ is _a song of firsts and lasts_, describing the music as _Jimi's first piece of major orchestration, using the full capacities of the Record Plant's studio facilities_, and contrasting the lyrical content as _the last of Jimi's surreal apocalypses; despairing of mankind, he finally returns to the sea, the source of all life_.[10] They also note that the song contains references to _Jimi's two favourite metaphors_, sand and water, and that some of the phrases within the lyrics connote his _belief in the power of positive thinking apparent in his music, lyrics and interviews through all the rest of his life.
"Antonio Bribiesca Castellanos (Mexico City, 1905-1980), better known as Antonio Bribiesca, is a Mexican composer and guitarist, probably best known as accompanist to Chavela Vargas."
This film from 1978 is about Don and Moki Cherry and others who lived with them in the school house in Tågarp, Skåne, Sweden, in the 1970s and onwards. It includes sequences from SoHo, New York, and Moki Cherry’s textiles on the walls in Hästveda and Long Island City. Produced and directed by Urban Lasson - Youtube
This is the 3rd movement from a symphony commissioned by A Far Cry in 2017. The music, blends Turkish, western classical, and jazz in celebration of a 17th-century Ottoman traveler. Sanlıkol was born in Turkey of Turkish-Cypriot parents and came to Boston on a Berklee College of Music scholarship to study jazz piano and composition in 1993. He now teaches at New England Conservatory where he is director of the Intercultural Institute. There is an album release celebration on April 2, 2023 @ 2PM at WBUR's CitySpace 890 Commonwealth Avenue
"This is a cut from Callier's debut release. Edmonson was part of LA's legendary folk scene centered around performing at the Troubadour and mixing it up with others in that orbit, including Callier and the more familiar names -- The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. See link for more info on the scene. "
Founded in 1970, Capsoul Records was created by radio deejay Bill Moss, who hoped that his new label might do the same for his hometown of Columbus, Ohio as Motown had done for Detroit. Over the course of the next five years, Capsoul would release just a dozen singles – plus an LP by a group known as Four Mints – but came tantalizingly close to making a much larger impact. “You Can’t Blame Me” was a hit throughout the Midwest and much of the East Coast...see ;link for more detail on how things played out (and didn't) for the nacent label, and these recording artists. - strangecurrenciesmusic.com
Negro É Lindo is the eighth album by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben, released in 1971. The title is a translation of the slogan _Black is beautiful_ to Portuguese. The album has a song called _Cassius Marcelo Clay_ paying homage to boxer and black activist Muhammad Ali. This is his 8th studio release
Yeh is Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s celebrated assistant principal clarinet and solo E-flat clarinet for over 40 years, making him the longest-serving clarinetist in the CSO's history, Yeh joined the CSO in 1977 as bass clarinet by invitation of Georg Solti. Joining him is the Chi-based composer, Teresa Reilly, who works as a freelance clarinetist, composed this piece (in three movements).
Recorded in Atlanta, Georgia…this is, apparently, her only release. Nothing about hieron the internet machine. Her accompanists are Pam Rose on lead guitar and bass guitarist Laymon Jackson
"Reid was born in Westfield, New Jersey, and his parents exposed him to the music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. His high school teacher was Andy Fusco, saxophonist with the Buddy Rich band. Kejuan Waliek Muchita aka Havoc, is an American rapper and record producer born in Brooklyn and raised in the Queensbridge Houses. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, New York in 1992. Coming out of high school, he rose to become a renowned as one of the most iconic figures in New York hip hop. - wiki"
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5:04
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Matthew White [Washington Phillips and Matthew White]
"White is a Richmond VA based artist, with an original sound that seemingly influenced by the likes of Randy Newman, Nilsson, Allen Toussaint, Donny Hathoway, and the Meters. He's stretches wide, collaborating with groups including The Mountain Goats and Shaon Van Etten, as well as avant-jazz ensemble Fight th Big Bull, a band he once fronted"
"Sweet Smoke were a 1960's and 70's progressive jazz-rock band. They were originally formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1967, although the band moved to live as a commune in Germany. This is their 2nd album. One reviewer describes this song as a prayer"
As a MacDowell Fellow and Cultural Envoy for the US State Department, a Bachelor of astrophysics and a 30-year student of piano, Dan Tepfer has distinguished himself as “one of the moment's most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York Magazine). In the eight years since his last full-length solo release, however, he’s composed – and coded – the future. Using Yamaha’s self-playing Disklavier piano as his only instrument, Natural Machines sets a new framework for how humans can make meaningful art by rethinking the boundaries between the mechanical and the natural, and how algorithms can help humans create something both intuitive and adherent to structure. The 11 songs, simultaneously written and recorded in single takes, are all products of Tepfer’s improvisations interacting with computer programs he’s invented. Tepfer explains, “I’m not writing a piece as much as I’m writing the way the piece works. The music I love lives at the intersection of the algorithmic and the spiritual. It’s intuition working in tandem with structure..... - bandcamp
Helen Gillet's 2018 solo album is Inspired by Helkiase, a cure-all medicine invented by the nuns of Notre Dame à la Rose hospital in Lessines, Belgium. Began studying cello when she was 9 living in Singapore. Her teacher, Irmina Ilano (sp?) began instruction by having Gillet hug her cello for one month before starting to play it. Thanks to listener Jon Garelick for turning me on to her. See lnk for Jon's 2019 profile of Gillet. From bandcamp - Belgian-born Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist focusing on the worlds of electronic sound and acoustic cello. She moved to New Orleans in 2002, where she has developed an eclectic palette of experimental, jazz, folk, funk, pop and classical.
